Mail guides
Vehicle marketing
Separate vehicle sales advertising from ownership and safety records.
Reduce mail after comparing auto insurance
Mail after a quote comparison can come from the comparison service and from individual insurers. Use the name printed on each mailer to list every sender, then ask each one separately to stop printed offers.
Stop dealer offers for a vehicle you sold
Contact the dealer named on the offer and say you sold the vehicle. Ask it to stop promotions tied to that car. Make, model and year usually identify the car well enough. Do not attach a title, bill of sale or full VIN unless the dealer explains why its process needs it.
Reduce dealer sales mail after buying a car
Write to the dealership named on the sales mailers. Ask it to stop upgrade, trade-in and sales-event mail, and in the same request list the service and ownership mail you want to keep. Keep the request limited to that dealer's advertising. A lender, insurer or manufacturer needs its own contact.
Sort lease-end promotions from actual lease notices
Treat lease-end mail as something to check against your own contract before sorting it as advertising. An upgrade invitation may be a promotion, while a return date, inspection or charge may concern the lease. Confirm both sender and purpose through the leasing company’s established contact.
Limit roadside membership upgrade mail
Write to the roadside provider and ask it to stop optional printed upgrade brochures. In the same request, say that you want to keep your membership and continue receiving renewal and service information.
Keep service reminders while reducing coupon mail
Ask the shop which of its mailings are marketing and which relate to an appointment you booked or a service you requested. Then ask in writing to stop the general coupon campaign, and name the appointment messages you want to keep.
End mailed follow-up from a car-shopping inquiry
Ask each dealer that received your inquiry to stop printed sales follow-up about it. A request to the dealer is the direct route for that dealer's own mail. A general credit-offer opt-out covers only the offers within its scope, so it is not a substitute.
Check a vehicle-registration service advertisement
A mailer that mentions your vehicle registration may be advertising a paid service. Hold off on paying or replying to it. Write down what it sells and any deadline it claims, then check both on your state motor-vehicle agency's official website.
Check a dealer upgrade-event invitation
A vehicle upgrade-event invitation may be a sales promotion, but verify any claim that attendance is required for a recall, warranty or existing agreement. Use a contact you already trust. Once the purpose is confirmed as an optional sales event, ask the sender about stopping that campaign’s postal invitations.