Released: January 03, 2007

Stamping out unwanted junk mail

Source: Phuong Cat Le, Seattle Post Intelligencer

Nothing drives J.J. Dippel crazier than getting unwanted junk mail. But nothing gives her greater satisfaction than getting back at direct marketers and removing her name from those mailing lists.

Dippel, 51, has used every imaginable tactic to stop the onslaught of junk mail. She has sent their credit offers and circulars back to them on their dime and even successfully used an anti-porn mailing law to get Citibank and other companies to stop bombarding her.

“For me, it’s more of a moral victory,” said Dippel, a retired federal worker who lives in Anacortes. “If I don’t want your mail, don’t send them to me. I don’t want my name in someone’s database that I don’t know about.”

The National Do Not Call Registry may have put an end to unwanted telemarketing calls, but marketers are still reaching people through their mailboxes.

“It does seem to be getting worse,” said Tom Watson, a recycling project manager with the King County Solid Waste Division and coordinator with the National Waste Prevention Coalition.

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