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Comcast Won't Stop Sending You Junk Mail Because "You Might Move"

UPDATE: Comcast has now removed Brad from its mailing lists for really reals.

Reader Brad is fed up with junk mail from Comcast. He asked the company if it would be possible to be taken off the junk mail list to which Comcast replied, "We are unable to remove a non-active account from the mailing list. The reason being is, if or when you move out of this address, we would not be sending offers and possibly prevent the new owner from receiving a special offer," and that would be a crime against humanity, we suppose. Is there a way to get Comcast to stop sending junk mail? Brad's letter and our response, inside..

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6:05 AM on Thu Jul 3 2008
By Jay Slatkin
4,876 views, 31 comments

post office

Don't Reuse That USPS Priority Box, It's Illegal

7 News in Denver reports that a Colorado man has been officially warned that reusing a United States Postal Service "Priority Mail" cardboard box is a violation of federal law. We're not even talking about mail fraud but simply reusing them for other types of shipping. Could reusing these boxes actually be a federal crime? Find out more about this outlaw... More »

9:53 AM on Thu May 1 2008
By Jay Slatkin
15,611 views, 111 comments

junk mail

"Do Not Mail" Junk Mail Registry Called For By Green Group

ForestEthics has started a petition to enact a Do Not Mail registry, similar to the one that's sort of in effect (when marketers choose to abide by it) for telemarketing. Their reasoning: junk mail is enormously wasteful and damaging to the environment. We agree, but we're in favor of the registry for the simple reason that less junk mail means fewer uninvited distractions, ID theft risks, and trash we'd have to deal with every day. More »

11:54 AM on Thu Mar 13 2008
By Chris Walters
2,417 views, 40 comments

the news

The News; Dance Like Nobody's Buying


• Coulda saved a lotta trouble just by reading a little thing called "The Laws of Supply and Demand." [LAT] " 'Boutique' Gasoline Blends Not Boosting Prices, Study Finds"
• They paved paradise and put up a parking lot. [LAT] "Six Flags May Sell Its Magic Mountain Park"
• "We had a flat tire" only works so much. [CT] "United Airlines loses USPS Contract For Tardiness"
• The Googleplex paid him off in lifetime supply of candy, hair combings. [LAT] "Lawmaker's Porn Suit Against Google Dropped"

10:38 AM on Fri Jun 23 2006
By Ben Popken
129 views, 1 comment

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