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by yojo 1483 days ago
I just Google the business and email them. Usually they're able to take me off their mailing list.

Also as I recall, there was a coupon mailer that did not participate in the DMA. The flyers show up with branding from Vericast/Save/Valassis. The opt out for them is here: https://www.save.com/mailing/delivery-options

Similarly I recently moved houses and got a ton of catalogs to the former owner. It was a PITA to get sorted out, but after a couple months of diligent removal requests my mail is mostly stuff I care about.

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I wish there was some equivalent of credit card chargebacks for USPS bulk mail. If I mark the mailpiece as being to someone not at the address, the USPS would bill the company for the failed delivery. (Also the "Or Current Resident" loophole is ridiculous.)

Then this would be the organization's problem to keep their own lists up to date. I realize this is probably infeasible but it would be nice.