[delichon]

I bought a weed whacker directly from the maker about 5 years ago, and since then have received literal tons of their catalogues in my tiny mailbox. They send > 80% of all the mail I receive. I've regretted it ever since. Now I feel like I need to keep my address a secret unless there's a good reason not to. Amazon has had it since the last century and has never abused it.

I'd buy more from such if it was easy to hide my personal info from them.

[drnick1]

> Now I feel like I need to keep my address a secret unless there's a good reason not to.

No business gets my real phone number, and the email I provide is [e-mail]. The minute I start receiving unsolicited email, I revoke the alias and spam will bounce.

[pocksuppet]

Can't you get a few thousand dollars by suing them for spamming you?

[TylerE]

Not for physical mail.

[mrweasel]

Yeeeeey for living in a country where physical mail is prohibitively expensive. A standard letter, 2 - 5 business days, costs $3.50.

[0x457]

In US, USPS (government snail mail) literally has program that allows you to send^W spam marketing mail: https://www.usps.com/business/every-door-direct-mail.htm

[mrweasel]

Do they make it up on volume or is postal workers just incredibly cheap?

[munk-a]

They're forced to deliver it at a loss and then yelled at by congress when they fail to turn a profit. The system just works.