Published by Bill January 30th, 2008
in Advice.
Gidday,
The importance of entering your customer or account number when opting out of catalogs is very important as detailed below in email responses we have received at www.stopthejunkmail.com’s customer service department recently for opt outs from Patagonia.
The address label on your catalog contains precise information so the catalog company can locate your personal information in their database. If you do not have your exact name and include the customer number then you will probably not be removed from their mailing list.
Our advice is to make sure that you give the catalog companies as much information as you can so they may find you in their database and successfully make your catalog choice.
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> Hello,
>
> Is there a customer number on the back of the catalog in a blue box? I
> cannot locate the name or address in our database. If there is no
> customer number or it is all zeroes it was a one-time mailing from us.
>
> Have a good day!
> Skye
> Patagonia Customer Service
>
Another Reply-
> Hi,
>
> Thank you for your email. Unfortunately we were unable to find you in
> our system and if you have a customer number we can then remove you from
> our list. If you do not have a customer number and it’s all zeros, it
> was a one time mailing from us. You can also go to
> http://www.dmaconsumers.org/consumerassistance.html to have your name
> and address removed from other mailings.
>
> Thank you and have a good day!
>
> Nikki
> Patagonia Customer Service
>
>
And Another Reply—-
> Thank you for your email.
>
> Is there a customer number on the back of the catalog? If so, we need
> that number to remove you from our mailing list. If not, or the number
> is all zeros, it was a one time mailing from us.
>
> All the best!
>
> Ting
> Patagonia Customer Service
Cheerio,
Margot
Published by Margot January 6th, 2008
in Coporate and Boulder.
Gidday,
Christchurch on the south Island of New Zealand is joining some other major cities around the world on Saturday March 29th 2008 for the first Global Earth Hour. The city will turn it’s lights off for one hour that day to take a stand against climate change. Other cities to join the 2008 initiative include Sydney, Melbourne, Toronto, Chicago and Manila and pledges are growing around the world.
Earth Hour started last year in Sydney Australia which was an initiative of the World Wildlife Fund(WWF) and The Sydney Morning Herald. More than 2 million Sydney residents joined Earth Hour causing a 10.2% drop in energy usage across the Sydney CBD, according to Energy Australia.
Christchurch is the first city to join in from New Zealand.
We encourage any person, business or city to make a difference by joining Global Earth Hour 2008.
Cheerio,
Margot
Published by Margot January 2nd, 2008
in Advice.
Gidday,
This week we discovered that Fingerhut charges $2.00 for anyone who wants to receive their 200 page glossy catalog. In my book that is an automatic Opt Out until you chose to Opt In. I love it! Thanks to our member who sent in the email to stopthejunkmail.com(below).
By charging for their catalog Fingerhut are pre-qualifying prospective buyers to make sure they actually want to shop. Additionally Fingerhut encourage you to go to their website to shop their online catalog! This is a service where by a consumer can browse a paper catalog online rather than search online through a shopping system.
But don’t be fooled, once you are on their mailing list they may send you direct mail regarding other offers such as sweepstakes or credit card and so the cycle begins!
Email from our member:
” Thank you for your request for a catalog. You may purchase our 200 page catalog for $2.00 by calling us at 1-800-233-3588, or by mailing your catalog request to P.O. Box 0230 St. Cloud, MN 56395-0230. We accept Fingerhut credit, check, money order, Visa, MasterCard, Discover, American Express credit cards, or your checking/savings account as a form of payment. Please feel free to shop online anytime at www.fingerhut.com. Here you can view our most recent catalog under the Shop Our Online Catalogs option.”
Cheerio,
Margot
