Junk Mail

[PollyannaMom]

I was thinking about this the other day (and am procrastinating now) -

Do you open junk mail before you toss it?

I usually do, but I feel kind of silly sometimes. Am I wasting a lot of time once it all adds up?

 

[soccerdad72]

Almost never - in fact, most of the time it doesn't make it in the house. We have a paper recycling box in our garage that every couple weeks we take to a collection bin at our church. As long as it doesn't look like something we need to shred (e.g. credit card offers), I toss it there while bringing it from the mailbox to the house.

 

[Floridaman999]

If I know it's obvious that it's junk mail, it goes in the trash. I get fooled every now and again but it goes in the trash once I know what it is.

 

[lynxstch]

We rarely get any junk mail, except at election time. I removed us from almost every mailing list. On the occasion that we get one I haven't see before, I call the company or # and tell them to remove our address. So far they have all complied. I should clarify, I do open junk mail, just to slit the envelope, take out whatever is in, and shred it all before throwing it in the trash.

 

[Disneylover99]

Yes. I open it. I can't help myself. Then I recycle it.

 

[marcyleecorgan]

Yes, I send it off to a company that gives me "rewards points" for our junk mail so they can see what is being marketed to our area. After about a year of junk mail, I get an Amazon giftcard.

 

[SteveH]

I go through cycles. Right now I am in my open, and stuff other junk mail in the prepaid return mail envelopes phase; I try to over stuff so the them too so they pay extra postage LOL. I just make sure I don't mail back any personal info.

 

[Meriweather]

If it is obviously junk mail, I toss it.
I open the ones I am not sure of....like companies I do business with, just in case it is important

 

[disneyhand]

Pure junk goes right in the recycle bin. I'm more careful if it contains personal info like pre-approved credit card offers which I open and shred. Magazine subscription junk goes right in the recycle though, even with all my personal info. I do tear it in half, don't know why

 

[EscalatorKid]

I check to make sure it isn't pure junk.

I don't want the prefilled credit card applications in the regular garbage.

Politicians' self-serving BS flyers go direct into the recycling can without even reading it.

But mostly, I double check to make sure.

 

[elgerber]

Almost never - in fact, most of the time it doesn't make it in the house. We have a paper recycling box in our garage that every couple weeks we take to a collection bin at our church. As long as it doesn't look like something we need to shred (e.g. credit card offers), I toss it there while bringing it from the mailbox to the house.

This, exactly.