Dealing with Yellow Pages Delivery Spam

Are you sick of phone books showing up at your house? I am. I've tried getting off all of their distribution lists and STILL have them showing up at my door. Here's what I did the last time I received one from Verizon / Idearc Media.

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• books
• consumers
• idearc
• media
• minneapolis
• minnesota
• pages
• phone
• spam
• verizon
• yellow
• yellowpages
• yp

[planesx12]

Just another whacko fighting the good fight. Do you go to all the companies that send you junk mail and throw the mail onto their property. I think it's only fair to treat everyone equally.

[thedeets]

@planesx12 I'd consider doing something similar with junk mail, except direct mail companies actually do a good job honoring opt-out requests. That's a sensible approach. Why do they get it right while yellow pages directory companies continue to fail?

[winikten1]

they are obligated to give you a directory because they offer phone service in the area. you can try opting out, but you see how that works.

again you're guilty of littering. seriously, you need a life.

[thedeets]

@winikten1 They are NOT obligated to give me a directory, and they do NOT offer phone service in my area. They are purely a directory provider that chooses to litter their books of ads at properties without the permission of property owners.

Yes, some people find them valuable. If Yellowbook would target their deliveries to those who do, people would stop complaining about their spam.

It's only spam if you don't want it.

[winikten1]

@thedeets verizon, who you said this book was, IS obligated to offer you a directory because they offer service in the area. even still, you're so obsessed with getting a stupid book, that you go out of your way to make an ass of yourself. throw the book out if you dont want it. it'll take what about 10 seconds? seriously, id deliver you a book just to watch you act like an ass.

[thedeets]

@winikten1 Ah, my bad. It's hard to keep up with all of your comments defending the yellow pages industry's failure to competently manage an opt-out system.

That being said, you're still wrong. I live in Minneapolis, and our local carrier is Qwest, so if any company is obligated to deliver books, it would be them. And then it would be only White Pages. I also don't have land line phone service.

I'd rather solve the problem than repeatedly waste time & tax dollars dealing with Yellowpage spam.

[jeepliberty70]

I guess you didn't know dex owns qwest also lol.

[planesx12]

@thedeets Why not just be a decent bloke, pick-up the book and throw it in the trash. Your not saving trees recycling because the books are made from recycled paper. the only other use for the book is to cut the binder off and shred it into filler as recycled paper can not be made into paper again. The truth of the matter is phone books are better off in the dump as they break down naturally and help filter other crap.

[planesx12]

@thedeets Because their mailing is computer generated and it just takes a simple keystroke. Phone book deliveries are done by people and most don't look at the delivery sheets which have your opt-out request. They simply go down the street and deliver to every house they see. And when you make a stink the deliver guy gets reamed a new ass hole or fired and the next schlep does the same thing. If you nicely call up the delivery office and ask them to come pick up the book, SUCCESS!

[winikten1]

@thedeets they are obligated by law to offer them. If you opt out then they should be able to comply. this book wasnt yellowbook. it was verizon. get your facts straight.