😤 How Are YOU Handling UNWANTED mail - calls -emails?

All junk mail. Used to take it to dads & have a bonfire a couple times a year, now I have to shred it & hope for the best.   LOL, Life insurance, the last thing I need. 

How are you posting here without a membership?

📎  (5/14/24) Aha @Tempest332 , I am NOT sure when my Marriage Mail arrives.

I did get the AARP Life Insurance Mail from my box LAST NIGHT.

It does have an 800 phone number which I will CALL today AFTER my Weekly Walmart Grocery Run this morning. Like to go when the youngsters are working and for now, the School Kids are NOT there. Dreading Summer Vacation as Walmart seems to be the place to hang out in and shoplift. Lol, keeps the cops busy.

Nicole  👵

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[*** @Tempest332 wrote:

Marriage mail... Once a week ads & circulars, junk from home improvement companies, fast food coupons. Maybe even an ad from AARP.  Comes on Wednesday, usually all bundled together. ***]

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@SummerOnTheWay1 

If this is your insurer, and it is now almost time for the Medicare Open Enrollment to begin for Medicare Advantage plans OR free-standing Prescription Drug plans , you do have some decisions to make - 

If they are telling you to review your plan for changes to the 2025 plan, you need to review it because a lot is changing and you need to pick the plan that is best for your needs for 2025.  Medicare Advantage Plans and free-standing Prescription Drug Plans don’t have to stay the same from year to year.  They maybe telling you that the Annual Notice of Change is available to view perhaps on their website.

This is especially important for 2025 plans since there was so much that changed legislatively.

CMS.gov - Medicare Open Enrollment 

You will probably start to get publications from other insurers in your area the closer we get to the middle of October when Medicare Open Enrollment begins.  They will all be trying to get your business - they have a certain amount that is designated as solicitation and the money they spend in that category is over and above what they get from the government (Medicare) for your care and medications.

So for the next couple of months, you will be getting lots of mail.  If your mailbox is as far away as mine [and up hill] , I just consider it part of my exercise regiment.

I didn’t receive LifeLock offer. I assume because I have selected “Limit Sharing” with AARP. Which prevents me receiving AARP’s third party postal mailers.

 AARP Limit Sharing  > Right to opt out of sharing

Reduce your unwanted phone calls by (I receive zero) - 

• Registering with National Do Not Call Registry
• Opt out of sharing & marketing with each company you have a business relationship with. See companies privacy policy for their opt out procedure.
• Obtain annual free credit reports (Experian, Equifax, TransUnion & Innovis). Remove phone number(s) listed. TIP: Opt out of sharing with each creditor listed before disputing number.
• Eliminate your unwanted non-first class postal mail (aka junk mail). Which will remove your personal info from several marketing databases which normally has a phone number listed.
• Political calls - Your voter registration info (name, address, phone number, email, etc.) is public record and is accessible by anyone (including marketing companies). Remove phone number from voter registration - there is NO law requiring individuals to have a phone.
• Charity Calls - If you donated to charity close your donor account. Don’t forget to opt out of sharing & marketing.
  
• Remove info (name/address/phone/email) from Infocision.
• Medicare calls - Do NOT answer call from unknown number! Answering call verifies number is live and will be shared with other companies.
• Find a number you like and keep it FOREVER - changing phone number won’t avoid unwanted calls/texts.
• Search phone number in free lookup sites - how many individuals are connected to your number. These calls could be intended for these past owners. Take steps to stop previous owner(s) phone calls.