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Dog-faced pony soldier
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Good Opt-Out Site
Just thought I'd share this - I get several (annoying) junk mails a week, usually from companies trying to hawk insurance. I noticed that they all use the same "opt out" site, which you can go to in order to permanently opt out of any/all future "offers" of this sort. Just thought I'd share - if you guys are like me, all you want is to be left alone by these sorts of "direct marketing" idiots. A day with an empty mailbox is a good one...
www.optoutprescreen.com You can opt out for five years by a few mouse clicks or permanently by printing out the form and mailing it in (which I did). Enjoy!
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06-14-2009, 09:09 AM
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If you get an email from a stranger pointing you to this - check the link. Since you are entering all your persnal information you want to make sure it is going to the right place.
I poked around and verified that the above site is legitimate. But my personal "Phish Philter" went on alert.
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75 911S Targa - Mine from 2001 until sold to Germany buyer 10/2016 <ALL DIY> Brakes/Wheels '01, Body/paint/restoration 7/04, Suspension 3/07 Engine rebuild - done 7/08 - added 28 tube cooler and SSIs - running strong. Ducktail painted. 2021 MachE, 2012 Outback, 2019 Crosstrek, 2018 Impreza wagon |
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06-14-2009, 10:05 AM
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Information Junky
Join Date: Mar 2001
Location: an island, upper left coast, USA
Posts: 73,167
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• Name
• Address • Social Security Number • Date of Birth Uhm, yeah, why would all this info be required for someone to NOT send crap to one (or more) designated mailing address?
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Everyone you meet knows something you don't. - - - and a whole bunch of crap that is wrong. Disclaimer: the above was 2˘ worth. More information is available as my professional opinion, which is provided for an exorbitant fee. 
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06-14-2009, 10:42 AM
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What I read was that the site is run by the credit reporting companies. They will flag your credit profile with your opt out request - and that information alllows them to flag the right record. Paranoia only gets you so far....... Caution, a little farther.
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75 911S Targa - Mine from 2001 until sold to Germany buyer 10/2016 <ALL DIY> Brakes/Wheels '01, Body/paint/restoration 7/04, Suspension 3/07 Engine rebuild - done 7/08 - added 28 tube cooler and SSIs - running strong. Ducktail painted. 2021 MachE, 2012 Outback, 2019 Crosstrek, 2018 Impreza wagon |
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06-14-2009, 11:06 AM
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Information Junky
Join Date: Mar 2001
Location: an island, upper left coast, USA
Posts: 73,167
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...and reading, farther yet. (meaning I should have read more closely, I suspect)
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Everyone you meet knows something you don't. - - - and a whole bunch of crap that is wrong. Disclaimer: the above was 2˘ worth. More information is available as my professional opinion, which is provided for an exorbitant fee.
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06-14-2009, 11:18 AM
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Dog-faced pony soldier
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I believe it's TransUnion's affiliate. So said all the "literature" I received anyway.
Next step is to freeze all my credit reports. I'm trying to totally drop "off the radar" from these clowns. I'm sick of their crap. I remember reading a story years ago in grad school about a guy in Colorado who heated his house for an entire Rocky Mountain winter using nothing but junk mail - he got on every mailing list he could possibly get on and had a high-efficiency stove to burn the stuff. Kinda' funny actually.
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06-14-2009, 12:51 PM
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