In that packet of accumulated mail for a month there is no junk mail. When living in a house in the 1990s, the mail was held at the post office while I vacationed. Upon return, that pile of mail was four to five inches thick. There might have been a few pieces of first class mail.
That is a disturbing memory as I consider a permanent address in Tucson. Perhaps I could have a shredder installed beneath my mail box and ask the postman to place only first class mail in the mailbox and the rest goes in the shredder.
If the USPS was run like a business, there would be no junk mail. The costs of delivery would outweigh the return for the creator of that junk mail. However, there will be junk mail as long as lobbyists make the decisions for the US legislators.
That is another downside to permanent living -- junk mail.
I have had my forwarding service for 17 years even when I lived in a more fixed style. The benefits of the forwarded mail makes me plan on keeping on using it as long as I am alive. Not having to do address changes is a wonderful thing.
ReplyDeleteI am considering continuing mail forwarding after settling.
DeleteWhat ticks me off is when I have my mail forwarded and I have to pay all the extra postage for the junk mail. I've never asked him to send only first class mail. Hummm. I'm sending an e-mail right now to ask. I'm paying a fortune for this service, might as well see if that is included. Thanks! :)
ReplyDeleteWhen I was researching forwarders, the ones I talked to had options of mail to be forwarded.
DeleteWhen we come back from our trips I separate all the mail into 3 piles: junk, bills, stuff to get to later. All the junk goes into the recycling bin. We recycle way too much mail.
ReplyDeleteWhen the garbage mail exceeds the "real" mail, there is something wrong with the systme.
DeleteNot a total answer but https://www.catalogchoice.org/ helps keep our mail down.
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