Junk Mail

[MAPPLEBUM]

Ever since DH graduated from med school we've had a huge influx of junk mail come to our door. Magazines, memberships, conference info, all types of insurance pitches, program flyers...it's not uncommon to get 3-5 different things a DAY. I assume this is normal, and as I'm the only person who checks the mail in the house I've stopped even opening most of this shit. Is this wrong? Should I be trying to at least open everything to make sure it's not important? Anything I should be looking out for?

[Mrs. MD, Esq.]

I throw tons out everyday too...annoying

[DrBandMe]

B gets the same amount of junk. Every time he receives another JAMA he won't read I want to scream. Conferences, insurance, donation requests... I sort through it all just to be sure and purge from there. He doesn't even notice nor care.

[GreyhoundsRUs]

I cannot wait until we move to our forever location - I am going to hit the junk mail with vengeance and get things cleaned up. It's such a waste of time and money and paper. "Your membership dues statement is enclosed", "A great offer for you from XXX" - I'm so over it! I was opening everything for a while, and now I know what I don't need to open and can just pitch (Guitar Center, AMA, OREF, anything "shiny" from a CC company (your bill isn't going to be in a fancy envelope!), anything addressed to my maiden name or not people who live here (like my FIL)).

[WolfpackWife]

DH wanted me to hang onto every JAMA journal that came to him last year when he first became a member of the AMA. I'll give you three good guesses at how many he read.

[WolfpackWife]

The flip side of this is, I routinely pitch all of the random crap we get that comes to him that I know is junk and he won't open, but if he DARES throw away a 20% off BB&B coupon, it's ON. Regardless of the fact that I have probably 30-40 coupons already, we DO NOT THROW THOSE OUT.

[SuzySunshine]

I put magazines and anything that looks relevant or is from his training institutions in a pile and he gets to them when he can, everything else goes into the recycling.


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[alotofyarn]

I got mad at hubby for throwing those away too, WPW! I hate junk mail too. I throw away most of what we get.

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[ladymoreta]

DH wanted me to hang onto every JAMA journal that came to him last year when he first became a member of the AMA. I'll give you three good guesses at how many he read.

DH did the same thing! Haha!

[PrincessFiona]

We get junk mail too. It's so annoying.

[SoonerTexan]

I hate it too! I do open just about everything though, especially credit card offers. I shred anything that I think could maybe be used for identity theft (i.e. specifically has our name on it, especially credit card offers). It's a time consuming PITA.

The best is I also get the junk mail from the previous 3-5 occupants too! It's so frickin annoying.

BUT THERE IS HOPE!!

https://www.consumer.ftc.gov/article...surance-offers

You can opt out of prescreened credit card offers. I did it for myself and it works. I haven't done it for DH yet, though.

[MsSassyBaskets]

Has anyone tried this? http://www.geekwire.com/2012/paperka...e-photo-click/

[scrub-jay]

Paper karma works okay

[SoonerTexan]

ooo cool!

[corn poffi]

Sadly, most of the medical-related stuff probably won't be considered "junk". Our program pays for resident memberships to at least five societies, all of which send out their own publication.

I toss everything without even looking at it. Such a waste of paper!