Why Harriet Carter Keeps Mailing an Older Audience Two free registries clear most Harriet Carter mail within a season, and a paid photo-based app can mop up whatever's left afterward — no phone script or hold-music required to get started. Harriet Carter is a gift-and-novelty catalog built around household items, …

The Short Answer: Yes, It Is a Real Nonprofit Catalog Choice is a real service, and it is free. Its About page says it "is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, managed by The Story of Stuff Project, with EIN #46-4334785." The same page calls it a "free service to cancel specific catalogs and other types of paper mail …

Why the Lands' End Catalog Keeps Coming Lands' End says a request to stop its catalogs "may take 2-4 weeks to process." That line is in the "Your Privacy Choices" section of the Lands' End privacy policy , next to the only two ways it gives for stopping the catalog: call 1-800-963-4816 or email …

Why One Opt-Out Never Stops Every Catalog DMAchoice reaches companies you have never bought from. The stores you do buy from have to be asked one by one. That split is why catalogs often keep coming after people "opt out." The DMAchoice FAQ says it plainly: "if you've purchased from, subscribed to, or donated to a …

Why the L.L.Bean Catalog Keeps Coming L.L.Bean only takes catalog requests from you, not from a service acting for you. Its catalog preferences page says that after "careful consideration of customer service, data protection, privacy and fees, L.L.Bean no longer honors requests made by" third-party catalog opt-out …

Who Sends Charity Mail, and Which Opt-Out Reaches It Federal law lets you keep the address labels, calendars and other small gifts that charities send. The FTC's page on unordered products says that "charitable organizations can send you merchandise and ask for a contribution," and that "it's your right to keep such …