Q&A: How to get credit card companies to stop sending offers
Question? I’m tired of getting a ton of offers from credit card companies. How can I prevent credit card companies from sending me all that stuff?
Answer: That’s a great question and it is indeed a pain in the royal bottom. Here are are three things you can do to help eliminate credit card solicitations:
Step 1:
Sign up with the credit card bureau’s “opt out” services. This will remove you from the marketing lists they sell to credit card issuers. Call this number: 1-888-5 “opt out” or, optOutPrescreen.com
Step 2:
Opt out of “information sharing” every chance you get. Anytime you use your credit card, make a donation or sign up for a new service, your information could be sold to a credit card marketer. Ethical companies give you a chance to opt out. Take it.
Step 3:
Follow up with those who sell your data. Sometimes you won’t be able to tell who sold you out; other times, it’s obvious. I learned this lesson when I was a young boy and I signed up for a subscription with the now defunct, “Sport Magazine.” My handwriting (which incidentally remains pathetic to this day) comically misspelled my last name so that when my first issue arrived, I wondered, who’s that? For years numerous other publications sent magazine solicitations by the same humorous last name.
You got to give us some tips about those email spams too. I am tired of those. Irritating. Step two is easy. And I’d be sharing this to my buddy. He’d need this. Thank you for having this posted.
Thanks for the input, Amy. We’ll get working on ways to combat email spams! Check back soon
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