Eliminate Yellow Pages

NirvanaMan · 10-17-2008, 10:30 AM

Not sure if this has been posted yet, if so forgive me. Did a quick search and couldn't find anything related.

So a personal pet peeve is all of the junk mail i receive and advertising crap left on my door. The worst culprit are those thick useless yellow page books I get every now and then. Do people still use the book? Eh, I'm sure some do, but I sure don't want one. It goes straight to the recycling bin.

For anyone who is interested, check out the following site:

http://www.yellowpagesgoesgreen.org/

Forgot to mention that on this site you can opt-out of receiving yellow and white page directories. I guess that is kinda key. Too damn busy; no time to think. I opted out. Now, to get rid of the people that leave ads on my door every day.

Morrigoon · 10-17-2008, 10:32 AM

I don't like to receive them too often either, they pile up. Once a year or every other year would be fine (they do come in handy occasionally)

Ghoulish Delight · 10-17-2008, 10:39 AM

But, what will the bunnies destroy?

Tom · 10-17-2008, 10:45 AM

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Originally Posted by Ghoulish Delight

But, what will the bunnies destroy?

Whatever they can.

Not Afraid · 10-17-2008, 10:42 AM

I always laugh when I get calls from yellow page advertisers. I have NO desire to spend money advertising in the YP. It is a long-gone dinosaur of a former advertising age.

innerSpaceman · 10-17-2008, 10:42 AM

Please. I live in a condo complex, so there's towers of them stacked at each of 12 or so mail locations. Ugh. No one wants them. They sit there mouldering for months.

Andrew · 10-17-2008, 11:02 AM

Totally agreed. I can't remember the last time I needed a paper phone book. It must be years ago. We don't even have a landline anymore, but we just got a yellow pages dropped in front of our house a few days ago. It goes straight to the recycling bin but it's such a waste.

Betty · 10-17-2008, 11:08 AM

Mouldering. I like that word.

Ghoulish Delight · 10-17-2008, 11:09 AM

Actually, I will say that, if only because they've been slow to adapt to the internet, I've recently found the physical yellow pages useful for finding services such as plumbers or landscapers.

Boss Radio · 10-17-2008, 11:10 AM

Perhaps the time of their intended usefullness has passed, but consider this: you can't stand on your iPhone to reach the cookie jar.

10-17-2008, 10:30 AM	#1
NirvanaMan Making Change Happen Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 990	Eliminate Yellow Pages Not sure if this has been posted yet, if so forgive me. Did a quick search and couldn't find anything related. So a personal pet peeve is all of the junk mail i receive and advertising crap left on my door. The worst culprit are those thick useless yellow page books I get every now and then. Do people still use the book? Eh, I'm sure some do, but I sure don't want one. It goes straight to the recycling bin. For anyone who is interested, check out the following site: http://www.yellowpagesgoesgreen.org/ Forgot to mention that on this site you can opt-out of receiving yellow and white page directories. I guess that is kinda key. Too damn busy; no time to think. I opted out. Now, to get rid of the people that leave ads on my door every day. Last edited by NirvanaMan : 10-17-2008 at 11:16 AM.
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10-17-2008, 10:32 AM	#2
Morrigoon I throw stones at houses Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Location: Location Posts: 9,534	I don't like to receive them too often either, they pile up. Once a year or every other year would be fine (they do come in handy occasionally) __________________ http://bash.org/?top "It is useless for sheep to pass a resolution in favor of vegetarianism while wolves remain of a different opinion." -- William Randolph Inge
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Ghoulish Delight I Floop the Pig Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Alternative Swankstyle Posts: 19,348	But, what will the bunnies destroy? __________________ 'He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me.' -TJ
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10-17-2008, 10:42 AM	#5
Not Afraid HI! Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 17,108	I always laugh when I get calls from yellow page advertisers. I have NO desire to spend money advertising in the YP. It is a long-gone dinosaur of a former advertising age.
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innerSpaceman Kink of Swank Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Inner Space Posts: 13,075	Please. I live in a condo complex, so there's towers of them stacked at each of 12 or so mail locations. Ugh. No one wants them. They sit there mouldering for months.
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10-17-2008, 11:02 AM	#7
Andrew Making Good Girls Go Bad Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Palo Alto, CA Posts: 734	Totally agreed. I can't remember the last time I needed a paper phone book. It must be years ago. We don't even have a landline anymore, but we just got a yellow pages dropped in front of our house a few days ago. It goes straight to the recycling bin but it's such a waste. __________________ -- Andrew Just Andrew. Do I contradict myself? Very well then, I contradict myself. (I am large, I contain multitudes.) -- Walt Whitman, "Song of Myself"
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Betty Kicking up my heels! Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: The Silver State Posts: 3,783	Mouldering. I like that word. __________________ Nee Stell Thue
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10-17-2008, 11:09 AM	#9
Ghoulish Delight I Floop the Pig Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Alternative Swankstyle Posts: 19,348	Actually, I will say that, if only because they've been slow to adapt to the internet, I've recently found the physical yellow pages useful for finding services such as plumbers or landscapers. __________________ 'He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me.' -TJ
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10-17-2008, 11:10 AM	#10
Boss Radio The Littlest Hobo Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Hobo Junction Posts: 393	Perhaps the time of their intended usefullness has passed, but consider this: you can't stand on your iPhone to reach the cookie jar.
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