Sick of phone books?

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I got few phone book at my door step. I was like oh no! Not another waste from trees... I used to test various ammo using phone book see what their penetrating power were. Anyway, I found out that I could opt out phone book. I decided gone ahead sign up and opt-out ALL cause I don't see point of getting phone book other than free object to use as target practice.

Here is link.
https://www.yellowpagesoptout.com/
 
Mine don't even make it into the house. Straight from front door drop-off to recycle bin.

I think eventually they will stop making these. Even now, mine is MUCH thinner than the old days.
 
There is Federal law that requires phone companies provide phone books regardless. But Federal law just relaxed (Finally) after waste watchdogs complaining to telephone companies, and telephone companies said they can not stop print it by law, ended up refer to FCC I think, finally change has been made for 2013. The only way to stop this is to opt out yourself, or select one of phone book you want to get. There is link in post #1, depending on how few homes still want it, if it is too few, will use USPS to deliver books.
 
I understand. But I bet even the federal law will change after some point. We don't ever get one from our local phone company, but I bet that's because I don't have a landline. The ones we do get are local city books that go to every house. Still goes to the recycle bin! :)
 
I did that a few weeks ago, still got a phone book dropped off at my house 2 days ago :(
 
Next year you won't get it. That is what FAQ said, that it takes your selection process and won't be effective for several weeks.

ambrosia said:
I did that a few weeks ago, still got a phone book dropped off at my house 2 days ago :(
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Just to think of those people that actually gets paid to pass out phone books!!

Just like FF, mine goes to recycling, but not until after I let it collect dust.
 
Too cool, my phone books go straight to recycle bin too
 
yeah -- I get two of them - frontier and verizon. thanks for the link to opt out diehardbiker - I'm signing up to opt out. I too hate those phone books now. I just put em directly in recycle bin. what a waste to print it in the first place. I can google just about ANY number I need. The only thing that is good from phon books are the coupons . LOL!
 
We get too many phone books. We have one land-line phone line but because it has two ringers (one home number and one business number), we get double phone books. Also, we get one set for our town, and one set for our extended community. Then, we get a set of the business directories. So, we end up with about six phone books each year.
 
People get paid to pass out books that people throw away?

The only thing I use them for is to sit in a chair when I was younger or for driving in my dads car. I'm short.
 
I looked into getting my business listed in the yellow pages here in Austin. $400 a month. No wonder they are able to throw away so many of these books. That is $4800 a year just to get listed in a relic! Thanks but no thanks.
 
NitroHonda said:
I looked into getting my business listed in the yellow pages here in Austin. $400 a month. No wonder they are able to throw away so many of these books. That is $4800 a year just to get listed in a relic! Thanks but no thanks.
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:shock:

Not worth it unless your customer base is over 60 years old, the ones that tend to avoid technology....
 
NitroHonda said:
I looked into getting my business listed in the yellow pages here in Austin. $400 a month. No wonder they are able to throw away so many of these books. That is $4800 a year just to get listed in a relic! Thanks but no thanks.
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TCS pays about $400 per year for Yellow Pages. He's thinking of dropping it this year.
 
Another side effect of phone book delivery is that if you are not home it is an advertisement that you are not home and it places a complete stranger in your yard. Either way hanging off the mailbox out on the the street or on your doorstep it says NOT HOME. grrr.
 
I went back through my emails to look again and to reconfirm to be sure... it wasn't Yellow Pages but Yellow Book which isn't much of a difference anyway. They are essentially the same thing. They wanted exactly $360 a month for a double book deal (Austin area and Bastrop area)... which still translates into $4320 annually. $400 annually is a smoking deal and one that I would happily consider paying.
 
In my area, we only get small book that combined of white page and yellow page, that it.
 
Mine two combined between 5 and 6 inch thick. That is ALOT

I tested few of ammos, some can penetrate only an inch though, while other penetrate 1.5 phone book. LOL Same caliber but different velocity for each ammos.
 
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