with those pesky credit card solicitations?

I'm not 100% sure, but I do know that there is now a website that allows you to opt out of receiving them.

It turns out that they get their information using data provided by the four credit companies: Equifax, Experian, Innovis, and TransUnion.

I found out about this through a consumer email newsletter that I receive from Ed Foster.

You can read his inquiry into whether this service is legitimate (it is) at the following URL. : http://weblog.infoworld.com/foster/2005/10/25.html#a322 or http://tinyurl.com/ayq6m.

Ed also provides a phone number that can be called for the same purpose.

The website to go to to actually opt out is:

https://www.optoutprescreen.com/?rf=t

Please use this information for good and not for evil.

Thank you.

Why this is worth knowing about:

1. You can help save trees.
2. You can save time.
3. You can strike a blow against big business.

Any downsides?

1. It takes a few moments to read Ed's article so that you can be sure this is worth it.
2. It takes a little time to fill in the form to submit.
3. They ask for your social security number, which they encrypt before it goes out into the ether.
4. As Ed mentions, it's disconcerting to have to beg to have this kind of nonsense stopped.