Comments on: How To Stop Unwanted Phone Books

By: Kelly

Kelly — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 14:00:55 +0000

I actually DO use a phone book… but only do so maybe once or twice a year. I live in a very small town and a lot of the local mom & pop businesses are not on the internet when I do a search, but are in the paper phone book.

It’s a rare thing, since most white/yellow pages are on-line, but I swear there have been places I cannot find after searching for 10 minutes, so give up and grab the book.

By: Kurama

Kurama — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 09:07:53 +0000

Donate them to your local zoo they always can use them for enrichment for the animals

By: Yanichka

Yanichka — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 22:51:05 +0000

Maybe I’m unusual, but I have days sometimes when I don’t turn the computer on. If I need a phone number and Google 411 is giving me crap, it’s easiest to just flip open a book.

I usually love Google 411 (1-800-GOOG-411), but it is a computer and they aren’t always the best at voice recognition.

I love the bunnies idea though. I certainly do not need four (!) phone books for the same area, with the same information in different fonts.

By: Renee

Renee — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 17:03:01 +0000

You can always try contacting a humane society or small animal clinic. My vet treats bunnies that love to “recycle” phone books. They always welcome old phone books for the rabbits.

By: Lisa

Lisa — Sat, 08 Aug 2009 04:07:53 +0000

We have a main front door and another door off the addition between the house and garage, about 10 feet from each other. We often get two copies of the phone book. If they can’t even figure out that it is one house then can you really expect them to read an opt out list.

By: CorporateBS

CorporateBS — Sun, 02 Aug 2009 22:53:19 +0000

Basically, the phone book publishers and the phone companies know there is little leverage an individual has (even if they have requested non delivery. In my neck of the woods the publisher (Dex-Knows) hires third party distributers that hire illigal aliens to run the delivery \milk routes\. The only way to effectivly stop them is to file a legal injuction against the publisher to stop littering on private property.

By: Kittymama

Kittymama — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 20:31:00 +0000

Dexknows’ phone directory has one of the worst search engines ever. It’s nearly impossible to find a business listing. So I still use my Qwest paper directories when I can’t track something down another way online (i.e., I find many phone numbers online, but I rarely use Dexknows to find them).

By: BetterBob

BetterBob — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 05:47:00 +0000

Maxym: So you are the reason I don’t get coupons for Chinese food anymore.

By: mark

mark — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 03:22:00 +0000

Just throw em in trash.. keeps us printers busy…. thank you

By: Sugarbee

Sugarbee — Sat, 07 Feb 2009 07:27:00 +0000

Try working at a hotel…we got 600 plus phone books for a 129 room hotel! But the phone book is often like the remote…you can never find it when you need it!