I am not alone in my desire to be left alone.

Don’t Call. Don’t Write. Let Me Be.
By DAMON DARLIN
Published: January 20, 2007
How to get your name off lists, so sales people won’t call, junk mail won’t come, and spam won’t clog the in-box.

Here are a few links from the article:
http://donotcall.gov/
http://www.the-dma.org/consumers/offmailinglist.html
http://www.optoutprescreen.com/

The funny thing is I am a salesperson! You’d think I wouldn’t mind getting deluged in offers since that is how I make my money. The difference, in my mind, is I am actually selling a product businesses need and I am not bothering people when they are home– I call into businesses during business hours. I am not sending out tons of literature that is just future landfill. I am not calling people during dinner time obviously reading from a script. Yesterday I had a real banner day. What really pleased me more than just the mere fact I was closing deals and making money was that each person that I sold, THANKED ME. They were happy. I think the only way I would ever thank these credit card agencies, insurance companies, mortgage refinancers, etc… is if they stopped bothering me with their unwanted offers.