carols@drilex.UUCP (Carol Springs) (03/24/91)
In article <159401@felix.UUCP> asylvain@felix.UUCP (Alvin "the Chipmunk" Sylvain) writes: >If you don't want Equifax selling your info, try asking them nicely not >to. They may say yes, or they may say no. I don't know their policy, >but many companies will honor your request. No matter what, if you don't >like the answer, and if it's that important to you, punish them. This will only help in the junk mail context, but... Equifax will "remove" (their word) your name from its direct marketing file at your request. As part of a mutual arrangement, it also notifies the TRW and TransUnion bureaus to do the same. "This should eliminate pre-approved credit offers and other types of direct mail from the customers of these organizations" -- Equifax standard form letter. An address for Equifax Options was circulating around the time of the great Lotus Marketplace debacle. I didn't keep the address and it wasn't included in the form letter from Equifax, but the return address on the envelope is: Equifax Marketing Decision Systems, Inc. [note: "Equifax Options" might route your request faster] Two Ravinia Drive Suite 500 Atlanta, GA 30346 If anyone has a better address, perhaps it's time to post it again. -- Carol Springs carols@drilex.dri.mgh.com