Stop the Shopper Stopper!

So, around two or three times a week the Madison publication, "Shopper Stopper" (brought to you by the same people who bring the Wisconsin State Journal and the Capital TImes) makes two stops in my little two-room apartment: one in the mailbox, one in the recycle-bin--until now.

They don't list any contact information in the entire publication save for a couple advertisements for madison.com (also run by the WSJ guys, Capital Newspapers). So there I went, and with a little searching found a phone number for customer service regarding delivery concerns.

608-252-6363 or 1-800-362-8333.

I called and selected 'other' (number 5) on the little menu that you're greeted with, and was helped by the friendly Pete, who in about 10 seconds was able to cancel my subscription. He says it'll take 3-4 weeks to actually go through the system, but should eventually stop filling my wastebasket.

Hopefully, they'll change the cover to read, "over 124,999 delivered this Wednesday: here's how one Madisonian stopped receiving this publication and you can do it too!" and then tell my story.

Seriously it's really easy, and really worthwhile.

photo by wonder al, "http://flickr.com/photos/wonderal/"