Home 30 Jan 2007 10:22 am
Cancelling Verizon’s phone books
About a year and a half ago we asked Qwest to knock it off with the phone books. It worked. I’m hoping it works as well with Verizon.
It was, again, surprisingly easy. I called Verizon’s directory department at 1-800-888-8448 and gave my name, number, and address to a slightly surprised-sounding customer service rep. (”You don’t want phone books?” he clarified carefully.) I encourage anybody who’s tired of the big paper phone bricks to give the companies a call. They do have ways to ensure that you don’t get the phone books; they just don’t advertise the fact.
The hold time wasn’t even that bad. Really, the worst part was having to physically handle the phone books themselves. They smell awful. Ugh.
on 30 Jan 2007 at 11:26 am 1.mia said …
I was surprised to have one show up this year after the land line got cancelled.
I should have the book cancelled.
on 30 Jan 2007 at 4:06 pm 2.Rechercher said …
Hmm, I actually like the big, fat things. When I was in Ellensburg I was disappointed because the phone book was so small. *shrug* I guess it’s just another way that I’m strange.
on 30 Jan 2007 at 4:23 pm 3.Cam Sculpin said …
Too bad I can’t have the phone company send you mine!
If you like them, that’s cool. If you don’t, they’re a big smelly waste of paper. (Seriously, what the hell do they soak these things in? It smelled like a combination of formaldehyde and turpentine with a little gasoline mixed in. Yeccch. I don’t think they’ve always smelled this bad.)
on 31 Jan 2007 at 3:35 pm 4.Ted said …
Or, in reverse, it could be a horrible practical joke: “Could you send 27 phone books to 1600 NW 82nd St?”
on 31 Jan 2007 at 8:51 pm 5.naomi said …
Now, the real challenge is to prevent yourself from being LISTED in the phone books. Qwest is squeezing 75 cents per month out of me, in addition to a $7 “setup” fee, just so that my name won’t show up.
I fully expect this to be a big waste of money, but I’m crossing my fingers.