Valassis Communications

I have the same opinion of this irresponsible company that is staffed with unmotivated, complacent, uneducated full timers. Yes, Valassis is the company that puts out Redplum. They are located in Livonia MI, which is the same town that the guy who thew the beer on Ron Artest at the Pistons game is from. Its an indication of the type of staff they have. The only people that seem to know how to spell their name correctly are temp employees that apparently have very little autonomy. I have asked numerous times over the span of more than a year to have my address removed. I do not use their coupons. The publication takes up the entire mailbox, making very little room for actual mail with a purpose, such as bank statements, bills, or letters from family or friends. Now I have to throw the stuff away. It completely befuddles me that I am trying to save them costs, yet they want to ignore me. Again, I think it speaks volumes of the type of people employed there, and that includes the HR department who apparently has no idea how to hire motivated people. They don’t even understand that it’s the same advertisers every week. When you have the same message over and over and over, and you broadcast that message as frequently as Valassis does, you lose the effectiveness that your advertising had in the first place. I think what I’m going to do is start calling every company that is in Redplum and inform them that I will personally be boycotting their establishments because of the illegitimate business practices that Valassis engages in.

Valassis Communications is a media and marketing giant that started business in 1970 and it’s based in Livonia, Michigan. Through a series of strategic acquisitions, it now has about 7000 employees in 28 states and 9 countries. I really don’t have any problem with the company doing its own business and I don’t care about the company’s million dollar settlements in court but I refuse to accept the fact that I should received their advertisement in the mail without my direct request. I didn’t ask for it, I don’t want it, I don’t want to sort through it and I don’t want to throw it away because, in the end, it’s only a waste of time and a waste of paper that I even pay to get rid of along with my neighbors.
You can opt out of RedPlum advertisement by going to this link:
. It takes a minute and, according to the company, the process «will take 5 to 6 weeks». I have done it before and it works but it’s only temporary and the spam will only stop for 2 months. As I fill out the opt out page I cannot believe they force you to select an option to accept an agreement as if they own your life and it’s up to you to decide not to receive spam. WTF is that? I have the right not to receive spam and I should not have to opt out of it!
I will check how long the period without the paper will last and update my comments again. If you know of a way to remove yourself from RedPlum forever let me know. Most of all review Valassis Communications and share with your family and friends my review so that they know what to do to opt out of RedPlum advertisement. Hopefully, one of these days a gigantic meteorite falls on the headquarters of the company so that it can put it into oblivion. If you don’t want to opt out of RedPlum feel free to stack the papers and dump them in front of the closest Valassis Communications location near you along with your entire neighborhood.

THIS IS REDPLUM
If I could stand outside their corp offices and protest I would. They own REDPLUM which is that direct mail stuff that arrives every week in your mail box even when you fill out the form on their website «red
to be removed.
The problem I have is not only is it a lot of stuff but most people just throw it in the trash like me so what a waste of paper. They probably try to convince their advertisers that what they offer in the world of direct mail is a great way to spend your marketing dollars but if you go to the waste or trash collecting agencies like I have you will see ALL of their stuff discarded.
Gee I wonder why so many of the newspapers have decided to scale back home delivery and do it all online. is it possible that we are using this funny little thing called COMPUTERS now instead. I guess their advertising dept probably has a bunch of 75 or 80 year old people who think that what they mail out is still relevant. I tend to disagree.
Now if I can just get them to stop sending me stuff. They don’t seem to care in my opinion

Perhaps this review may be considered sour grapes, but I represent a national charity called Thursday’s Child, that helps to recover missing children. We have the only listing for missing children with toll free director and 411 services throughout the nation. But Valassis only supports the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children with donations even though, unlike us who are open 24 – 7, their services are only open 5 – 9 weekdays. Why do they only support NCMEC? It makes them look better. On their hold, in their marketing, they maintain that more than 1500 children featured in their fliers have been returned home. While that may be true, they were not returned as a result of being feature on their fliers. That is deliberately misleading. By calling 1 (800) 437‑0479 you too can have your address removed from their mailing list.

If it was possible to give a negative rating, I would. I have repeatedly asked to be removed from Red Plum’s and Valassis’ mailing lists unsuccessfully. I have opened four cases with the Better Business Bureau but have, again, been unsuccessful in my attempt to stop their junk mail from being delivered to my residence. So now, for lack of a better explanation, I am takin’ it to the streets to get the word out! DO NOT DO BUSINESS WITH THIS ORGANIZATION. Their customer service is horrible, they do not listen to the consumer and they do nothing but fill up your mailbox with junk mail. After my last attempt to have my name removed, I now write «Return to Sender» on their junk mail and return it to them. Let them figure out what to do with it.

Valassis owns RedPlum, which is one of the largset junk mail companies in the US. Valassis and RedPlum produce the junk mail that your postal worker stuffs your mailboxes each and every week.
Despite six attempts at removing myself from their distribution list over the past year, my mailbox is full to the brim with their advertisements.
Like most people, I do not read junk mail. I throw it away/​recycle. I wonder if advertisers are so stupid to think any of us read this junk mail? Smart advertisers spend their $ online, so they can measure how many people click an ad. Dumb ones pay Valassis. But I digress…
Valassis brags on their web site that they send junk mail to 60 Million households! How many trees do you they kill each week? And they claim to be a «green» company. (Shudder).
I borrowed what follows from a Unilocaler in San Diego. I thought it would be helpful here:
To TRY to remove your address from the Valassis/​RedPlum mailing list go here:
A few facts about junk mail:
*Keep trees in the forest. More than 100 million trees are destroyed each year to produce junk mail. 42% of timber harvested nationwide becomes pulpwood for paper.
*Reduce global warming. The world’s temperate forests absorb 2 billion tons of carbon annually. Creating and shipping junk mail produces more greenhouse gas emissions than 9 million cars.
*Save water. About 28 billion gallons of water are wasted to produce and recycle junk each year.
*Save time. You waste about 70 hours a year dealing with junk mail.
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