Comments on: How To Stop CanPages Phonebook Delivery?

By: Business Web Directory

Business Web Directory — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 18:26:49 +0000

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By: Heather

Heather — Fri, 04 Jun 2010 03:44:07 +0000

tvnancy - I’ve lived at my address for 3 years, and in that time I’ve been delivered 16 books. 16! It’s a complete waste.

To others: the form will accept fake info, such as
Tel: 416-888-8888
email: no@becauseyoullspamme.com

By: Smojoe

Smojoe — Mon, 26 Apr 2010 23:23:15 +0000

Oh my settle down TV Nancy, as long as Canpages keeps carpet bombing Canada with those yellow bundles of joy and providing NO opt out mechanism on their consumer website, your union job is safe.

By: tvnancy

tvnancy — Mon, 26 Apr 2010 22:44:43 +0000

you must have a lot of time on your hands , people still use phone books .canpages uses totally recycled paper, Catalyst mill BC union shop employees approx 750 people , has the best online directory , stop trying to get rid of things before their time , Phone books will not go away too soon. Look at the demographic of the Canadian”s that hold the majority of the money in Canada,,not an I Pod user or teenie bopper texter , its a phone book and canpages.ca user over 50 years of age . Just like the fax many people still use faxes , it’s only 2010 2110 !
user! Why not pick on the oil sands who are really polluting, what is your claim to fame ?

By: Smojoe

Smojoe — Fri, 23 Apr 2010 12:04:23 +0000

Brett. You are right. Didn’t do homework. I was too busy dumping the Canpages in my recycling box and marveling at the cost in time, diesel fuel and electricity that’s wasted, with more about to be wasted again, converting it to something useful. And its all so Canpages can boast big circulations numbers and remain attractive to investors and advertisers. . I’m sure you would agree that if this product wasn’t FREE nobody would buy it. Well what we all must realize is that it isn’t free… indeed it costs society dearly.

By: Brett

Brett — Fri, 23 Apr 2010 04:56:27 +0000

Sounds to me like another person looking a purpose in life…save the planet…blah, blah…perhaps he should have noted that not one tree is cut down to produce a Canpages phone directory..it’s all recycled and pulp by-products….as well as the fact that CANPAGES pays BIG money to be a carbon neutral company…but I’m sure the rant is more important to him as he felt he had to take his ‘fight’ online before even doing his homework.
Yes, I am an employee of Canpages and a ton of my work is for online, but I have several of my clients who have become very wealthy from their print ads..and these are clients who didn’t even do any online ads! So..how can that be??? Why is it that customers would lie to these companies when their secretary asks every new customer how they found them? Businesses are not stupid….they will do what works and makes money for them…period! When that doesn’t happen for print then it will be gone..simple as that.

By: Maria

Maria — Wed, 14 Apr 2010 14:24:23 +0000

The results in the search are liquid as more (or less) people search & click on the link it moves up (or down) accordingly.

I complained to my phone company & YP last year — I got notes back that they were required by law by the CRTC to provide the phonebook to every household. Then I complained to the CRTC and got the same unsatisfactory response.

This opt out by YP is a new thing for 2010, let’s see if it works.

By: admin

admin — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 06:50:34 +0000

Thanks Ed Kohler. I love your work, and so I’m truly honoured you’d stop by my blog. I guess you probably recognized the last picture as your own creation and something I expropriated… Thankyou.
As time advances and Canadians get better at connecting online and getting the message out, we can force CanPages and YellowBook to adopt change. I like the idea of using blogs and SMM tools to suggest change, and keep suggesting it in a way that eventually cannot be ignored. Corporate PR bloggers like KenC who are paid to use the tools to disseminate their company’s version of events will always fail, as their authenticity is so perishable - its a job for them, and not a passion.

By: Ed Kohler

Ed Kohler — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 05:09:52 +0000

Great summary of the issue. In the USA, I’ve seen quite a few examples of YP companies ignoring their own opt-out lists. I believe this is because they use contract workers who are undertrained and have no incentive to selectively distribute the books to only those who still use them regularly enough to justify the environmental costs.

By: admin

admin — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 00:47:33 +0000

Jim. Thanks for the link.
I suppose you’re right. I should have checked the corporate site for the consumer opt out form and known enough to click Contact Us and then Write To Us