Portland, Tennessee Blog

It's now 2 years later and I agree IT'S TRASH.
We have a do not call list and now we need a do not mail list. I take those right out of the mailbox and straight to the trash. I've taken them to recycling bin's and it said right on the side NO PHONEBOOKS. Recycler's don't even want them in their box.

No, I've never really taken the time out of my life to "calculate" how much trash we throw away from the mail every day. Paper, however, does break down in the ground pretty quickly though.

Oh, I really LOVE that little red phone book ! The feature I use the most is the reverse phone number look-up......thanks so much to whoever put this one out. It's very useful !

I like it. I work in Franklin so I'm keeping it in my pick up truck. The size makes it easy to put away but it's easy to read when needed. I don't consider it spam at all.

The problem with "www.anywho.com" is that I can look up "anyone-anywhere". That's why tho book is so cool. I can take it with me in the car and look up numbers. You can't take a computer with you everywhere and not everyone wants to have to turn their computer on, Wait for it to start up, log on to the internet, and look up a number. I can do that in a matter of seconds with this new phone book.

I have to say that I was very pleasantly surprised when I received this new phone book...like others in the Portland area, I do business in Franklin, KY as well, especially WalMart, and it is nice to have those phone numbers at hand. I like the compact size and the overall layout...it was very generous of the company who sent it out...Thank You....I can think of worse "junk mail" to receive...

Being so close to Kentucky, I think it's nice to finally have a phone book that includes Franklin. The reverse phone book is a great feature you wont find with the other phone books!

My husband and I are the owners of The Company that produced the Phone Book you received in the mail and perceive as "trash". Unlike yours, the response we are getting from the businesses & residences have been extremely positive. We have had an overwhelming number of phone calls thanking us and saying that your community has wanted and needed this phone book for a very long time!

With the environment in mind, we took on the large expense of mailing the book to everyone rather than throw it in your yard or driveway where there is a very good chance it will be ruined and therefore be litter.

We are very proud of the phonebook and we contributed to the community by donating ad space througout the yellow pages to local non-profit organizations. We also donated several pages to the churches with the church directory.

As for your enormous amount of trash, I'm sure you know as responsible citizens, we do have the option of recycling.

If anyone has any comments, please feel free to email me at cris@bluegrassadvertising.com

I for one agree with the Postal Spam comment. Here is a web site with suggestions on how to cut down on unwanted mail advertising.
www.obviously.com/junkmail/
I called the number to stop credit card offers and I no longer receive them.

I think the books are great, my mother commented that she can actually see the print, unlike the regular phonebooks. As a Realtor they are very useful to my business. Sent as a courtesy from the company I can't complain they are a very useful resource not to mention compact unlike conventional phonebooks.

You might enjoy www.anywho.com. It's AT&T's online phone book that you can search by a person's name, a business name, a business category (e.g., Restaurants), or a reverse lookup (you enter the phone number and it tells you to whom it belongs).

It covers the entire country, and it is usually quite current.

One of the nice features in this telephone book is the reverse directory, so if you have a telephone number and don't know who it belongs to you can look it up. Also, I didn't have a Franklin, Ky. telephone book here in the office so it will be useful that way. For most people it is junk but for reporters it is useful.