Stop Junk Mail Article Discussion

G0D

Rupert_Bear wrote: »

If you display a notice advising you do not want cold callers or buying advice then you do not expect to get cats through the door.

I don't know what "buying advice" is and your local Betterware distributor probably doesn't either. Cold callers are cold callers, not catalogues.

If you don't want catalogues then I suggest the notice should say you don't want catalogues. Or you could even be specific, that you don't want Betterware, Kleeneze and/or Avon stuff, or whatever.

kevanf1

custardy wrote: »

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Well excuse me for simply replying to a fellow forum user. Does your sarcasm know no bounds? Don't bother replying to that, I shall only ignore it.

kevanf1

G0D wrote: »

I don't know what "buying advice" is and your local Betterware distributor probably doesn't either. Cold callers are cold callers, not catalogues.

If you don't want catalogues then I suggest the notice should say you don't want catalogues. Or you could even be specific, that you don't want Betterware, Kleeneze and/or Avon stuff, or whatever.

I think we are in danger of getting a bit too literal with this description of 'junk mail' if we go down this path. To me, personally and I expect most people, if something is posted through my letterbox that I have not asked for and possibly specifically asked not to be delivered then it is junk mail. It doesn't matter whether it is a catalogue for one of the many home selling organisations or a leaflet for the nearest pizza house,, it's junk mail.

There is, of course, a security aspect to this. I'm pretty sure we are all aware of the advice given by the police to cancel things like newspapers when we are on holiday. The build up of a number of papers tends to give the game away that the house owners are on holiday and this does get noticed by burglars. So too will the build up of unwanted junk mail that is a bit more difficult to stop. Again, it's a tell tale sign to any would be house burglar that the house is probably unoccupied.

smallfry27

I despair of some companies that keep sending me catalogues (often every month) even though I have asked them to stop. I may have done business with them once, but they keep sending stuff for years after.

An earlier post suggested telling them I've changed my address - I'll try that next time. Someone else suggested I mark unwanted mail 'delivery not accepted' and send it back. I haven't tried this yet either, as I usually open it looking for a pre-paid reply envelope.

Azari

smallfry27 wrote: »

An earlier post suggested telling them I've changed my address - I'll try that next time. Someone else suggested I mark unwanted mail 'delivery not accepted' and send it back. I haven't tried this yet either, as I usually open it looking for a pre-paid reply envelope.

It works pretty well.

Some years back I had a g/f who lived in a small set of flats with a common letterbox and the amount of mail for old tenants was beyond belief. She and the other current tenants were forever complaining about it.

I found out the names of the current tenants and those who had left within the last six months and started writing 'Not Known At This Address' (making sure to obliterate the address to avoid them coming back) on all others and reposting them.

Within a few months the unwanted mail had reduced to a trickle.

custardy

Azari wrote: »

It works pretty well.

Some years back I had a g/f who lived in a small set of flats with a common letterbox and the amount of mail for old tenants was beyond belief. She and the other current tenants were forever complaining about it.

I found out the names of the current tenants and those who had left within the last six months and started writing 'Not Known At This Address' (making sure to obliterate the address to avoid them coming back) on all others and reposting them.

Within a few months the unwanted mail had reduced to a trickle.

which means it may cause issues on return
the address is used to route return items to the delivering DO
then they can be correctly condemned and returned if there is a return address

Azari

custardy wrote: »

which means it may cause issues on return
the address is used to route return items to the delivering DO
then they can be correctly condemned and returned if there is a return address

Surely, if they return them they must open them to find the return address (if it is not visible or printed on the envelope).

Since these were almost invariably window envelopes of cellophane wrapped catalogues and suchlike they would have been able to get any information they needed at that point.

custardy

Azari wrote: »

Surely, if they return them they must open them to find the return address (if it is not visible or printed on the envelope).

Since these were almost invariably window envelopes of cellophane wrapped catalogues and suchlike they would have been able to get any information they needed at that point.

the RM staff arent opening it
all you are doing is creating hassle for them
also how do you expect any postal staff to learn who lives where if you block the details?

Konsumer

The Kleeneze Rep recently injured one of his fingers while leafleting and he is suing me.

kevanf1

Do you happen to have one of those 'no cold caller' signs on display? If you do then according to today's newsletter he/she should not have been disturbing you anyway without your permission. They may find themselves without a leg to stand on (or a finger to point with in this case.... ) sorry for that last bit...