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Legalities of deliveries

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Legally speaking, are there certain times when deliveries of free papers and leaflets are allowed?
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  • Andy_L
    Andy_L Posts: 13,026 Forumite
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    Somebody can stick something through your letter box (oo-er) anytime of the day or night.

    If it reached the level of harrasment you could get a restraining order/ASBO which would make it illegal
  • Halloway
    Halloway Posts: 1,612 Forumite
    Legally speaking, are there certain times when deliveries of free papers and leaflets are allowed?

    Yes. Between 0000 and 2359, Monday to Sunday.
  • Meepster
    Meepster Posts: 5,955 Forumite
    edited 22 August 2009 at 5:07PM
    Halloway wrote: »
    Yes. Between 0000 and 2359, Monday to Sunday.

    Dammit, I'm gonna go to jail, I popped a letter through my neighbours letterbox at 23:59:30. How was I to know there was a whole 59 seconds where it wasn't allowed :D
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  • custardy
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    why do people get so wound up by this?
  • Esqui
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    mwilletts wrote: »
    Dammit, I'm gonna go to jail, I popped a letter through my neighbours letterbox at 23:59:30. How was I to know there was a whole 59 seconds where it wasn't allowed :D

    Does your neighbour know you're hanging around outside his house at midnight pushing letters through? :D:D
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  • Becles
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    custardy wrote: »
    why do people get so wound up by this?

    I used to in my old house, as the letter box made a bang when it closed again, and my dog would go mental barking. We used to have a chap who delievered crappy leaflets at 5am and it was annoying getting woken up for something I didn't even want!
    Here I go again on my own....
  • custardy
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    Becles wrote: »
    I used to in my old house, as the letter box made a bang when it closed again, and my dog would go mental barking. We used to have a chap who delievered crappy leaflets at 5am and it was annoying getting woken up for something I didn't even want!

    just get a letterbox lock and unlock it when you get up
    assuming you are up before postal dleiveries
  • shellsuit
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    custardy wrote: »
    why do people get so wound up by this?
    I do because it's a pain in the backside to hear the door go and you can guarantee it's when I'm sat feeding the baby.

    Get up to answer the door and nobody is there, just a bloody menu or collection leaflet :mad:

    I did put a sign up ~ didn't make a blind bit of notice because they still came.

    I must get about 3 menus a a week, a couple of collection bags and a couple of those scam 'charity' collection leaflets.

    Wouoldn't mind but it's the same people putting them through time and time again, like we all have a sack full of stuff to donate weekly?!
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