Door sticker to stop fliers, menus, free papers etc...

redcar_2

Hi

Would anyone know of somewhere to get a good weatherproof sticker to put on a letterbox to try and stop to free newspapers, take away menus, fliers, advertising etc being delivered?

I'm so fed up not just with having to recycle all these but also that most of the time they don't even seem to push them all the way through and often I come home to find a soggy mess on the door step or half hanging out the door. I have tried contacting the offices of the two free papers I get but this doesn't seem to solve the problem for more than a couple of weeks.

I'm renting the house so can't screw any plaques etc to the wall or door and the home made stickers I've produced, even laminated ones get the rain in them so they can't be read after a while.

Any advice appreciated.

djl

I think b&q do a "no junk mail " sign I got one in there also BT have a "no sales " sticker

Ken68

It's at the gate, Redcar, that the sticker or whatever needs to be. Immediately before the deliverer delatches the gate.
You need a gap between the street and your front door.

Chester_Draws

Regarding the free newspapers, its best to just ring them and request you are added to the list of "not required".
Doesnt always work first time, but persevere and stay polite with the office staff as it comes down to the efficiency of the person doing the delivery.
We used to have 5 delivered every week, only read one of them, so cancelled the other 4.

moonrakerz

Chester_Draws wrote: »

Regarding the free newspapers, its best to just ring them and request you are added to the list of "not required".

If you tell them that you are removing their "implied right of access" to your property any further newspapers delivered are "trespass".

Notices don't seem to work. I put one on a house I am renovating and still get all the junk. The only time it did seem to work was when I saw an Oriental gentleman come to the door and then go away - I wouldn't have minded one of his menus !

savvy

moonrakerz wrote: »

Notices don't seem to work.

LOL I know! I had a sticker from a few years back from the Say No To Waste campaign, clearly says NO free papers, NO leaflets, NO circulars.

So far only the little grumpy old man that delivers the free paper has taken any notice!!! :mad: I sometimes want to catch them shoving the carp through the door, swing the door open and point at the notice they've just ignored and shove the leaflet back at them..............course the next time they are likely to shove a ton through my door! :rolleyes: :rolleyes:

We left a hand written notice on my OH door of his empty house that he's trying to sell................they've totally ignored that, there was a sea of !!!!!! to wade through to get to the door that clearly tells all the unsavoury characters that no one is living there.

ScoobieGirl

I seriously wonder if the people delivering them can actually read. It's like the number of visitors at work that walk straight past the huge "strictly no admittance - please ring bell" sigh at work. Can they not read it or do they think it doesn't apply to them?

Poppycat

Double glazing salesman and energy salesman also have problems reading too, honestly is this the state of the country people unable to read or do they feel that they are a special case too and it doesnt apply to them

ScoobieGirl wrote: »

I seriously wonder if the people delivering them can actually read. It's like the number of visitors at work that walk straight past the huge "strictly no admittance - please ring bell" sigh at work. Can they not read it or do they think it doesn't apply to them?

daymo

We have just embarked on a leaflet campaign for my OH new career(slimming consultant) and make sure we read any notices on doors,if people dont want `em they dont get `em! I think the key is to respect peoples wishes...it isnt rocket science

adonis

I want a sign in twenty languages that says NO EAST EUROPEAN CLOTHING COLLECTION LEAFLETS as i am sick of picking them up off the doormat every day.:mad:

badkitti

That's an idea actually - I might print one out and laminate it.