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20-04-2012 11:05 |
Re: Junk mail getting beyond a joke
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Originally Posted by danielf
(Post 35416551)
This problem was solved ages ago in Holland. Many people have a sticker on their letterbox stating they don't want any unsolicited/unaddressed mail. Actually, there's two versions, depending on wether or not you want free 'newspapers'. There's a no/no and a no/yes sticker.
All that's needed is for people to take this up and actually start putting these stickers on their letter box so word gets out.
http://www.stopjunkmail.org.uk/
Either way: it might be worth a punt at £1 for a sticker and 50 P&P for any number of stickers?
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Yeah, I agree it's a good idea in principal and I'm pleased for anyone it works for, but we have one in the porch window - no canvassers/leaflets kind of thing. It doesn't stop them. Canvassers say sorry, didn't see that and leaflet distributors just ignore it. We get a lot, and it does bug me sometimes, but once you get into a mindset not to let it bug you, it tends not to. I have to think oh well, someone's getting paid peanuts they obviously need to deliver these, so what the hell. They don't care what you do with them or if you want them or not. Not worth getting worked up over. I just collect it all in a box in the porch and pick it up on the way to recycling. We get on average 3 leaflets every single day. Maybe if local councils adopted a certain stance they'd be more successful but then there's the argument that local businesses would suffer I suppose?
What bugs me more is canvassers calling after say 7pm. I don't know about anyone else but when you've been at work all day, had your evening meal and relaxing/sorting the kids out for bed etc you don't want someone banging on your door. I appreciate they're trying to catch people actually in, but it has to be counter productive in that respect. Bothering people in the evening in their down time isn't going to prompt them to be more interested surely. More like the opposite. I tried speaking to a persistent company once over their sales people and their response was it's not a designated no cold calling zone so they're within their rights. They weren't interested in the idea that (in the most part) it wasn't likely to be effective.
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