leaflets through the door

Beans12

Oh, for goodness sake.....if this is really all you have to complain about, how lucky are you?!!

... I could be wrong, but I doubt that this issue is the only thing in the OP's life that she 'complains' or worries about.

'Life' is made up of major and minor events and matters and I think we are allowed to 'chat' - this issue is posted under CHAT - about the minor irritants in life without the presumption that such minor matters are somehow invalid because they aren't high on the subjective list of a random poster's causes-for-concern.

I don't understand your objection.

Oh, for goodness sake.....if this is really all you have to complain about, how lucky are you?!!

Depends what you call junk mail. I deliver a local free magazine once a month. It contains info about local events, church gatherings, fund raising, local councillors, etc. It is funded by the adverts. So the adverts pay for the mags, I get paid to deliver them. I actually get paid to exercise! I don’t class the mags as ‘junk’ because they contain useful information, but if I see a sign saying ‘no junk mail’ I assume that the mag isn’t wanted. Their loss…

A long time ago I was getting bombarded with leaflets but one local firm in particular was the worst for leaving them sticking out of the letter box. I knew for a fact that it was the owner doing the leaflet drops so I waited until I had a good bundle of unwanted leaflets from all and sundry and when I was next passing his business I posted them all through his letterbox and making sure it was open letting out his heat. Mean I know but it was quite satisfying. I haven't done it since.

Fit one of those draught excluders to your letter boxes which appear to be made of scrubbing brushes; very difficult to force anything through which is why I always take a spatula when delivering leaflets.
Of course, when it is election time, you can complain 'no-one has canvassed me or even left any election information.'

That is exactly what I doJennerdysphoria especially this time of Year when inundated with requests from charities. I support local small charities not International ones. There are around 130,000 registered charities in the UK we can't give to all of them.

One tactic I heard about is to put 'Return to sender' on the unwanted material (if there is an address on it) and put in the postbox. Takes a bit of time, though.

loads of those on this page.

www.google.com/search?client=safari&sca_esv=55588fd05011d482&rls=en&sxsrf=AE3TifM4riTjdgrgKkXkOctm5MnJpTASIw:1763597662451&q=Inside+front+door+post+box+to+prevent+draughts&spell=1&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwj1zsmhuf-QAxVvV0EAHRAXGhwQBSgAegQIDxAB&biw=1129&bih=609&dpr=2

What about a metal or otherwise postbox for inside the door, so that even if the letter flap is left partly open at least the cold draught won't get right through to inside?

polnan

so someone gets paid to delivery unwanted "rubbish" allows them to deliver? surely the other people who stuff leaflets through our doors also get paid? anyway, they immediately go into my rubbish box, keeps the world revolving I suppose!

The income of the Post Office had fallen because people no longer send each other chatty letters - they send emails and texts instead - so they took ona contract to deliver marketing mail in bulk. That keeps them in business and the postmen paid to keep on delivering real letters as well as the marketing mailshots.

We too have a metal post box on the wall by the front door which has no letterbox in it at all, solid.

Buy a little post box for outside your flat/house .

so someone gets paid to delivery unwanted "rubbish" allows them to deliver? surely the other people who stuff leaflets through our doors also get paid? anyway, they immediately go into my rubbish box, keeps the world revolving I suppose!

We get the few things delivered with post by the Royal Mail and the odd other leaflet but nothing to bother us .

My windowcleaners now use a hosepipe connected to a tank with a pump to wash the windows. One member of the team puts a card with the date and the price through the door through the letterbox - it is ALWAYS sodden and lying in a puddle.

You can stop mail that has no addressee here:

help.royalmail.com/personal/s/article/How-to-opt-out-of-advertising-mail

How inconsiderate of whoever posted the leaflets through.

I deliver flyers for a big local charity event, and take a long-handled spoon with me to shove them right through. Another benefit is that I won’t have my fingertip bitten off by a dog, as happened to another volunteer this year.

One thing about the “no leaflets” sign though. One local street is full of them - I think they bought a job lot. As I was walking past them all with leaflets in hand, a woman in her front garden asked what they were. She’d never heard of the event, was keen to go and was upset that it had been held for years without her knowing about it. I got the impression it was all my fault for not ignoring her sign…

I agree -how many times have I found a lot of leaflets rammed into the letterbox letting warm air out ?
I bought a no junk mail notice up and it was ripped down a few days later . It damaged the wood on the window sill and it had to be repainted .

The Royal mail also deliver lots of junk mail .

I got a leaflet from the Green Party one Winter which had been holding my letterbox open all day. I few weeks later thery sent me one suggesting I get rid of my second car. (I dont have a car!)

polnan

no, I have a sign, no junk mail, but still I get, lots of junk mail, some even delivered by Royal Mail!!

Royal Mail are contracted to deliver the leaflets according to a postman I spoke to, so they have no choice. But luckily my sign seems to work for just about everyone else.

You’ve all winter in front of you so you may as well put up postbox attached to the wall first as last . Problem solved .

I too have an outdoor metal box, but all my junk mail just seems to be delivered on Mondays! (Royal Mail).

We have a metal post box atrached to the wall outside the front door. The leeter box opening in the front door is sealed up. This was put in place to prevent our always hungry sprocker spaniel from eating our letters, but the same thing would work for you

Simple answer, check the door a few times a day!

Retroladywriting

Put up a sign saying No leaflets, junk mail or flyers. I deliver for a political party and woe betide us if we ignore those signs or don't push leaflets all thexway through.

So what will happen if you ignore signs ? I'm intrigued Retroladywriting?