Junk Mail

[Kati]

Having had enough junk mail pushed through my letterbox in the last week to fill a small caravan (exaggeration I know, but it sure felt like it ) I secided to trawl the internet and see what options there were for getting it stopped.

The ICO has a very informative page (https://ico.org.uk/for-the-public/junk-mail/) which identifies your options :nod:

1. Register with the Mail Preference Service http://www.mpsonline.org.uk/mpsr/

   The Mailing Preference Service (MPS) is a free service set up 20 years ago and funded by the direct mail industry to enable consumers to have their names and home addresses in the UK removed from lists used by the industry. It is actively supported by the Royal Mail and all directly involved trade associations and fully supported by The Information Commissioners Office

2. Register to opt out from the Royal Mail's "door to door" service http://www.royalmail.com/personal/he...ional-material - registration form attached

The opt out service only relates to unaddressed mail.

Royal Mail is still legally obliged to deliver all addressed mail, which includes mail that is addressed “To the Occupier” (or with any other generic recipient information), as well as mail that is personally addressed to you by name.
It is not possible for Royal Mail to separate material you don’t want from those you do want

For example: advertising offers or leaflets from material from Central and Local Government and other public bodies.


Opting out from Royal Mail Door to Door stops all unaddressed items from being delivered by us (although we do work with Government to get a message to every UK address in exceptional circumstances). Election material is not delivered by the Door to Door service and is therefore not affected by this opt out.

While this won't stop all of those annoying pamphlets, leaflets and letters dropping onto your doormat, it will (at least) greatly reduce them

[nemesis45]

Re: Junk Mail

Hello Kati,
Junk mail and Royal Mail, I became aware a few weeks ago that the postmen/ women have been told to ignore all the forms of
" No Junk Mail " Notices placed on front doors, and the delivery of junk mail now form part of their normal task no extra payment made for delivering it now.

nem

[Kati]

Re: Junk Mail

Hello Kati,
Junk mail and Royal Mail, I became aware a few weeks ago that the postmen/ women have been told to ignore all the forms of
" No Junk Mail " Notices placed on front doors, and the delivery of junk mail now form part of their normal task no extra payment made for delivering it now.

nem

That's why you need to sign up to the opt out service Nem :nod:

Although, if it carries on for much longer I'll be saving a month's worth and 'returning' it to a different supplier each time :lol:

[nemesis45]

Re: Junk Mail

That's why you need to sign up to the opt out service Nem :nod:

Although, if it carries on for much longer I'll be saving a month's worth and 'returning' it to a different supplier each time :lol:

Emmm Answer from RM senior boss " what opt out service
we are paid to deliver it an will do so!!"

The once proud Royal Mail is now a third rate business I'm afraid.

nem

[Kati]

Re: Junk Mail

Emmm Answer from RM senior boss " what opt out service
we are paid to deliver it an will do so!!"

it's on the RM website http://www.royalmail.com/personal/he...ional-material

xx

[nemesis45]

Re: Junk Mail

it's on the RM website http://www.royalmail.com/personal/he...ional-material

xx

That's what I mean Kati RM ignore there own " rules" whilst paying lip service to them.


As you can imagine some of my post can be a tad urgent the earliest we had post this week was 1530.

nem

[Kati]

Re: Junk Mail

Ours turns up before 9am if it's the post woman ... but nearer 2pm when it's the post man :tinysmile_hmm_t2: maybe they do the 'round' back to front??

[nemesis45]

Re: Junk Mail

Ours turns up before 9am if it's the post woman ... but nearer 2pm when it's the post man :tinysmile_hmm_t2: maybe they do the 'round' back to front??

In the village we are no more than half a mile from the delivery off but apparently the posties are not allowed out before 0800 they all have vans now instead of bikes and have to park up and work from the van takes at least 3 times longer to do a round,

nem

[wales01man]

Re: Junk Mail

Best to put it in the bin or you could address an envelope to each company sending the junk mail and popping it into the post box unstamped after removing any of the printing that identifies you as stated in other post RM have to deliver everything with a name or the occupier on it if thousands of us did this think ow much RM WOULD BE SPENDING RESENDING THE JUNK

[Kati]

Re: Junk Mail

If it was actually made of paper I'd have a bonfire