NO JUNK MAIL PLEASE.......

[postypie]

Please read what i wrote lads....i deliver all d2d's..what i am saying even though i see more and more of these no junk mail signs outside and inside peoples property all the time telling me or anyone else NOT to deliver JUNK MAIL...today i delivered 400 d2d's on a round i don't do usually (postie was off)..and a few people came out to remonstrate with me about putting ..erm...rubbish through their letterboxes ...so from a legal point of view...despite the fact there are signs everywhere saying NO JUNK..we still MUST deliver d2d's through these peoples letterboxes....

[TrueBlueTerrier]

As a reserve on many different walks, how am I supposed to remember the one house that has opted out on a walk containing 800 addresses?

Flip letter round, write "no d2d" on it?

I consider telling such customers about the opt-out that they can send away....would I be I on dangerous ground doing this? I seem to remember a postie getting suspended for this a few years ago.

As long as they asked, or gave you an indication they did not want D2Ds then your fine, as you are provding them information on a service they requested..

Roger Ames go into trouble because he made or tried to make everyone on his duty aware of the Opt Out by delivering a leaflet IIRC.

[TrueBlueTerrier]

Please read what i wrote lads....i deliver all d2d's..what i am saying even though i see more and more of these no junk mail signs outside and inside peoples property all the time telling me or anyone else NOT to deliver JUNK MAIL...today i delivered 400 d2d's on a round i don't do usually (postie was off)..and a few people came out to remonstrate with me about putting ..erm...rubbish through their letterboxes ...so from a legal point of view...despite the fact there are signs everywhere saying NO JUNK..we still MUST deliver d2d's through these peoples letterboxes....

Yes

[Pat Ostman]

As a reserve on many different walks, how am I supposed to remember the one house that has opted out on a walk containing 800 addresses?

Flip letter round, write "no d2d" on it?

I consider telling such customers about the opt-out that they can send away....would I be I on dangerous ground doing this? I seem to remember a postie getting suspended for this a few years ago.

As long as they asked, or gave you an indication they did not want D2Ds then your fine, as you are provding them information on a service they requested..

Roger Ames go into trouble because he made or tried to make everyone on his duty aware of the Opt Out by delivering a leaflet IIRC.

He delivered a letter to every household telling them the ways to do so in his employed hours. Thats the shaky ground.

Edit :- Roger Annies composed and circulated a leaflet about the Royal Mail's opt-out clause for unsolicited mail during his rounds in Barry, south Wales.
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[Royal_Fail]

No such thing as junk mail its just mail

[Pat Ostman]

No such thing as junk mail its just mail

And if it did not work the junk mail would stop. It obviously works, like it or not.

[fishtank]

I can't see much difference between a piece of D2D shite and a piece of shite with somebody's name and address printed on it.
I don't think they really asked for either.
I would guess it's about 60+% shite we deliver now and without it unfortunately...we're screwed.

[DirtyHarry]

And if it did not work the junk mail would stop. It obviously works, like it or not.

That doesn't sound logical.
Surely, if drowning people in junk mail had the desired effect, then it would have to stop, as it's aims should have been achieved?
I'm of the opinion that this cheap, nasty, thoroughly annoying form of advertising, in fact doesn't work, hence the seemingly never-ending torrents of junk on a weekly basis.

[DirtyHarry]

It's not up to us posties to decide what is or isn't junk, it's as simple as that.

Huh?
I decided that junk was just that, junk, years ago. I wasn't aware I was not allowed freedom to think for myself, thought that was just DIMs.

[spoodoo]

Patrick the guy was only asking a question , no need to be nasty to the man.

[Pat Ostman]

And if it did not work the junk mail would stop. It obviously works, like it or not.

That doesn't sound logical.
Surely, if drowning people in junk mail had the desired effect, then it would have to stop, as it's aims should have been achieved?
I'm of the opinion that this cheap, nasty, thoroughly annoying form of advertising, in fact doesn't work, hence the seemingly never-ending torrents of junk on a weekly basis.

Stop... was perhaps a little optimistic. It will never stop. But if people did not come into 'farm foods' with their vouchers then Farm Foods would stop the Door2Door's in my opinion. People do grow old, people die, new targets. Sorry but you will never reach everyone and then retire. Someone else will want a go.

Bottom line, people obviously use them, even if only a small minority. As long as that small minority makes it worthwhile they will continue to use our services.

It's not up to us posties to decide what is or isn't junk, it's as simple as that.

Huh?
I decided that junk was just that, junk, years ago. I wasn't aware I was not allowed freedom to think for myself, thought that was just DIMs.

I think you missed the point. It is not for us to decide for others what constitutes as junk mail. You can think what you like of it is of course. Believe me I am not a fan but I do get the logic that it does keep a lot of us employed.

[Lateagainpostie]

As a reserve on many different walks, how am I supposed to remember the one house that has opted out on a walk containing 800 addresses?

We use those small red sticky dots you can get, and mark the houses on the frame, it works and is easy to use.

[somerset]

So when i buy the Radio Times or get my free weekly news paper stuffed with junk inside . What do i do? Tell Radio Times i do not want it ? Or the paper girl or man ? It is the same thing .

[briantwigley]

I ignore any signs and deliver anyway. The only houses I dont deliver D2Ds to are empty ones or inaccessible ones.

Pretty much everything we deliver is s**t anyway, all these poxy catalogues and scams theres just nothing we can do.

[Bahia Feliz]

today i delivered 400 d2d's

You only have to do 1/6th a day