Junk Mail massive increase

Darren Bent · Post by **Darren Bent** » 21 Mar 2008, 20:17

In my opinon

Junk Mail increase due to

1. Cheap Broadband / more Broadband access which means people can surf on the internet a lot longer.

2. Companies collect information much better with access to databases from online shopping/enquiry

3. Downstream access mean cheaper postage cost, mean more money for marketing.

4. Competition encourage more junk mail produced.

It is not good for environment and hopefully 95% of junk mail is already use recycled papers.

ten_mile · Post by **ten_mile** » 21 Mar 2008, 21:35

Royal Mail don't know when to say NO that's why junk mail increases.

Some of the business they take on is frankly sickening. Remember those scam P739 cards a while back?

DGP1 · Post by **DGP1** » 21 Mar 2008, 22:37

I deliver so much scam letters to the same addresses it is really unbelievable, one gets at least 10 per day (mostly from the US) but on most occasions I have to take them out of the slot and bundle them up as bulk and start again

So much for the (mythical) reduction in volumes

DOM · Post by **DOM** » 22 Mar 2008, 17:38

J is for Jobs not Junk!!

Post by **POSTMAN** » 22 Mar 2008, 17:46

DOM wrote:J is for Jobs not Junk!!

Have to agree with you there,the more shite we get the better.

BELIAL · Post by **BELIAL** » 22 Mar 2008, 19:07

DOM wrote:J is for Jobs not Junk!!

Please sir ,can I get paid for it. |
When was the last time D2D payments increased?
Never? can't be true?

eian687 · Post by **eian687** » 22 Mar 2008, 19:46

down stream access is a joke
it the same as me taking my car to a garage for a service and them paying someone else to do it cheaper..........
the contract is with the 1st garage as is the mail contract with those who collect it let them bloody well deliver it.......that would be fair competition

DOM · Post by **DOM** » 23 Mar 2008, 09:36

eian687 wrote:down stream access is a joke
it the same as me taking my car to a garage for a service and them paying someone else to do it cheaper..........
the contract is with the 1st garage as is the mail contract with those who collect it let them bloody well deliver it.......that would be fair competition

That's business.

eian687 · Post by **eian687** » 23 Mar 2008, 10:40

got no real problem with junk mail but its great when uk mail and the others collec on a friday and we get the crap on a saturday and there staff are working mon-fri

DOM · Post by **DOM** » 23 Mar 2008, 11:04

eian687 wrote:got no real problem with junk mail but its great when uk mail and the others collec on a friday and we get the crap on a saturday and there staff are working mon-fri

I understand what you are saying but the truth is, we would be in massive trouble if they collected that mail on a friday AND THEY DELIVERED it on the Saturday.

BELIAL · Post by **BELIAL** » 23 Mar 2008, 11:40

DOM wrote:
eian687 wrote:got no real problem with junk mail but its great when uk mail and the others collec on a friday and we get the crap on a saturday and there staff are working mon-fri
I understand what you are saying but the truth is, we would be in massive trouble if they collected that mail on a friday AND THEY DELIVERED it on the Saturday.

Actualy no,they would be in massive trouble. With a fraction of the market share they would be unable to sustain a delivery network,or put another way the massive increase in charges they would have to introduce simply to cover costs would ensure they lost all their customers overnight.

DirtyHarry · Post by **DirtyHarry** » 23 Mar 2008, 11:58

DOM wrote:
eian687 wrote:down stream access is a joke
it the same as me taking my car to a garage for a service and them paying someone else to do it cheaper..........
the contract is with the 1st garage as is the mail contract with those who collect it let them bloody well deliver it.......that would be fair competition
That's business.

No it's not, it's a scam. As far as I can see, all our supposed "competitors" do, is put their mark in the top right-hand corner of an envelope, and then
pass it on to Royal Mail as they cannot go any further in their pretence of being a postal CARRIER.

DirtyHarry · Post by **DirtyHarry** » 23 Mar 2008, 12:00

BELIAL wrote:
DOM wrote:
eian687 wrote:got no real problem with junk mail but its great when uk mail and the others collec on a friday and we get the crap on a saturday and there staff are working mon-fri
I understand what you are saying but the truth is, we would be in massive trouble if they collected that mail on a friday AND THEY DELIVERED it on the Saturday.
Actualy no,they would be in massive trouble. With a fraction of the market share they would be unable to sustain a delivery network,or put another way the massive increase in charges they would have to introduce simply to cover costs would ensure they lost all their customers overnight.

That's business.

DGP1 · Post by **DGP1** » 23 Mar 2008, 12:04

DOM wrote:
eian687 wrote:got no real problem with junk mail but its great when uk mail and the others collec on a friday and we get the crap on a saturday and there staff are working mon-fri
I understand what you are saying but the truth is, we would be in massive trouble if they collected that mail on a friday AND THEY DELIVERED it on the Saturday.

If they collected the mail on Friday then it would be likely that they'd try to deliver it by the following Saturday

Junk mail is one thing but the problem I have is the scam mail ie. You may have already won $25000 plastered all over the outside of the envelope.