Help stop unsolicited mail from NTL / UPC

[tbh]

Howdy chaps, hope it's ok to put this here.

I'm trying to get as many people as possible to hang on to any of those mails you get from NTL / UPC addressed to "The Resident" @ your address.

I've tried A LOT to get off their mailing list, with no luck. I'd say I get one letter a week, which normally goes into the green bin, unopened.

If, like me, you'd like to send two fingers to UPC, I would ask you to hold onto any of these letters, unopened, in the back of a drawer for the time being.

I'm then going to get as many people as possible to return them on the 1st of May next year.

To return them, all you have to do is write "not known at this address" on the letter and stick it back in the postbox.

It's very important that you do not pay for postage

I'd appreciate it if you think of it, and if you hear any of your mates or whatever complaining in the next six months, maybe you'd point them at this thread.

keep yourselves nice,
tbh.

[Max Power1]

Originally Posted by tbh

If, like me, you'd like to send two fingers to UPC, I would ask you to hold onto any of these letters, unopened, in the back of a drawer for the time being.

I'm then going to get as many people as possible to return them on the 1st of May next year.

To return them, all you have to do is write "not known at this address" on the letter and stick it back in the postbox.

It's very important that you do not pay for postage

Thats a great idea tbh! Now i wish i did recieve their spam!

[MOH]

I mailed them about 18 months ago to complain, and ask them to take me off their database. They told me I had to go and deal with An Post!

They started sending cards instead of letters for a while, think too many people were using their envelopes and sending back rubbish.


Another option: slit the envelope at the side, remove NTL rubbish, replace with your own stuff, make sure address is visible in window, post to your destination at NTLs expense

[foggy_lad]

if you are returning to ntl/chorus be sure to blank out your address with marker or a sticker or it may arrive back through your door!

[tbh]

Well, if they want to pay for postage That's the reason I want to send all the letters on the one day - I think they have to pay for return postage. In dribs and drabs it's not that much, but if we could get 1000 letters, at ~50c per letter...it's a €500 FU

[bcirl03]

Brill idea, I have 4 saved all ready.

[tbh]

great If people don't want to hang on to them, I work in Dublin 2 and would hook up with you one day during lunch to collect them if you like. I just really want to get as many as possible

[Magnus]

Sound, I get these too. Will start collecting now. They usually go in the fire.

[parsi]

I've already got 18 of them stored up.

[jor el]

What a brilliant idea, I never thought of hording them and then sending back in a blitz. I used to write profanities on the envelope, and "return to sender", but they kept sending more.

I don't get them anymore though, as I'm now a customer.

[Mactard]

I'm up for this, as an ntl customer it annoys me to bejeazuz when my house gets "the resident" letters for services I'm already subscribed to.

[mcaul]

Originally Posted by jor el

What a brilliant idea, I never thought of hording them and then sending back in a blitz. I used to write profanities on the envelope, and "return to sender", but they kept sending more.

I don't get them anymore though, as I'm now a customer.

They ground you down, you finally replied - So they worked!

[Alun]

I'm a UPC customer and I've never got a single piece of junk mail from them. Sky, now, that's a different matter .. practically one a week

[tbh]

maybe we should broaden the scope? just a general "junkmail payback" day? dare we dream....?

[bcirl03]

Would it be cheeky to ask for this to be a 'sticky'?????