How to stop 'free newspaper' deliveries?

galah

Hi all,

following the various advertiser threads, I have a quick question - how do I prevent all those annoying free papers from being delivered to my house?

I'm sick of all the paper, since we don't have a paper bin, just refuse sacks and these fill fairly quickly. There's no 'old paper and cardboard' collection containers in this city (why, by the way?) and obviously I don't want to load my neighbour's bin with my newspaper waste. :P

Any ideas how to stop them? Would a note on the door help? Or ringing them up?

Cheers
galah

deepee

I would say formally notify them by email...and your reasons. They seem very reasonable reasons.

galah

yes. I didn't mention that I don't read the newspapers either cause they're mostly sh..te

And cheers, will try that. ;-)

galah

Interesting, the Galway Advertiser 'Contact' page does not work.
Will have to ring them so...

cornbb

I wonder, would it be ok to gather the papers they deliver along with all your own recycling (bottles, cans etc) and dump everything on the doorstep of the Galway Advertiser offices?

biko

A sign on the door "No free newspapers please" should do the trick I think.

renmorescout

I sent an email to each of the free papers and then put a small sticker on the letterbox, saying "No free newspapers or leaflets" It works for 90% of the time. Some one dropped some leaflets in last week, and I was just inside the door, so I opened the door and asked yer man " Can you not Read?" It turned out he could'nt, not english anyway !!

galah

Ok, I'll follow your advice, cheers all ;-)

I've just mailed the council as well, enquiring as to why there is no paper bring bank in the city - this country is about 50 years behind every other country in Europe...

galwaybabe

renmorescout wrote: »

I sent an email to each of the free papers and then put a small sticker on the letterbox, saying "No free newspapers or leaflets" It works for 90% of the time. Some one dropped some leaflets in last week, and I was just inside the door, so I opened the door and asked yer man " Can you not Read?" It turned out he could'nt, not english anyway !!

I had a sign written in English and Polish saying no junk mail or newspapers. It worked a treat until it blew away on a stromy night. I can't remember how to write it in Polish now..

Mr Cork Man

Ive asked them to stop putting the advertiser in my letter box while the current editor is still there.The galway independent is ok at least their editor is easy on the eye.

Krieg

biko wrote: »

A sign on the door "No free newspapers please" should do the trick I think.

I imagine this is the only way to do it. I can't imagine the manager of distribution telling his underlings not to give papers to house numbers x,y,z....

galwaybabe wrote: »

I had a sign written in English and Polish saying no junk mail or newspapers. It worked a treat until it blew away on a stromy night. I can't remember how to write it in Polish now..

Google translate gives -

Nie bezpłatny gazet lub ulotek

Not sure if its correct, but it might do the job

teetotaller

Krieg wrote: »

Google translate gives - Nie bezpłatny gazet lub ulotek

Not sure if its correct, but it might do the job

It won't do the job


-Stop bezplatnym ulotkom i gazetom - stop to free N & L
-Prosze nie zostawiac darmowych gazet i ulotek - Please don't leave freeN & L
- zakaz zostawiania darmowych ulotek i gazet - Don't leave any free N &L

GalGaillimh

I stood at my bedroom window and watched the free newspaper delivery guy peeing up against a wall outside my house. When he turned around he looked up and saw me - kinda hard not to as I had opened the window wide by then and was standing with my arms folded glaring at him. He continued up my drive with the intentions of delivering the paper he had taken from the bag with pee stained hands. I told him not to even think about it. He slunked off and I haven't had any Monday paper since...thank God.

brianthebard

Burn the papers in effigy op.

Robbo

brianthebard wrote: »

Burn the papers in effigy op.

JamesStephens inside a giant man made of Advertisers?

"Come, it is time to keep your appointment with the Advo Man!"

JohnCleary

Be grateful for the free papers - great way to start your fire to keep the cold away on these cold evenings

Bass Cadet

I like getting a local paper through the door, bad and all as the journalism is, its still good for local events. If a newspaper comes through the letter box that I don't want, it doesn't break my back to stick it in the recycle bin

galah

well, I don't have a fireplace, I don't have a recycling bin (then the problem would be solved, but alas), and I also get the papers at work - so if I really needed to read them, I check them there.

Still doesn't solve the question why there's no public cardboard and paper brink banks around at all...