HOW TO STOP CHARITY CLOTHES STICKERS IN YOUR LETTERBOX IN THE EARLY MORNING

RORUS

Okay it isn't illegal what they are doing in the bye-laws because you have a letterbox it is not illegal for anybody to put something it when ever they want. You need to do a couple of things. Sorry, I'm assuming your in Dublin City Council district. You need to make a report with the garda by going down to your loacal station in person and everytime after they place something in your letterbox at this time. Call the garda at the time and ask them to issue an ASBO Anti Social Behaviour Order. Not, a very strong form of legal action but something at least and the individuals can be identified. Secondly, you need to contact Bernie Lillis in Dublin City Council Ph: 01-2224243 she is the Senior Staff Officer for Litter. Ask her how she can help with the situation. If she says she can't ask her to send out a written reason why the council can't do anything about it. When you get this reply from her take this to your local councillors or TDs along with your police report and ask them do something about it. Remember, they need your vote. After that tell any friends or neighbours to do the same if they have the same problem. Your not on your own. Personally, I couldn't give a damn about the so-call charities or what they do. But, they interfere with my sleep, that's a serious problem for me. STAY STRONG. We can defeat these f@ckers with people power
:mad:

mikemac

I just bin them and I prefer not to waste the local gardai's (probably incorrect?) time

That's a lot of trouble you're going to. You have a lot of time on your hands to do all this

RORUS

So, you don't mind something being thrown into your letterbox at 3.30am to 4.30am in the morning up to 4 times a week. Waking you and your family. My time is spent to ensure i try to get an unbroken sleep.

micmclo wrote: »

I just bin them and I prefer not to waste the local gardai's (probably incorrect?) time

That's a lot of trouble you're going to. You have a lot of time on your hands to do all this

admiralofthefleet

micmclo wrote: »

I just bin them and I prefer not to waste the local gardai's (probably incorrect?) time

same with me. i use the bags for waste and put the leaflets in the green bin.

slightly ot but i used to get non stop spam from mbna and the like trying to get me to sign up for a credit card with them. i got so fed up that i kept all the pizza leaflets, charity flyers, politician crap etc.. and sent it all in the reply envelope. i havent had any more crap off them in months

mikemac

Sure I get junk mail from UPC trying to get me to sign up to a package I'm already on

Wishbone Ash

I don't see this as being a specific Dublin City problem. It happens in all counties. Moved to After Hours.

(Mods - feel free to throw it back if you so wish).

RORUS

MBNA send you spam junk mail at 3.30am? if not your missing the point

admiralofthefleet wrote: »

same with me. i use the bags for waste and put the leaflets in the green bin.

slightly ot but i used to get non stop spam from mbna and the like trying to get me to sign up for a credit card with them. i got so fed up that i kept all the pizza leaflets, charity flyers, politician crap etc.. and sent it all in the reply envelope. i havent had any more crap off them in months

Wishbone Ash

admiralofthefleet wrote: »

same with me. i use the bags for waste and put the leaflets in the green bin.

It's better to put your waste in their bag with the little sticker and leave it out for them to collect!

RORUS

Again, UPC send you junk mail at 3.30am?

micmclo wrote: »

Sure I get junk mail from UPC trying to get me to sign up to a package I'm already on

RoundyMooney

Guys, these parasites don't issue bags any more-just generic stickers.

RORUS, I would pat your back and subscribe to your newsletter (because I couldn't agree with you more), but when plod can't muster the enthusiasm to(or fails to see the point of) dealing with such trivialities as tax fraud, public order, petty theft and other issues, I doubt they're going to chase up a load of Latvians in a rented transit.

If you drive an English reg car though, or your tax is out a day-in short if they can spell your name and know you're not going anywhere, may God have mercy on your soul.

I apologise for my defeatism.

RORUS

The information I gave was for Dublin City people. My object is to get my neighbourhood to oust these f@ckers. And I left the information for anybody in Dublin City who would like to do something about it.

It's easy to sit on our fat arses, the difficult bit is getting up of the chair

Wishbone Ash wrote: »

I don't see this as being a specific Dublin City problem. It happens in all counties. Moved to After Hours.

(Mods - feel free to throw it back if you so wish).

Nehaxak

If I called the Garda in Ballymun about this they'd tell me to fck off.

Just wait for them to come to your door with the stickers/bag and as they're about to post it in your letter box, open the door quickly and just stand there naked, covered in tomato kethcup and with an axe in your hand without saying anything.

admiralofthefleet

RORUS wrote: »

MBNA send you spam junk mail at 3.30am? if not your missing the point

no they didnt, thats why i said i was going slightly off topic

Ruu_Old

No need to shout at us, OP! :mad::mad:

javaboy

I don't know Ruu. It's the only reason I came into this thread.

I guess those premium paid ads with the bigger fonts in the Buy and Sell and AutoTrader really are worth the money.

RORUS

Defeatism is easier to say than to actually act. This country doesn't have a culture where people complain. Imagine maybe in France or Eastern European country or poor or 3rd world country. If the locals don't like your actions they'll probably hack you bleedin head off. Or hang you in the town square. We are to passive here in Ireland, the easiest solution is to throw money at the situation. More security, more police. But, if the locals act that's a different dynamic. It's a statement of will

RoundyMooney wrote: »

Guys, these parasites don't issue bags any more-just generic stickers.

RORUS, I would pat your back and subscribe to your newsletter (because I couldn't agree with you more), but when plod can't muster the enthusiasm to(or fails to see the point of) dealing with such trivialities as tax fraud, public order, petty theft and other issues, I doubt they're going to chase up a load of Latvians in a rented transit.

If you drive an English reg car though, or your tax is out a day-in short if they can spell your name and know you're not going anywhere, may God have mercy on your soul.

I apologise for my defeatism.

admiralofthefleet

Nehaxak wrote: »

Just wait for them to come to your door with the stickers/bag and as they're about to post it in your letter box, open the door quickly and just stand there naked, covered in tomato kethcup and with an axe in your hand without saying anything.

i think it would be better to open the door wearing only a chefs hat, pop tarts behind your ears, clothes pegs on the nipples and one of those novelty horse head thongs

tony1kenobi

RORUS wrote: »

Okay it isn't illegal what they are doing in the bye-laws because you have a letterbox it is not illegal for anybody to put something it when ever they want. You need to do a couple of things. Sorry, I'm assuming your in Dublin City Council district. You need to make a report with the garda by going down to your loacal station in person and everytime after they place something in your letterbox at this time. Call the garda at the time and ask them to issue an ASBO Anti Social Behaviour Order. Not, a very strong form of legal action but something at least and the individuals can be identified. Secondly, you need to contact Bernie Lillis in Dublin City Council Ph: 01-2224243 she is the Senior Staff Officer for Litter. Ask her how she can help with the situation. If she says she can't ask her to send out a written reason why the council can't do anything about it. When you get this reply from her take this to your local councillors or TDs along with your police report and ask them do something about it. Remember, they need your vote. After that tell any friends or neighbours to do the same if they have the same problem. Your not on your own. Personally, I couldn't give a damn about the so-call charities or what they do. But, they interfere with my sleep, that's a serious problem for me. STAY STRONG. We can defeat these f@ckers with people power
:mad:

Or just smear excrement all over your letterbox. I haven't gotten any post of any sort for years.

luckat

If you're a light sleeper you could put a postbox on the gate and lock it. The gate, that is, not the postbox.

As for the fiendish criminals making their fortunes out of Irish people's old clothes, the more publicity it gets, the more likely they are to cease and desist.

The charities are losing a lot of money out of it, and according to one charity guy talking on Liveline, the money made out of scammed clothes goes to fuel other crime.

FruitLover

RORUS wrote: »

So, you don't mind something being thrown into your letterbox at 3.30am to 4.30am in the morning up to 4 times a week. Waking you and your family. My time is spent to ensure i try to get an unbroken sleep.

You could try sleeping in a bedroom, rather than on the floor beside the letterbox.

Anyway, you're presumably unemployed if you have this kind of time on your hands, hassling a load of people who have far better and more important things to do, so what's the big deal about being woken up at 4:30am?

NullZer0

RORUS wrote: »

So, you don't mind something being thrown into your letterbox at 3.30am to 4.30am in the morning up to 4 times a week. Waking you and your family. My time is spent to ensure i try to get an unbroken sleep.

Now if you were to use that extra time to get stay in bed longer in the morning everyone would be a winner.

Heisenberg.

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tony1kenobi

luckat wrote: »

The charities are losing a lot of money out of it, and according to one charity guy talking on Liveline, the money made out of scammed clothes goes to fuel other crime.

Well fuel is expensive.

Phoole

I made a little lock for my letter box. Once the post man has been, I lock the letter box. Problem solved

Alkers

RORUS wrote: »

So, you don't mind something being thrown into your letterbox at 3.30am to 4.30am in the morning up to 4 times a week. Waking you and your family. My time is spent to ensure i try to get an unbroken sleep.

Can you get a letterbox that you put in the driveway/beside your front door. Can get them in Woodies or the likes. Might get you a decent sleep at least.

Terry

WHAT????

Wishbone Ash wrote: »

I don't see this as being a specific Dublin City problem. It happens in all counties. Moved to After Hours.

(Mods - feel free to throw it back if you so wish).

I hate you.

RORUS wrote: »

The information I gave was for Dublin City people. My object is to get my neighbourhood to oust these f@ckers. And I left the information for anybody in Dublin City who would like to do something about it.

It's easy to sit on our fat arses, the difficult bit is getting up of the chair

I actually agree with the OP here.

It's not just the fake charity leaflets, but the constant menus and free papers which contain nothing but advertisments.

It really has gone beyond a joke ove rthe last few years.

Just accost them after they throw the crap in your door, follow them home and throw lots of unk mail through their post boxes.

I actually caught one of those clothing leaflet dicks going through my recycle bin at about 4 one morning.

Wishbone Ash

RORUS wrote: »

Defeatism is easier to say than to actually act. This country doesn't have a culture where people complain. Imagine maybe in France or Eastern European country or poor or 3rd world country. If the locals don't like your actions they'll probably hack you bleedin head off. Or hang you in the town square. We are to passive here in Ireland, the easiest solution is to throw money at the situation. More security, more police. But, if the locals act that's a different dynamic. It's a statement of will

As my mother would sat "you've little to bother you".

Do you seriously believe that your local Gardai will be interested in unwanted junk mail? You may end up being the boy who cried 'wolf'.

And if you have trouble sleeping at night, spare a thought for those of us who work at night and have to sleep during the day.

These are your friend:

the groutch

An Post are just as guilty imo, taking money off the pizza companies and having posties (whose wages are paid by our taxes) deliver the leaflets for them

AnonoBoy

RORUS wrote: »

Imagine maybe in France. If the locals don't like your actions they'll probably hack you bleedin head off.

Jaysus I'm cancelling my holiday to France so.

Overheal

You could always wire up one of these that will go off anytime someone approaches your mailbox at any other time than the postman is supposed to dropoff your mail:

http://gizmodo.com/5101476/sonic-nausea-makes-your-prank-victims-sick-literally

Terry

You know how I was complaining earlier about the menu ones coming in the door?

I'm really hungry now and can't find the number of any of the places that still deliver at this hour.

Damn it.

Dave!

Was actually just thinking today that we get a ridiculous amount of rubbish through the letterbox... Must have received at least 6/7 spam mails this morning. We get LOADS of those f*cking charity things. They must think we throw out clothes every f*cking day!

Having said that, I don't care enough to do anything about it

oh well

javaboy

http://boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055283046 :pac:

ShooterSF

Easier way:

Get a few black bags. Bring them outside. Put them inside each other to give them some strenght. Fill the bags with bricks, pad the top out with a jumper or two. Tie the bag. Stick a sticker on it. Laugh at the guy that puts out his back trying to lift it. Bet they don't have manual handling class in the organized crime biz.

If you're worried about them suing dont put a sticker on he'll still try to take the bag

Karl Hungus

Fill a bag full of used nappies, put the sticker on it, repeat. Similarly, put other waste products in the bag, even squeeze out a chunky one yourself.

kiffer

Rorus. You might have gotten a better response if you'd started by saying that these people were banging your flaps at 4 in the morning. By early morning I thought you ment 7 or 8.
I thought you were just whining about people looking for old cloths in general.

My (bad) advice is stay up with a camera and photograph them (then they'll key your car) . Then call the Gardaí and report people moving from front garden to front garden looking in windows, you think they could be casing houses.
Anyone going from house to house in the dead of night looks very suspicious...

Kernel

RORUS wrote: »

Okay it isn't illegal what they are doing in the bye-laws because you have a letterbox it is not illegal for anybody to put something it when ever they want.

Point #1.

RORUS wrote: »

You need to make a report with the garda by going down to your loacal station in person and everytime after they place something in your letterbox at this time. Call the garda at the time and ask them to issue an ASBO Anti Social Behaviour Order.

Cops only get involved if it is a criminal offence. See point #1. Cops don't issue ASBOS, Judges do.

RORUS wrote: »

Bernie Lillis in Dublin City Council Ph: 01-2224243 she is the Senior Staff Officer for Litter. Ask her how she can help with the situation. If she says she can't ask her to send out a written reason why the council can't do anything about it.

Poor Bernie won't appreciate your attempts to get her spammed.

Just go bitch to the TD about it, they get paid enough to listen.

FlutterinBantam

Karl Hungus wrote: »

Fill a bag full of used nappies, put the sticker on it, repeat. Similarly, put other waste products in the bag, even squeeze out a chunky one yourself.

Karl , I used to think of you as perhaps a dry and humourless pedantic auld sod, but dammit I am beginning to like your style...

AnonoBoy

kiffer wrote: »

You might have gotten a better response if you'd started by saying that these people were banging your flaps at 4 in the morning.

Sounds like a fun night!

Lump

Seriously?! This is what you've got to complain to the Garda and Post on the internet about!

Get a quieter letter box - Or a letterbox lock - Or an actual letter box that hangs on the wall outside your house - Or That device that some one else mentioned - Or get rid of the letter box - Get earplugs - Close a couple more doors in the house......

Seriously?!?

gerky

There's no point filling the bags with rubbish as they usually have a look through the bags in the van and throw out any rubbish or crappy clothes(pun intended Karl) and for spite they'll probably throw them back in to your or your neighbours garden.

Probably the best thing you can do is not fill bags even with clothes you want to get rid of, regularly contact your local radio station and newspaper and ask them to run warnings every so often to only give clothes to charity shops, if nobody was giving clothes they'd eventually give up.

And its not only foreigners at this, there's also Irish feckers involved in this type of scam.

Turd Ferguson

RORUS wrote: »

Okay it isn't illegal what they are doing in the bye-laws because you have a letterbox it is not illegal for anybody to put something it when ever they want.

Not illegal to put anything in peoples letterboxes...oh my God. Are you serious?
I'm so excited!!!!!!!!




/runs off to look for dog poo

fenris

For other junk mail like replacement windows etc. just make an appointment for the advertiser to come to your house to quote for work and just hand him the junk mail.

RaverRo808

FruitLover wrote: »

You could try sleeping in a bedroom, rather than on the floor beside the letterbox.

Anyway, you're presumably unemployed if you have this kind of time on your hands, hassling a load of people who have far better and more important things to do, so what's the big deal about being woken up at 4:30am?

Maybe he doesnt live in a palace or mansion like you do where you cant hear the letterbox slam when crap is thrown in your door,and maybe his life doesnt resolve around getting up going to work and going home and going to bed like yours seems to,maybe when he's not in work or has time he'd like to ask the authorities who are suppose to maintain law and order,if they can do anything to stop bogey charity sticker being flung in the letterbox at 4 in the morning,try not be a smartas.s next time you post pal

Lump

IT'S NOT AGAINST THE LAW TO PUT LETTER IN A LETTER BOX - MAYBE IF IT WAS A PIPEBOMB THEY'D GIVE A ****! - Like I said previously, pay €20 for a letter box that you screw to the wall - Problem solved.

AnonoBoy

RaverRo808 wrote: »

try not be a smartas.s next time you post pal

Welcome to After Hours where being a smartass is actively encouraged and rewarded!

John Mason

loads of my neighbours have signs up but it doesnt make any difference.


on the plus side i havent had to buy a rubbish bag in years

Cabaal

I just get the bloody leaflets, if I catch one of the muppets some morning I will kick them up the arse.

S.I.R

Cabaal wrote: »

I just get the bloody leaflets, if I catch one of the muppets some morning I will kick them up the arse.

dont, you get the gardi involved, best thing you can do is put battery acid in your letter box, works every time ( ive a metal front door so no damage done )

they just take the cloths and recycle them, dont give em to anyone but a factory, to which they contribute 1 cent per 10 euro they make.


Very f****** charitable !

happyoutscan

Get over it. Get a pair of earplugs, close your eyes and thank God you have enough clothes without needing hand-me-downs from someone else.


And you want people to waste Gardai time over this? You should be ashamed of yourself. Grow up ffs.

Dyr

letter box + rat trap+gaffa tape

*taps nose*