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

tbh wrote: »

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

biko

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.

pleasant Co.

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

jor el wrote: »

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!:D

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....?:D

bcirl03

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

mike65

Heh I like this idea, I also get these on a regular basis. Will start saving.

+ 1 on the stickying.

jor el

Mactard wrote: »

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.

You still get them? Bloody hell, that is bad.

mcaul wrote: »

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

Damn it!

If I get any more, I'll definitely keep them this time.

This could quite possibly be the best thing that anyone has ever thought of anywhere in the world for all time.

mike65

That flipping credit card compnay MBNA is another that could do with the treatment.

ART6

And the b******s who keep sending me fax spam every day of the week and apparently can't be stopped. Those, unfortunately, can't be returned to sender:mad:

PeteEd

if only i had read this yesterday, i returned to sender about 15 yesterday:mad:

will start collecting again

bcirl03

How about a national day of 'Junk Mail - Return to Sender Day'????

Who do we ask about a stickey?

admiralofthefleet

got some crap off them this morning so im in

wmpdd3

I'm also a customer, doesn't matter atleast 1 per week, 4 in the hall already prob 3 in the green bin. I'll start collecting.

Have to make this a sticky I won't remember to post them next MAY.

mmcs

Remember those of us who work for NTL that have to send out mail in marketing to keep us in jobs!!!

don't take it away from us!

anyone who doesn't want these mails can go to the post office!

ScouseMouse

mmcs wrote: »

Remember those of us who work for NTL that have to send out mail in marketing to keep us in jobs!!!

don't take it away from us!

anyone who doesn't want these mails can go to the post office!

Are you saying the post office is responsible for sending out letters addressed to "The resident" and personalise it with the house number?

MadMickeyMonk

Cool shoudnt take me long so cos I get 2 a week without fail even after calling into them and handing a written request asking them to stop.

dudara

mmcs wrote: »

Remember those of us who work for NTL that have to send out mail in marketing to keep us in jobs!!!

don't take it away from us!

anyone who doesn't want these mails can go to the post office!

I shouldn't have to go to the post office. I've been returning letters addressed to "The Resident" for over 3 years now. I have no sympathy.

jor el

mmcs wrote: »

anyone who doesn't want these mails can go to the post office!

And do what exactly? An Post are legally obliged to deliver the mail, once it's been paid for by a sender. All you could do is get them to either hold or forward all your mail to a different location. This will cost you money, and it won't actually stop the spam.

kwyjibot

bedlam wrote: »

As a subscriber all you should have to do is phone them up and tell them to stop sending them and it will be noted on your account.

We've got our TV with NTL but get regular mail and phonecalls asking us to move our broadband also. Couple of weeks back I told the guy that I wasn't interested, wasn't going to be interested and that a lot of time & effort on both sides could be saved if they stopped sending us junk/cold-calling us. Apparently it wasn't possible for him to remove us from this list.

bedlam wrote: »

I went the other route spoke to a "manager" who got me off the list, a year on and no junk mail from NTL.

Thanks for the tip - next time I'll demand to talk to a manager, should save NTL a small fortune in printing & call-centre costs over the next year!

In the mean time I'll save the junk mail for May 1st

MOH

superscouse wrote: »

Are you saying the post office is responsible for sending out letters addressed to "The resident" and personalise it with the house number?

That's what their (NTLs) "customer service" claimed when I mailed them before.

Lorelei

just chuck them in the bin. Thats costs the sender money saves you storing them and then going to a post box wheres the hassle.
If worried about your bin charges then drop one per day in a litter bin.
No great problem!

jimoc

Has anyone ever sent one back with 'Recipient Deceased' on it?
I know its a bit morbid but if it doesn't stop them then you can just Ring Joe on them and complain about the severe emotional distress its causing to little Johnny and Mary Resident who keep getting letters for their dead father

Lorelei

Doesnt help quite often the mails are not sent out by the company who they come from. Returns are dumped en masse.

bcirl03

Lorelei wrote: »

just chuck them in the bin. Thats costs the sender money saves you storing them and then going to a post box wheres the hassle.
If worried about your bin charges then drop one per day in a litter bin.
No great problem!

Your missing the point, this is about NTL sending junk mail via a loophole in the law. When you ask to be removed they ignore your request.

The more people who return them (without a stamp) the more it costs NTL.

jimoc

Ohhh, had another mean (and bad, so don't do it ) idea

Why not just take everything out of the envelopes, make sure your name isn't on any of it, then take about 100 of them up the M50 at about 4 in the morning and throw them out the window at 60 mph!!!

Only identifiable thing is that it came from NTL so they get slapped with a nice big litter fine for each piece

tbh

Lorelei wrote: »

just chuck them in the bin. Thats costs the sender money saves you storing them and then going to a post box wheres the hassle.
If worried about your bin charges then drop one per day in a litter bin.
No great problem!

Nothing to do with Bin Charges. It's my house - I don't want mail from them. It's as simple as that. They shouldn't send me mail when I've told them (many times) that I don't want it.

Lorelei wrote: »

Doesnt help quite often the mails are not sent out by the company who they come from. Returns are dumped en masse.

That's fine. Returning the mail means they have to pay for it again. If they are happy to pay twice, that's fine with me, and I don't care what they do with the returned mail.

jimoc wrote: »

Ohhh, had another mean (and bad, so don't do it ) idea

Why not just take everything out of the envelopes, make sure your name isn't on any of it, then take about 100 of them up the M50 at about 4 in the morning and throw them out the window at 60 mph!!!

Only identifiable thing is that it came from NTL so they get slapped with a nice big litter fine for each piece

NTL won't get fined for the litter, just like tayto don't get fined if someone drops a crisp packet. In this case, the means don't justify the ends

Nevyn

Wonderful idea, is the plan to just return post when when ever or for us all to hit them in the same month?

pleasant Co.

same month, same day , they'd get loads of them all at once

tbh

Hi Folks - Gentle reminder, 1st of May this year is the big sendback date. thanks!

bcirl03

Can we do a count?

I have 5 so far to send back.

InTouch

I'm in.

I cancelled my account with them for other reasons and still get the kind of mail. I also get the cards.

Collection has begun.....

Bring on May Day!

PeteEd

PeteEd wrote: »

if only i had read this yesterday, i returned to sender about 15 yesterday:mad:

will start collecting again

Since i posted this on the 27/11/09, UPC/NTL must have got the message, not a single To the Occupier letter has crossed our mailbox which serves 11 separate flats!

PeteEd

PeteEd wrote: »

Since i posted this on the 27/11/09, UPC/NTL must have got the message, not a single To the Occupier letter has crossed our mailbox which serves 11 separate flats!

Knew they couldn't resist, after a few weeks of inactivity, the To the Occupier letters have reared their ugly head again today!

Keep them coming and i'll send them straight back to you!

mike65

Got one yesterday

PO Box 11279 Dublin 2

lord lucan

Count me in too. After a recent lull the NTL junk has started arriving again,got one this morning.

PeteEd

They must have taken Christmas off!
But as a side to their pestering via my letterbox at least i got 5 extra channels of them in the last couple of weeks, still won't stop me dumping a load of Return to Senders in the post box come May Day though!:D

KoolKid

I had been sending them back all along with not known at this address.
I like this idea .I'll save them up till may now.
Maybe we could update here with our totals when we get more.

KoolKid

Have 2 more added to the collection

bcirl03

I havent had any for a while - I feel unloved

Am I the only one?

KoolKid

There will be more, don't you worry

mike65

I have two now, should have 4 by May.