Should a "No junk mail please" sign on my letter box apply to election flyers?

bmay529

I have a "No junk mail please" sign on my letter box that is respected by most except it seems those delivering election flyers. Do you think they should ignore or respect such a sign?

kneemos

No,that's a seperate sign.

The Backwards Man

How are you going to know who not to vote for if you don't read their rubbish?

Anaiyela

I think it should!

Boom_Bap

If it doesn't have your name and address on the envelope, it's junk mail.

I regularly give the flyers back and tap the sign like an old cranky bollex.

Graces7

Too late! Had a visit from the Healy Rae camp months ago... Thankfully I was out BUT he climbed a gate topped with barbed wire, over my huge STRICTLY PRIVATE sign to throw it through the letter box ( there is a mail box on the gate) , upset the dog AND addressed me by name not title. So no vote from here :P

biko

Free kindling for my turf stove

CyclopsDeluxe

Yes. More importantly it should tell people not to annoy me at my home by ringing the damn doorbell!

kneemos

Graces7 wrote: »

Too late! Had a visit from the Healy Rae camp months ago... Thankfully I was out BUT he climbed a gate topped with barbed wire, over my huge STRICTLY PRIVATE sign to throw it through the letter box ( there is a mail box on the gate) , upset the dog AND addressed me by name not title. So no vote from here :P

Mr.Burns?

yeppydeppy

I've a sticker that says "Addressed Mail Only" it works better than when I had "No Junk Mail".

Anaiyela

yeppydeppy wrote: »

I've a sticker that says "Addressed Mail Only" it works better than when I had "No Junk Mail".

Do you remember where you got it? I haven't seen them around

Elemonator

Anaiyela wrote: »

Do you remember where you got it? I haven't seen them around

I got mine in a hardware. You could probably make your own too.

yeppydeppy

I used a label printer at work to print it out.

The Pheasant2

Actually did this job when I was younger - their boss will tell them 'no junk mail' signs don't apply for the flyers as they constitute "political literature".

SEPT 23 1989

I get a good laugh out of them before they are burnt

Do little signs on doors actually dissuade any would be junk mailers?

Buona Fortuna

Boom_Bap wrote: »

If it doesn't have your name and address on the envelope, it's junk mail.

I regularly give the flyers back and tap the sign like an old cranky bollex.

Your postman admires your balls

yeppydeppy

Deleted User wrote: »

Do little signs on doors actually dissuade any would be junk mailers?

Not always but most of the time it seems to work.

Chips Lovell

They should introduce the equivalent of the plastic bag tax for junk mail. It's such a massive waste of paper. 99% of it just goes straight in the bin.

Polluter pays principle should apply.

cajonlardo

Deleted User wrote: »

Do little signs on doors actually dissuade any would be junk mailers?

Very much, very few people ignore it tbh. I could count on one hand the amount of junk mail I get annually since putting one up.

Election canvasing - I print a polite and very short note asking them not to call and not to leave literature. It works grand. Sometimes you hear them coming to the door and they usually laugh before going on their way.

rubadub

Boom_Bap wrote: »

If it doesn't have your name and address on the envelope, it's junk mail.

This came up in the election forum and some disgusting intrusive cunts who were canvassing posted saying they ignore junk mail signs, but interestingly said they do not violate "no unaddressed mail" signs, even though the dogs on the street know they mean the same thing. Showed up their ignorance, or rather feigned ignorance and their total disprespect for people's wishes -absolute scum.

If you have a no junkmail sign and get one in the door that is telling you more about that cunt of a politician or party than any words on the wasteful scrap of paper will.

The disturbing new development is them putting up what are in effect election posters before they are allowed. Many are on ESB poles endangering peoples property and lives. The ESB have issued warnings several times about them being a fire risk and these cunts know fine well they are putting people at risk for their own gain. Ohters obstruct traffic lights and traffic signs, and road barriers which can then hide small children from view of motorists. Ruthless shamless scumbags knowingly putting lives at risk.

Good advertising to weed the fuckers out though.

BoardsMember

I brought this up with Sinn Fein before the last election, I had a No Junk Mail sign up. I got some self righteous little pr1ck email me back from his high horse about how I was wrong, and if I didn't want political literature then I should have the appropriate sign up.

freshpopcorn

To the best of my knowledge when the local/general election is on. We get loads of flyers for candidates and they all have our names and addresses on them. We end up with four flyers from each candidate because there's four people registered to vote in our house.

misstearheus

I had considered putting up a No Junk Mail Sign 'coz half the crap that comes in I bloody-well end up paying for bringing it to Recycling Centre and they charge. Brochures and thick-enough Booklets from Supermarkets and I dunno Paint-Shops and Hardwares and Flower-Shops, I havn't seen anything from a Butcher's yet. :pac: I don't mind single-sheet stuff cos I always have a Mantel-piece full of shyte for starting the fire with which is great so I don't mind that. But for thicker stuff I bring it to be recycled and end up paying their charge there.

NomadicGray

SEPT 23 1989 wrote: »

I get a good laugh out of them before they are burnt

How long does one of these junk mailers burn for?
Would I heat the house out of him?

Taxburden carrier

BoardsMember wrote: »

I brought this up with Sinn Fein before the last election, I had a No Junk Mail sign up. I got some self righteous little pr1ck email me back from his high horse about how I was wrong, and if I didn't want political literature then I should have the appropriate sign up.

Was that one or two fingers?

Sir Osis of Liver.

True story.

Mattie McGrath passed me on the street yesterday as I was walking alone and said "Well Lads".

I'm a big bloke ,but no way could I pass myself off as two people.

cajonlardo

Sir Osis of Liver. wrote: »

True story.

Mattie McGrath passed me on the street yesterday as I was walking alone and said "Well Lads".

I'm a big bloke ,but no way could I pass myself off as two people.

He meant you are some man for one man and you should have been 2 men

the groutch

just put a piece of paper in the window beside the door/letterbox with something along this lines:

"Canvassers: If you knock on this door or post any leaflets, your candidate is guaranteed no votes from this house"

Cookie_Monster

of course they should comply with it. Election material is nothing but propaganda

topmanamillion

1.Save all literature and group it into political parties.
2.When the election is over fill envelopes with the material and post it to the relevant head party offices.
Also attach a letter requesting payment for postage for returning "party property".

It would make no odds from one or two people but if a couple of thousand people did it......

Grid.

Same here, gonna report them for littering;):P

thesandeman

Sir Osis of Liver. wrote: »

True story.

Mattie McGrath passed me on the street yesterday as I was walking alone and said "Well Lads".

I'm a big bloke ,but no way could I pass myself off as two people.

Probably wishful thinking hoping you are on the register twice and you might give him two votes.

marklazarcovic

no junk mail/flyers notices will be adhered to by your postie as they dont need to go to your letterbox with them then if you have no regular mail, also its policy in an post that the houses with these notices are the only ones your postie is authorised not to deliver them too,every other address i supposed to get them .. election flyers are not classed as junk mail unfortunately.


everyone,do your postie a solid and stick a notice on or above your letterbox stating you dont want junk mail, we hate the stuff more than you trust me.

Ally Dick

I've noticed the postman delivering junk mail along with the regular mail. That's just not on