letterbox or rather none

slipperyox · 16-11-2018 10:55PM #1

Has anyone removed their letterbox?
And/or contacted an post, and said they no longer want mail?

Is this allowed?

I want to do it.

16-11-2018 10:57PM

slipperyox wrote: »

Has anyone removed their letterbox?
And/or contacted an post, and said they no longer want mail?

Is this allowed?

I want to do it.

Did you hand in your resignation from the human race?

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1 · 16-11-2018 11:03PM

Not your best effort. Revisit some other threads and refine them.

slipperyox · 16-11-2018 11:04PM

I'm not with you srameen...?

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1 · 16-11-2018 11:05PM

slipperyox wrote: »

I'm not with you srameen...?

That's for certain.

🤡

Jack Moore · 16-11-2018 11:07PM

My next door will have no letter slot
But I will fit a post box and a parcel box
Works well with a RING unit and a bit of know how

riclad · 16-11-2018 11:19PM

IF you have no letter box ,how will you recieve gas bill.,s or esb bills ?
if you simply block up the letterbox on the inside, they will stop delivering letters,
letters will be sent back to the sender.
i don,t think the esb or gas company will be happy about that.
i know that junk mail , leaflets from the local pizza/ chinese are annoying.
i don,t think parcels will be delivered unless there is someone at home
to sign for them, in my experience.

Capt'n Midnight · 16-11-2018 11:21PM

No letterbox , no summons. Freeman on the land. Fight the powah !

Purple Mountain · 16-11-2018 11:21PM

How will you receive foreign lottery winning cheques then??

riclad · 16-11-2018 11:24PM

i think gardai knock on the door if they have a summons,
if you have to go to court,
Lack of a letterbox wont make any difference to them.

slipperyox · 16-11-2018 11:37PM

No reason for them in 2018, other than bad news letters (what % letters are good news?)

bank is online, as are my payslips etc.

I'd rather a visit than a christmas card, and theres always parcel motel for other stuff.

mrmoonlight · 16-11-2018 11:55PM

I don't have any mail in my letter box bar junk mail I've gone completely paperless billing for everything that i possibly can Including electric bills e.c.t which can all be viewed via online accounts. Ain't nobody got time to be dealing with actual paper clogging up the place.

DivingDuck · 16-11-2018 11:59PM

riclad wrote: »

IF you have no letter box ,how will you recieve gas bill.,s or esb bills ?

Don't most people use online billing and direct debits for this now?

17-11-2018 12:22AM

Since I get mail almost everyday no I won’t get rid of my letter box, what a ridiculous idea.

Jessie Belle · 17-11-2018 12:28AM

I always say if the front door won't open try the back door.
Disclaimer(not always in the same context)

Graces7 · 17-11-2018 08:00AM

"The world " stops at the big gate here. There is a box or bag thereon for mail. Had an argument wth the local An Post office once as they were trying to make me get a "proper" expensive box, but I found the relevant legislation in the Irish statute book that allowed for receptacle provided by recipient.

corner of hells · 17-11-2018 08:34AM

Should it not be "letter hole " ? instead of "letter box".

kneemos · 17-11-2018 10:09AM

Insurance companies need to issue certificates. Getting documents such as passports or birth certs. Job offers. Small parcels. Hospital appointments.
Probably more.

lawred2 · 17-11-2018 10:14AM

slipperyox wrote: »

Has anyone removed their letterbox?
And/or contacted an post, and said they no longer want mail?

Is this allowed?

I want to do it.

You don't want a letterbox or you don't want mail?

A letterbox can easily be solved by having a postbox on the wall.

The other is easily achieved as well. Just means going off to live in the woods

17-11-2018 10:18AM

riclad wrote: »

IF you have no letter box ,how will you recieve gas bill.,s or esb bills ?
if you simply block up the letterbox on the inside, they will stop delivering letters,
letters will be sent back to the sender.
i don,t think the esb or gas company will be happy about that.
i know that junk mail , leaflets from the local pizza/ chinese are annoying.
i don,t think parcels will be delivered unless there is someone at home
to sign for them, in my experience.

Most utility bills are sent via email. If bills aren’t being paid, utility is cut off.

17-11-2018 10:20AM

Graces7 wrote: »

"The world " stops at the big gate here. There is a box or bag thereon for mail. Had an argument wth the local An Post office once as they were trying to make me get a "proper" expensive box, but I found the relevant legislation in the Irish statute book that allowed for receptacle provided by recipient.

Expensive? The official an post mail box is only 70 euro, is well made and far more secure than just leaving your post in a box. Only you and the post man can open it most parcels fit inside too.

kneemos · 17-11-2018 10:21AM

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Most utility bills are sent via email. If bills aren’t being paid, utility is cut off.

At least the bailiff won't be able to shout through the letterbox.

rgodard80a · 17-11-2018 10:22AM

slipperyox wrote: »

Has anyone removed their letterbox?
And/or contacted an post, and said they no longer want mail?

Is this allowed?

I want to do it.

No legal requirement for a letterbox.

But it'll be awfully awkward without one.
Car tax disks and insurance disks are posted to your address.

Odyssey 2005 · 17-11-2018 10:24AM

Early night home from the pub?

marklazarcovic · 17-11-2018 10:27AM

Braxton Raspy Rawhide wrote: »

Expensive? The official an post mail box is only 70 euro, is well made and far more secure than just leaving your post in a box. Only you and the post man can open it most parcels fit inside too.

Educated guess,the PO were not happy with his choice of mail holder ,wasn't secure , normally a word with the postie solves the problem
I've had people use old microwaves on a fence post as a post box In my time as postie.

Loads of other strange/normal to a postie ones.

Silent Running · 17-11-2018 10:38AM

When I lived in Spain there was no need for a letterbox on the house. The postman delivered the post to a central point in the community, where everyone had a box only they could open. Is this the way apartment complexes operate here?

I collected business post from a box in the local bank, rented annually from them. Fincas and independent villas all had a box rented in the local post office, where their post was deposited daily.

We have PO boxes here, don't we?

Alf Veedersane · 17-11-2018 10:48AM

What about the Christmas/birthday cards with money in them?

The 'no junk mail" sign is far more effective than I expected so we get F.A. post. But I'd rather we had a letter box to receive what we do get

Graces7 · 17-11-2018 11:36AM

Braxton Raspy Rawhide wrote: »

Expensive? The official an post mail box is only 70 euro, is well made and far more secure than just leaving your post in a box. Only you and the post man can open it most parcels fit inside too.

Young person: as a pensioner, E70 is far more than I spend a month on food. We are very few on the island and no thieves, thank you :rolleyes:

Graces7 · 17-11-2018 11:37AM

marklazarcovic wrote: »

Educated guess,the PO were not happy with his choice of mail holder ,wasn't secure , normally a word with the postie solves the problem
I've had people use old microwaves on a fence post as a post box In my time as postie.

Loads of other strange/normal to a postie ones.

I use a cat box.... works great.

Graces7 · 17-11-2018 11:40AM

marklazarcovic wrote: »

Educated guess,the PO were not happy with his choice of mail holder ,wasn't secure , normally a word with the postie solves the problem
I've had people use old microwaves on a fence post as a post box In my time as postie.

Loads of other strange/normal to a postie ones.

It was way before the posh new boxes. Given they knew I am all but housebound, a great fuss re nothing.

VeryTerry · 17-11-2018 11:42AM

I live somewhere with no postal service. You have to go to a shop to pay broadband and phone. Electricity is payed to the landlord. I've easily saved over a grand on not doing any internet shopping this year.

letterbox or rather none

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