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

bmay529 · 22-01-2016 10:58AM #1

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 · 22-01-2016 11:05AM

No,that's a seperate sign.

The Backwards Man · 22-01-2016 11:20AM

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

Anaiyela · 22-01-2016 11:20AM

I think it should!

Boom_Bap · 22-01-2016 11:23AM

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 · 22-01-2016 11:24AM

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 · 22-01-2016 11:30AM

Free kindling for my turf stove

CyclopsDeluxe · 22-01-2016 12:09PM

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

kneemos · 22-01-2016 12:21PM

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 · 22-01-2016 01:09PM

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

Anaiyela · 22-01-2016 03:15PM

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 · 22-01-2016 03:26PM

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 · 22-01-2016 03:45PM

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

The Pheasant2 · 22-01-2016 03:47PM

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 · 22-01-2016 04:22PM

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

22-01-2016 04:25PM

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

Buona Fortuna · 22-01-2016 04:28PM

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 · 22-01-2016 04:29PM

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 · 22-01-2016 04:43PM

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 · 22-01-2016 04:50PM

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 · 22-01-2016 05:28PM

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 · 22-01-2016 05:58PM

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 · 22-01-2016 06:27PM

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 · 22-01-2016 08:31PM

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 · 22-01-2016 08:37PM

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 · 22-01-2016 08:46PM

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. · 22-01-2016 08:54PM

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 · 22-01-2016 09:26PM

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 · 23-01-2016 12:55AM

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 · 23-01-2016 05:37AM

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

topmanamillion · 23-01-2016 06:11AM

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......

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

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