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You shouldn't have to go to such lengths to stop unsolicited paper from being stuffed into your mailbox though. |
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Two things exist to fix that north of the border. 1) Opt out of receiving circulars etc - just put a little note on your mailbox "no flyers or unsolicited mail please". Works fine. 2) Lose the bin - we put out however many bags we have. |
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Funny the weird problems the US runs into sometimes. Curious if this is an issue literally any where else in the world. |
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As per [tatterdemalion], do you not do "No Junk Mail" signs in the USA? Is it a "Home Owners Association" sort of rule? |
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1. Retain SASE envelope(s) sent to you by obnoxious cash- or feedback-seeking entity as part of the unsolicited "junk" mail. |
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2. Stuff those envelopes full of junk mail from other entities (after sifting through and retaining any SASE envelopes)*. |
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3. Mail the thus re-used junk mail envelope(s), thus being rid of all offending junk mail, at no cost to yourself. |
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*2b. You may wish to include a jolly note explaining that you don't appreciate receiving unsolicited mail, and you would appreciate the help of the unsolicited-mail sender to manage this mail from other unsolicited-mail senders, thank you very much. |
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//And then there's this// Thank you for the prescient summary of my annotation [a1], which I could've looked at earlier, I suppose. |
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I'm a bit surprised there isn't yet a tiny device that efficiently burns junk mail along with dried used coffee grounds and tea leaves to heat a single serving of water for more tea/coffee. |
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a1, the link of yours I've flagged is "Access denied". It's visible on archive.org though. |
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//2) Lose the bin - we put out however many bags we have.// |
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Some places require you to put stuff in the bin provided.
We used to be allowed to put out however many bags we wanted, but now the bin-men won't collect anything which isn't in the (actually quite large) bin the local authority provided. |
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Being able to charge a fee on a service to reduce usage is a recognised and generally effective practice. It's suggested occasionally for mail, and email, etc.
The down-side is that it often costs more to process than a sensible fee would be worth. That may be less the case for some services nowadays.
The postal service could probably add a small amount to stamps and pay that back to delivery addresses fairly efficiently. But that wouldn't help prevent hand-delivered junk-mail. |
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<access denied link>
//Weird, it still works for me.// |
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It's probably geo-restricted to North America. I see that occasionally. |
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