Has anyone opted out of receiving any leaflets or unaddressed promotional material via Royal Mail?

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I wonder if anyone in here has done this?

It' NOT the Mail Preference Service, this is a system run by Royal Mail which is supposed to stop all that junk you get through the door, you know, the leaflet from the pizza firm, the giveaway from the local wrinkles club, the thing that tries to get you to go salsa dancing or line dancing, or join the local bridge club.

How do I opt out of receiving any leaflets or unaddressed promotional material?

Guidance on what to do to do if you want more control over the mail coming through your letter box.

personal.help.royalmail.com

It's a faff, you have to print the form, fill it in and send it to them (every two years) but I wonder if anyone here has done it and did it work?

 

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of 0.25p per letter

You'd go to the effort of saving 500 letters, just to charge someone £1.25?

 

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500 x £0.25 = £1.25?

That's not what you said

cost of 0.25p per letter

 

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That's the important part. The leaflets from pizza shops and other firms who distribute their own leaflets will still continue.

The majority of the junk we get is delivered by the postie.

 

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Then stick a sign in the window next to the door (if there is one) saying all unsolicited mail will be going directly into the bin and not to post it.

People don't read signs. We had a new front door earlier this year and the knocker is a poor excuse for a door knocker, it's thin crap metal that barely makes a sound. Plus, the door is super thick and insulated so the knock barely propagates through.

So I got a Ring doorbell which is mounted next to the door and there's a note literally underneath the knocker saying "please use the doorbell".

People still rock up and use the knocker. I can even see them looking directly at the sign but they still use the knocker. I can only assume that a) they're idiots, b) they can't read, c) they can't read English, d) they don't care, e) all of the above.

 

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Form is all filled in and ready to post. That was the next challenge, the pdf wouldn't print (I tried two printers), I had to convert it to a png and then print that.

 

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Then if that's the case what is signing up to a no mail at address going to do?

Because it stops the Royal Mail from delivering all the rubbish, this is nothing to do with third parties, it's for stuff that the postie delivers.

 

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Won't stop unsolicitored mail if people don't read.

No, you're missing the point.

The postman drops unadressed rubbish through our door pretty much daily. The whole point of this is that once registered, the postie will no longer deliver this crap.

It won't stop third parties doing maildrops but we don't get much of that, most of it comes with the postman.

 

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Most leaflets such as takeaway menus are hand delivered by the takeaway or someone they pay to do this.

Maybe in Leicester. Not here.