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

The_Arbiter said:
I don't mind leaflets, sometimes you get a voucher through that is of use. Never understood why people are that bothered by a few bits of mail through the post.
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Mainly because I basically move 95% of the mail I receive, unrecyclable leaflets and begging letters, straight into the bin from the front door mat. It's a massive waste of resources.
 
wesimmo said:
Mainly because I basically move 95% of the mail I receive, unrecyclable leaflets and begging letters, straight into the bin from the front door mat. It's a massive waste of resources.
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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.
 
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Bouton Aide said:
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.
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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.
 
I just save it all for the winter and throw it on woodburner - It don't half smoke and is free heat especially now.
 
Feek said:
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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Then if that's the case what is signing up to a no mail at address going to do?
 
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.
 
Bouton Aide said:
Then if that's the case what is signing up to a no mail at address going to do?
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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.
 
Bouton Aide said:
Won't stop unsolicitored mail if people don't read. ;)
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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.
 
Bouton Aide said:
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.
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There's that ideal world thing again that doesn't exist.

My postie said he will put it straight into the recycling bin because that is where I informed him I will be collecting junk mail from, but the same posties twice in a week is a rare sight.
 
If you ever get a prepaid evelope from a Aqua credit card, or similar annoying spam stuff with a return envelope, affix the envelope to a brick and ship it back. Aqua have to pay the excess postage to royal mail. A few £10+ charges for excess weight postage soon stops them sending to you again. They always pay the excess as they thinbk they are getting a completed application for the redit card, when all they get is an uncompleted application inside an envelope with a brick attached. Hide the brick inside bubble wrap so it doesn't rip the mailbag that the envelope is attached to.
 
Most leaflets such as takeaway menus are hand delivered by the takeaway or someone they pay to do this.

A fellow litter womble found a bag with several hundred takeaway menus dumped. She contacted the takeaway and they were not going to use the person delivering menus again.
 
In the days of prepaid envelopes inside the junk/unsolicited mail. I used to put everything in the letter (omitting any personal details) into the envelope and post it.

As that would cost the company money.
 
cheesefest said:
In the days of prepaid envelopes inside the junk/unsolicited mail. I used to put everything in the letter (omitting any personal details) into the envelope and post it.

As that would cost the company money.
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I love doing this. Although we don't seem to receive as much prepaid envelopes these days as we used to.
 
subbytna said:
If you ever get a prepaid evelope from a Aqua credit card, or similar annoying spam stuff with a return envelope, affix the envelope to a brick and ship it back. Aqua have to pay the excess postage to royal mail. A few £10+ charges for excess weight postage soon stops them sending to you again. They always pay the excess as they thinbk they are getting a completed application for the redit card, when all they get is an uncompleted application inside an envelope with a brick attached. Hide the brick inside bubble wrap so it doesn't rip the mailbag that the envelope is attached to.
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I'm going to give this a go. A brick won't fit through the letterbox though. So it will have to be something smaller. I think I might have some old roofing tiles somewhere.

I already collect prepaid envelopes and swap the spam around, posting back one companies spam to another company in their envelope.
 
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Hades said:
I'm going to give this a go. A brick won't fit through the letterbox though. So it will have to be something smaller. I think I might have some old roofing tiles somewhere.

I already collect prepaid envelopes and swap the spam around, posting back one companies spam to another company in their envelope.
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Have sent a couple of wall tiles in a prepaid envelope, broken into about 5 pieces each.
 
Feek said:
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 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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Yeah, it's an absolute joke that you have to renew it. It definitely works, I don't get any mail most days but that's because I live in a flat and you need a code to get in. For a regular house random flyer distributers could still poop through your letterbox, I mean put leaflets through.
 
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