Is anyone else sick to death of junk mail?I have a sign on my letterbox and the problem still persists.I have managed to stop the large bundles being delivered but the individuals ,obviously illiterate,continue to fill said box with this unwanted detritus.I don't want the expense of removing my letterbox and hiring a P.O box.One real estate agent,after my contacting them,said to bin it.I do not want my bin full of this rubbish either.I have even pursued the deliverers and handed them back their junk.I have stopped unwanted "phone calls by joining the do not call register,how do i put a stop to this?.I have on occassions found my legitimate mail on the footpath as the slot was clogged with pamphlets.One distributor went so far as to throw the lot in my yard after seeing my sign.This may appear minor to some but i believe it is another example of peoples disregard for anyone elses rights.On principal, i refuse to buy,employ or have anything to do with the product being advertised.What do you suggest?

haygirl, an alternative to filling your bin with the garbage is to use the facilities of the Post Office.

Either hand the unwanted items in to your nearest Post Office, and ask them to contact the culprits on your behalf to dissuade them, or simply package them up with a "return to sender" label, and drop in a post box.

Won't solve the problem, but it saves you having to put up with the rubbish.

Ah, Pericles, given that the 'junk mail' that haygirl is complaining about is unlikely to have been delivered by Australia Post or its contractors, your solution is not going to be effective. As far as I'm aware, posties invariably honour the 'No Junk Mail' etc signs that people put on their letterboxes - because it means less work for them, if nothing else.

At any rate, most suburban post offices are franchises these days, and the proprietors have little to do with mail deliveries. On the other hand, those who deliver most of the advertising material that clogs up suburban letterboxes tend to work for private contractors and are paid on piece rates - which is why they deliver material that recipients clearly don't want in some cases.

Admittedly, it's a bit harder to track down the real culprits than to take out your frustration on your local post office licensee, but it's likely to be more effective in the long run.

I have in the past adopted the practice of shredding the unwanted junk mail, delivering it in person to the floor of the premises of the advertiser, and telling them why. I should mention that the legality of doing this is questionable.

Still, eventually the message got through, and I get no more than the odd leaflet now.

Sylvia.

I put a sign on my letter box some years ago (after finding real mail being pushed into the garden).

It's about 90% effective. A couple of the local real estate agents don't consider their ongoing offers to give me an appraisal on my house junk mail and pollies don't seem to consider their stuff junk. Occasionally a Pizza offer but very little else.

R0bert

Thank you all for your comments.I have returned the mail,if it has return address.I have a sign saying "no junk mail.Australia Post only"
I have even sent emails to the companies advertising this way and told them i'll boycott their products and services.Some are ok,some are nasty.I haven't yet shredded the rubbish and deposited it on the floors.Maybe that will be my next action.I am aware that this is not an earthshattering topic and some may think i'm a grouch but it is extremely frustrating.I do get annoyed(on the few occassions it rains in QLD)when my mail is wet because the postie was unable to insert it in the slot properly.Maybe i could get a dog and train it just to bite junk mail deliverers.A little over the top,you think.Back to the drawing board.