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On Thursday 21 May 2009 13:44, Simon Waters wrote: > Tom Potts wrote: > > Just getting some rubbish through from Virgin who are avoiding (I think) > > Mail Preference Service by sending to the occupier.... > > Anyone know what to do about this - other than use their 0800 number ad > > nauseam until they stop. > > Is it delivered by Royal Mail Door to Door service? You have to opt out > of that separately, because ... urm ... the Royal Mail make too much > money from it to voluntarily respect the wishes of home owners. We killed several trees getting that sorted - they still forget from time to time... > > There is a school of thought that says sending stuff back in the reply > envelope will dissuade senders, although I think it just worsens the > environmental impact - it does at least do it at the senders expense. no reply envelope but an 0800 number. I make a point of not abusing the poor souls on the other end but as I dont get out much its nice to be able to practice my impressions on a real human! > > I'm thinking with the remaining phone marketing I get of inviting people > around to give a quotation when we are out, or just to tell them to stop > calling me in person when there representative arrives. I'm sure this > approach can be adapted to the postal service. ...it doesnt take many of the above 'forgotten you didnt want this poop' to fill a small post box! Tom te tom te tom -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html