opt out of royal mail junk mail

[JamesA]

Did anyone see BBC breakfast? You can opt out of a lot of unaddressed junk mail. We're already registered with the MPS.

You just need to send them an email.
See the "Junk mail" section of:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/breakfast/4242941.stm


Here is the reply:

Dear Customer

Thank you for your recent correspondence. I understand from your
letter/telephone call that you are considering “Opting Out” of receiving
Door to Door items. As a company we are quite happy to put the wheels in
motion to arrange the cessation of these deliveries to your premises but
before doing so, I need to make you fully aware of the implications of
“Opting Out” and once you have considered these, get your final written
authorisation to cease deliveries of this nature.

The main areas to be considered are:

· This service only relates to unaddressed mail. Mail bearing your
address and “To the Occupier” or any other generic recipient information,
Royal Mail is still legally obliged to deliver.

· It is not possible for us to separate advertising material and
information that you may want, such as leaflets from Central and Local
Government and other public bodies. Opting out from Royal Mail Door to Door
stops all unaddressed items.

· Opting out means no one at the Delivery point will receive mail of this
nature, is this acceptable to everyone inhabiting the property?

· If you simply want to reduce the amount of direct mail addressed in full
to yourself you can do so by registering with The Mailing Preference
Service. They can limit or reduce targeted direct mail by up to 90%. To
obtain an information pack please contact them at:


MPS, DMA House, 70 Margaret St., LONDON, W1W 8SS

www.mpsonline.org.uk


If you still wish to Opt Out of receiving Door to Door, please complete the
form enclosed and return it to the above address and we will process your
request. Every effort will be made to prevent the delivery of Door-to-Door
items by Royal Mail. Exceptionally, if relief staff are used, an
occasional delivery may occur.

Please be advised that it may take up to 6 weeks or more for the
implementation of unaddressed mail to not be delivered by Royal Mail.

 

[WoodYouLike]

Did anyone see BBC breakfast? You can opt out of a lot of unaddressed junk mail. We're already registered with the MPS.

Same goes for telephone and fax opt out:
http://www.tpsonline.org.uk/tps/
Just log you phone numbers and voila, every cold-caller/faxer is breaking 'the law'

 

[Glassman]

I've registered with TPS and it seems to work

I aren't too bothered about junk mail though.
I've got a waste bin next to the door and it's easier to just throw it all in there and or put it in the paper recyling bin.

How exactly does the postman know which house is registered anyway??
We have a different postman every other week and I dont think they'd be too bothered to read through a list of which houses to miss.

Also, see this http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/5294708.stm

I think the post office must be making a fortune out of junk mail?

 

[Spark123]

I registered with BT privacy, done online from the BT website. Just enter phone number and iirc some info from last bill. I got free caller display service too.

 

[JamesA]

We've been registered with the mps for a while, but that doesn't stop a lot of it.
The government should change the law so you get no junk mail by default and you have to opt IN.
This would save a massive amount of paper and help the environment.

 

[Diyisfun]

The royal mail (junk mail) is different from 'ordinary junk mail'.
Royal Mail junk, is produced by the royal mail
junk mail is delivered by the royal mail & can come from anywhere.

You need to register with 2 organisations to stop both.

 

[WoodYouLike]

The royal mail (junk mail) is different from 'ordinary junk mail'.
Royal Mail junk, is produced by the royal mail
junk mail is delivered by the royal mail & can come from anywhere.

You need to register with 2 organisations to stop both.

Am wondering (again ) why in The netherlands the problem is solved very easily: Royal Mail (KPN) distributed stickers to every household on which you could cross out the two available option the sticker has on it (if you wanted the junk-mail) and put it on/near your mailbox:
1) Don't deliver unaddressed mail
2) Don't deliver unaddressed and leaflets

Simple?

 

[Steve]

The royal mail (junk mail) is different from 'ordinary junk mail'.
Royal Mail junk, is produced by the royal mail
junk mail is delivered by the royal mail & can come from anywhere.

You need to register with 2 organisations to stop both.

Am wondering (again ) why in The netherlands the problem is solved very easily: Royal Mail (KPN) distributed stickers to every household on which you could cross out the two available option the sticker has on it (if you wanted the junk-mail) and put it on/near your mailbox:
1) Don't deliver unaddressed mail
2) Don't deliver unaddressed and leaflets

Simple?

simple, and very effective. why dont we have that here? because Royal Mail would have piles of unwanted junk mail that it cant deliver because everyone's got these blasted stickers on their doors! And RM gets so much money from junk mail, it would go out of business within a week.

 

[2scoops0406]

Buy a log burning stove, and one of these

then request as much junk mail as you can get, voila, subsidised heating.

 

[ban-all-sheds]

Keep it all, and when you've got a stack of mail, and reply-paid envelopes, shuffle it all up and distribute it between the envelopes, and put them in the post.

That way the people who sent you junk mail get some back in return, and it costs them more money.