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Fed up with junk mail from banks, how to stop it

Junk mail from banks

Tired of junk?

I know I am, so why do the banks etc. insist on sending us all this rubbish. Please join in the forum with ideas on how to prevent junk mail.



I applied for this online banking account because I didn't want as much junk mail, yet they are still sending me credit card application forms. Why do banks, credit card companies etc. insist on bombarding us with junk mail?

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21-1-2008Local authorities plan to charge you on how much rubbish is in your bin. So why not charge the distributors of junk mail for handling their mail. There is no upper limmit in law for what you can charge for doing or suffering anything you are not legally obliged to do or suffer at your own expense. T...moreMartin Mitchell (Trustee ICHOR Trus
29-12-2007By the way did you know at the bottom of the credit card letter there is a code which is also on the return envelope which is a code that tells them who you are even if you take the code out of the letter it's still printed on the return envelope.I hate Junk Mail
19-11-2007Junk mail from banks is destined for sub-prime people as they are so gullible.No Credit for the Sub-Prime
19-11-2007There is no law that states you must handle unsolicited mail AT YOUR OWN EXPENSE. We know how to scare the banks off by offering them a massive fee for handling their junk (unsolicited) mail. Get smart why sighn for anything when your signature is worth either what you say it is cash befor you...moreTrustee@ichortrust.co.uk
08-8-2007And the post office should also be required to publicise the fact that you can opt out by e-mail - the address is optout@royalmail.co.uk If this doesn't work, maybe the post office will get the message if people put their post office junk mail back into the red post office letter box rather t...morePhil, Wolverhampton
16-6-2007Found this on the BBC News site "Postman sacked over junk mail row - A Nottinghamshire postman who refused to deliver junk mail has been sacked. Royal Mail had suspended Steve Rowbotham pending an investigation "relating to the wilful delay of mail". Residents of Burton Joyce had ca...moreMoots
23-5-2007I play these spammers at their own game. I save up usually a month or so's worth of junk mail, then I stuff it into one of the return envelopes. I then walk to the nearest pillar box and post it through the slot. I then walk away sniggering!Rev. Buick Riviera
09-4-200790% of the junk mail we receive is not for us at all. It's all for a scammer who has discovered they can make money by filling in internet request forms, using other people's addresses. We have reported this to the Police. They are not interested. It's not a crime they say. But everyday ...moreJunk buster
07-4-2007Better yet, just mail back the reply envelope without anything in it. A wasted stamp for the credit company everytime!!! Maybe if they get enough of them, they might stop.Hammer
22-9-2006Would also keep several more postman in employment and overtime.Only problem is it may fill the postboxes and sorting offices up.Bob
22-9-2006This return to sender label sounds like a good idea.If everyone did it, the banks would sieze up with returned mail,and how much would it cost them in postage.Bob
30-8-2006You can now ask your post office for a form the stop their junk mail mailshots. This is the easiest way to get the removed from your letter box. They will be reluctant to do so as they are paid for sending them.JK



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