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I opened a joint bank account about a month or so ago purely for the purpose of paying the household bills. It was an online bank account with paperless statements etc., exactly what I was looking for. I didn't need any cards with the account so I didn't bother to fill in the credit card application form that came with the original account application.
The problem is they're still bombarding me with junk mail trying to persuade me to take out a credit card with them. I find this really annoying because I particularly dislike filling up the recycling bin with a load of useless mail that should never have been sent in the first place. The pack that they sent me contained a letter, a pre-filled out form and two information booklets printed on this rigid card like stationary. To add to this they were all black, which presumably is more difficult to recycle.Â
Since I opened this account this must be about the third or fourth letter they have sent me. Granted, secure information such as PIN's need to be sent out in this way, but surely all other communication could be done via email? Isn't that what Internet banking is supposed to be all about?
They also sent me a debit card which I didn't actually want. As I didn't find anything on the initial form that said "tick here if you don't need a card", then fair enough. I guess I'll have to keep a card that I will probably never ever use. Â
My gripe is really with all banks and credit card companies, not just this particular one. I don't like clutter, and I especially don't like getting sent a load of leaflets and forms that I didn't want in the first place.
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Compliments trustee@ichortrust.co.uk
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 sighn or you don't sighn.
Interested contact trustee@ichortrust.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 than their own bin. The post office won't want the postal system to grind to a halt under the burden of junk mail or the cost of employing extra sorting staff to make sure it does not. And as commercial waste is charged for the post office will then pay for the cost of disposing of their waste rather than the local authority (and the council taxpayer).
What a great idea! If only our postie would censor all the junk mail we get from banks!
We have to spend valuable time and money ridding ourselves of all the waste this generates. It fills our dustbin, and costs our local council money to dispose of it.
Companies who trade on the internet must identify the full source of the requests they receive. Make them fully traceable.
They will be reluctant to do so as they are paid for sending them.
However, I confess that I hate junk mail too; I'm sure if your postie is of a similar mind you could get him to dump it straight into a handy 'roundfile' provided for the purpose.
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