mr mover

south Australia, has deposits on all liquor/beer/soft drink and milk ,fruit juice containers, 5cents per item, last time i took mine back i got $42 . not bad for a weeks drinking ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, mm

Bix

One could of course "unsubscribe" from direct marketing.

Try this..........

http://www.adma.com.au/asp/index.asp?pgid=1999

It should cut down if not stop the junk.

Ceri

You could put a sign on your letter box - " no junk mail". You can buy the signs in hardware shops such as Bunnings if you don't want to make one.

I don't know if they work, I haven't got one - as if I was delivering flyers I think I'd have a wicked tendency to stuff heaps of flyers into the mail boxes who had this no junk mail sign on them on , so I think it's a bit counteractive having those signs.

what annoys me is that when you go away, it's a sure sign for would be burglars that the house is empty when the junk mail piles up - what's the point of holding your mail at the PO when these stupid flyers get shoved into your letter box.

what we do when we go away ( besides holding mail back with the PO and getting someone to pop in now and again to get rid of the rubbish ) , is to actually remove our post box ( ok if you've got one that sticks into the ground and can be yanked up, and not a brick one of course) so they can't shove flyers into our mail box. - it works. No post box - no junk mail. Doesn't stop the free newspapers though, they just chuck those on the ground with us- haven't thought of a way to stop those yet besides grabbing the" evil messenger "and tying him/her up for a couple of weeks so they can't deliver the ruddy things... lol

Bix, getting off marketing lists won't work for flyers, "walkers " post flyers from all the various shops such as supermarkets etc to all of the houses on their drive route - this is the junk mail most people get everyday, nothing to do with being on any marketing lists.

Funny when you think about it , the same shops who sell recyclable cloth shopping bags for you to use instead of plastic carrier bags are the worst culprits of all this junk mail flyer rubbish. It's contradictory.

They have a cheek talking about recycling in this country with the amount of junk they make . Recycling plants for paper etc use hell of a lot of energy, it's not green and it's not ideal - the greenest way is less junk in the first place and less packaging on things ( computer and software companies are the worst for this - massive box and a tiny cd in it - it's ridiculous) etc.

does Nimbin get any junk mail? lol

jad n rich

How sads this Aussie mate who works in coles put us onto this they buy so much this way their garage is like a storeroom.

I used to chuck all the junk mail away but now I sort out the 2 food catalogues, the bas!ards can charge what they like with no competion so I have to get my own back, take vegemite $10.84 a jar :scared: this week its only $8.00 in coles, so we buy about 6 months supply, listerine toothpaste is around the $5.00 a tube recently it was on special $2.99 we bought 10, favourite biscuits, 99c down from $2.40 , just dont buy anything that will go into melt down come summer

Miked

Today was a pretty good day for junk mail. we only received a "Lose weight now" type leaflet and an envelope containing special offers including the chance to work from home and somebody offering to sharpen any knives mower blades etc I might have in need of sharpening, they both hit the recycle bin within seconds of leaving the post box.

Bix, I just filled in that email form, I don't hold out much hope because as ceri says these people drop off at every house, it is not a mailing list but it might save a tree or two per year, worth a try.

Bix da Boss

Yep....point taken.....but every little helps I guess

Lordflasheart

Don't knock the "junk". I'm gonna fund my move with the 45 credit card offers and 16 loan applications I've got here. Whooorhoooo!!!


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