Comments on: Charity Junk Mail

By: Republic Polytechnic

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By: Allen Lin

Allen Lin — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 16:34:28 +0000

I got a lot of those mail and I don't know how to stop those mail. I got calculator which you can get from one dollar store and pen, calender, one dollar bill in the envelope and some return address printed with my name and address.

I used to donate to American Police, Cancer Foundation and American Veteran. Then I got a lot of those mail coming in and finally I stopped donating to those people but I still get those mail more and more. Only a piece of paper I could throw away easily but when some stuff come with that and I feel guilty.

Allen

By: Roberto

Roberto — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 06:20:27 +0000

I think this is rubbish try to lie people with a charity. i honestly say that is only for money fuck you everybody if you have a question only tell me im not afraid about answers(modulo-7@hotmail.com)

By: Andrew

Andrew — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 16:32:39 +0000

You might like this article. Some charities in the UK have dropped Direct Mail in favour of the internet, this one quotes 1% cost for internet fundraising versus 40% for junk mailing…

By: Matthew

Matthew — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 01:24:26 +0000

I can actually help on this one!

I’ve just found out that people in the UK can opt out of unsolicited mail from charities etc. which is addressed to them (not the unaddressed bulk mail though) by registering with the ‘Mail Preference Register’ (MPS). I’ve just done it and will hopefully be rid of all that junkmail soon. There’s also a TPS for opting out of telephone calls. Anyway, the URL is here:

http://www.mpsonline.org.uk/

By: John

John — Fri, 08 Jun 2007 07:28:55 +0000

Totally agree,how do you stop all S*** coming through,my mother in law is receiving on average 6 letters a day.I am on a mission by hook or by crook to stop these SOB`s,sending this Junk.

By: JEANNIE

JEANNIE — Wed, 06 Jun 2007 07:37:32 +0000

my mother is stupidly sending money to these scumbags who are asking for a regestration fee so she can have her so called prize money.she is 80 years old and try telling her that it is a scam. AAGH, i am so angry.
Hello from Jeannie in Dundee Scotland.

By: Sonia

Sonia — Tue, 20 Mar 2007 21:30:17 +0000

Hey, I would pay for this teabag! As I am a collector ow such teabags, this would be great addition to my collection. ;-) I found this page by chance… Greetings from the Czech Republic! Sonia

By: Ramsey Fahel

Ramsey Fahel — Fri, 16 Mar 2007 19:00:27 +0000

US Postal Service won’t let you refuse mail.

If the US Postal Service would abide by its own rule, each homeowner could easily stop junk mail from getting into their mailbox by putting a written notice on their mailbox expressing their preference.

The US Postal Services practices are supposed to be according to the Domestic Mail Manual (DMM). The DMM contains provision 508.1.1.2 that says, “Refusal at Delivery: The addressee may refuse to accept a mailpiece when it is offered for delivery.” I interpret this rule to mean that if a homeowner wants to refuse an unwanted mailpiece (i.e. junk mail), the homeowner can do so when the mailpiece is offered for delivery. More to the point – refuse it before it is put into the mailbox!

In practical application, since the postal carrier comes to homes at different times each day, the homeowner cannot be waiting at the mailbox to dialogue with the mail carrier about each mailpiece. The only realistic way to interpret 508.1.1.2 therefore is that the homeowner should post a notice on the mailbox telling the postal carrier about the homeowner’s preference. The notice to the postal service must be specific and unambiguous. For instance, a homeowner should certainly be able to write, “No mail that is not addressed to the Jones” because that does not require the postal carrier to make a subjective judgment. On the other hand, it would not be acceptable to write “no junk mail” because the definition of “junk mail” is subjective and the mail carrier cannot decide.

Unfortunately, the US Postal Service has written to me that they will NOT honor a notice refusing mail, not matter how specifically it is worded, because the postal carrier does not have time to sort through the mail at my mailbox to pick out the pieces that are not addressed to me. Therefore, the US Postal Service is passing their sorting and disposing task onto me by putting all the mail they want into my mailbox, even though this seemingly violates 508.1.1.2.

Since the U.S. Postal Service will not abide by 508.1.1.2, homeowners need to stop unwanted mail at the source (i.e. by blocking the sender from sending it). We need a nationwide “Do Not Mail” law to create a one-stop, convenient place for homeowners to give senders notice that we do not want certain kinds of mail sent to our homes.

http://www.newdream.org/emails/ta19.html

Signed,
Ramsey A Fahel