Second only to being phoned at dinner time by telemarketers, people love to hate their junk mail.
Today I saw this interesting mail box on Cambridge St. Is it reverse psychology? Is it a cry of despair? You tell me.
I saw this one a couple of years ago. It was also on Cambridge. Refusing all mail may be a fiendishly clever way of avoiding junk mail, but it does have some obvious drawbacks. You can click the picture to see the original post.
Then there’s this one. It’s made out of junk mail! Click for the original post.
For pure desperation, I don’t think you can beat this one. Click for the post.
Then there are the amiable mailboxes at Bank & Gladstone. They like to be checked and they don’t mind being stuffed with junk mail. Click for the original post.
For myself, I find that “No flyers please” works pretty well.
But you can’t control what your neighbours are going to do with their junk mail. Click here for the harrowing saga of the Buzz Experiment.
(Those aren’t my current neighbours, who just leave brake shoes lying around.)
Bye for now!
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Maybe they have another box just for real mail or they might just really like flyers. Nice post, Robin.
You’re so sensible Judy ;)
I put up professional-looking store-bought signs that say “No unsolicited mail or drop-offs please”, and I agree that that’s greatly reduced the amount of junk mail, though we still get do one or 2 big rolls of flyers every week put not in the mailboxes but leaning against the wall on the porch under the mailboxes. I guess they figure no flyers in the mailboxes, but it’s OK to put them on the ground!? I’m the landlord and my tenants never pick up their junk mail my recycling box is always full of them, along with all those telephone directories that keep appearing and are never picked up either!