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More about our 'No junk mail' stickers
Below we have listed the most frequently asked questions about our 'No junk mail' stickers. If you have any other queries, please feel free to contact us.
- Do junk mail stickers work?
- Why 'No/Yes' and 'No/No' stickers?
- What else can I do to stop leaflets?
- What can I do if my sticker is being ignored?
- Will these stickers last?
Do junk mail stickers work?
For the average householder, a 'no junk mail' sign will reduce unaddressed mail by some 100 pieces per year. You may still get the odd leaflet, but you will be surprised how many leafleters respect a polite request not to push junk mail through the letter box.
Unfortunately, Royal Mail does not yet respect 'no junk mail' signs. However, you can opt out of receiving unaddressed items delivered by the postman. Doing so will stop another three pieces of junk mail per week.
Why 'No/Yes' and 'No/No' stickers?
We are sometimes asked why we don't sell signs saying 'No junk mail'. The reason for this is that it is not always clear what is and isn't 'junk mail'. A leaflet from a real estate agent obviously is junk mail, as is a menu from a kebab shop. But what about a street newsletter or political leaflet? And what about free newspapers?
The lack of agreement on what constitutes 'junk mail' has led Royal Mail to ignore 'no junk mail' signs altogether. Our 'No/Yes', 'No/No' stickers offer a way out because they make a clear distinction between commercial leaflets on the one hand and non-commercial items on the other. At the same time the stickers give you the option to say 'Yes' or 'No' to free newspapers, which are a useful source of information for some and but junk mail in disguise to others.
Note that with either type of stickers community news is still welcome. This is because non-commercial items are (or at least should be) informative rather than commercial. If you don't want to receive non-commercial news either you can always contact the sender directly.
What else can I do to stop leaflets?
Our stickers stop all unaddressed junk mail, with the exception of leaflets delivered by Royal Mail. As mentioned above, you can stop junk mail delivered by the postman by registering (for free) with Royal Mail's door-to-door opt-out.
The Direct Marketing Association (DMA) operates a 'your choice' preference scheme for unaddressed mail delivered by members of the DMA. This scheme will do very little to reduce junk mail but registering is free and can't hurt either. You can ask both schemes to send you an opt-out form via Junk Buster.
The only other unaddressed items delivered door-to-door are directories, such as the Yellow Pages, Thomson Local and BT Telephone Directory. Using Junk Buster you can ask Yell, Thomson Local and BT to skip you your letter box next time they come round with their books.
What can I do if my sticker is being ignored?
Any 'no junk mail' sign is not more than a polite request not to deliver junk mail to your house. Whereas you have a legal right not to be bothered with addressed junk mail, you can't force individuals or organisations to stop delivering unaddressed junk mail.
Our own experience and the feedback we have received over the years from people who have bought our stickers strongly suggest that the vast majority of leafletters understand that there is no point in delivering leaflets to people who are not interested in them. It’s a waste of their time, a waste of money and resources, and it reflects badly on the business they represent.
If you do continue to receive lots of leaflets, chances are that they are being delivered by Royal Mail. As said, Royal Mail does not respect 'no junk mail' signs and instead asks householders wanting to stop unaddressed mail to register with its door-to-door opt-out. Unfortunately, Royal Mail often fails to cease delivering leaflets after a household has registered with the service. If this is the case, you can either remind Royal Mail that your household has opted out (you can do so by sending an e-mail to optout@royalmail.com) or make a complaint. If you are considering the latter, please read the information about complaints in our Guide to Stamping Out Junk Mail.
Businesses that don't use a professional leaflet distribution company also disproportionally ignore 'no junk mail' signs. It seems that this is one of the reasons why we get a great many complaints about take-away restaurants. Unfortunately, there is little you can do about this. You can try contacting the sender, but legally you have no rights and you will probably find that contacting the sender makes no difference. We used to contact senders of leaflets in the past but had to stop doing this; companies that choose to ignore a polite request not to deliver junk mail usually simply don’t care.
If you feel strongly about junk mailers ignoring your request not to receive unsolicited mail, you may want to adopt the 'justice for the price of an envelope' approach. Stick any leaflet you receive in an envelope addressed to the offender, enclose a polite note asking the sender to respect letterbox stickers in the future and put it in the post, unstamped. Royal Mail will notify the addressee that an item needs to be collected from the Post Office and that postage plus a £1 administration fee are due. It's should make junk mailers think twice…
Will these stickers last?
Yes, they will. Our stickers have been produced by a British screen printer and will not fade in the sun or be affected otherwise by the weather. They will last a lifetime.