Seriously heavy junk mail

I have the same problem, Every week, a mountain of junk mail is dumped in my mail box right on top of the No Junk Mail sign. I really want to sit on my doorstep just so I can catch the idiot delivering the mail and ‘return’ his mail to where the sun don’t shine.

The biggest problem is I’m going away for a holiday, don’t have anyone to collect my mail, and am rather pissed off that despite paying Australia Post to stop my mail, I’ll still have a great big pile of junk mail signalling to every burgler in the suburb that I’m away.

I’m wondering if I came back to a ransacked house whether I could sue the junk mail company.

ANUstudent27 said :

I used to know a postal worker and he said he got in trouble for not putting the junk mail in the boxes with stickers. I guess its because there is no legal obligation to follow the sticker however they probably have a legal obligation to their paying customers (the junk mail creators). We have a sticker and still receive it, such a waste of resources. My friend ended up getting so mad over it he quit.

Was your friend partly mistaken?

In our area, Auspost was contracted for some junkmail deliveries. The postie(s?) ignored (out of laziness?) the stickers too. A few complaints were lodged and the problem was solved.

The webform for it is here:
http://contactus.auspost.com.au/

I used to know a postal worker and he said he got in trouble for not putting the junk mail in the boxes with stickers. I guess its because there is no legal obligation to follow the sticker however they probably have a legal obligation to their paying customers (the junk mail creators). We have a sticker and still receive it, such a waste of resources. My friend ended up getting so mad over it he quit.

I-filed said :

Catalogues are dropped off under trees all over the place by the boss, then the deliverers pick them up bit by bit and deliver them. e.g. Corroborree Park has a “drop-off tree” diagonally opposite the old Guides hall.

This was months of papers, thrown behind a garage. Not waiting for distribution. I have a distribution point near my house, the papers are bundled in plastic straps and disappear after a few days

Henry82 said :

dorrie said :

I spotted a huge pile of catalogues under a tree near my mum’s house..Someone is getting paid to deliver these but obviously isn’t doing the job ! I wonder if his ‘boss’ knows…

If they’re all from coles or similar, give the “customer care” line a call. We had the same issue with a mound of papers (literally hundreds of kilos worth). They went around, cleaned it up and promised it would not happen again.

Catalogues are dropped off under trees all over the place by the boss, then the deliverers pick them up bit by bit and deliver them. e.g. Corroborree Park has a “drop-off tree” diagonally opposite the old Guides hall.

They’re going to need a forklift to deliver the catalogues soon!!!

dorrie said :

I spotted a huge pile of catalogues under a tree near my mum’s house..Someone is getting paid to deliver these but obviously isn’t doing the job ! I wonder if his ‘boss’ knows…

If they’re all from coles or similar, give the “customer care” line a call. We had the same issue with a mound of papers (literally hundreds of kilos worth). They went around, cleaned it up and promised it would not happen again.

I must admit I quite like some junk mail. The wonders of the ALDI catalogue for example; what amazing special theme will unify it this week? I’m just waiting for a scuba diving edition, or hang-gliding perhaps, in the manner of James Bond, with matching uniforms for minions.

Anything to avoid work…

I spotted a huge pile of catalogues under a tree near my mum’s house..Someone is getting paid to deliver these but obviously isn’t doing the job ! I wonder if his ‘boss’ knows…

s-s-a said :

I suspect they are printed in China (because even including freight, large print runs are cheaper there).

Catalogues would need to *leave* china a month in advance (2 weeks shipping + 1 week early for managers). Thats some pretty significant forward planning, particularly for fruit and vegies.