To the Editors of the Capital Times and the Wellingtonian
A question of comprehension:
A sign saying "Addressed mail only" on a letterbox means:
a) only items specifically addressed to an occupant of the premises to be posted in the letterbox?
b) who knows? Bung the junkmail in anyway?
Please note, we'll be mailing any further copies dropped in the Wellingtonista letterbox (just below the "addressed mail only" sign) back to you without postage. Until it stops.
Rob Olsen, the editor of the Wellingtonian has responded:
What is your house address?
Rob Olsen, editor, The Wellingtonian
474 0147
editor@thewellingtonian.co.nz
To which I replied:
Does that matter?
It's the one with an "Addressed mail only" sign.
Please respect my wishes.
Which got me this:
Is it 1 Woodward Street? It matters if you want the paper stopped.
It's not, and I think it unfair to all the other "Addressed Mail Only" sign owners that we have to personally plead with anyone, to stop putting unwanted stuff on our property.
And finally I get the "sorry, no can do".
Not without me explicitly giving an address.
Without an address I can't act. We have to instruct the company that delivers the paper not to deliver to specific addresses. "Addressed Mail Only" is obviously not enough info. I am sorry to have to labour this point but that's the system. Otherwise I suggest you take it up with my manager Diane Clayton on 474 0362.
Rob Olsen, editor, The Wellingtonian
474 0147
editor@thewellingtonian.co.nz
Does that seem fair?
I have the reverse problem... We have nothing on our letterbox (except the number and a bit of avian delivery) yet we frequently don't get our weekly community newspapers.
: The Wellingtonian, which we haven't seen since late May, is starting to turn up on Mondays. We like to learn about going to happen after it's already happened.
: CityLife - same story, but turns up (if at all) Thursday/Friday
(For both Fairfax & APN editors, this is in Ellesmere Avenue in Miramar.)
Working near the Basin, I don't see any street side rack of copies of these publications, let alone recycling bins to put them in when I've finished with them.
At least I can semi-depend on finding a copy of the Capital Times in my local Scottish rapid cuisine restaurant.
They don't care. They're spammers of the dead tree variety. See my post from December 2007 where I have more detail, plus the response from Consumer:
http://mactips.info/blog/2007/12/whats-worse-than-email-spam-dead-tree-spam
What infuriates me is that there's no way to stop it. I hate them.