Unsolicited post.

[peetee]

Am I right in thinking mailshots, ie companies that send out un-requested post are breaking the law?
Just got this today, so it’s promoting gambling too.

[Jdsk]

Not that I know.

And it's a major part of Royal Mail's business model.

Jonathan

[simonineaston]

I can't tell from the photo - is it addressed to a named individual?

[Oldjohnw]

https://www.gov.uk/marketing-advertisin ... -marketing

[peetee]

https://www.gov.uk/marketing-advertisin ... -marketing

Thanks. Rather annoyingly, it doesn’t specify if it is allowed if the letter is marked ‘householder’ rather than a named individual.

[philvantwo]

Forward it to the great Mick F and he'll chuck it on his fire for you!
I wonder if his fires alight today in this heat?

[Oldjohnw]

Mark the envelope "unsolicited mail. Return to sender". And pop it back in the post unopened.

[thirdcrank]

I've reached the point where I'd settle for

• receiving all post addressed to us

• and, if I can stretch it to another wish, not receiving post correctly addressed to somebody in another street.

[Oldjohnw]

Trouble is, often you cannot know if your post has gone astray.

[thirdcrank]

Trouble is, often you cannot know if your post has gone astray.

Absolutely. I may have posted before that in 2017 the person who sometimes get mine, wrote something (sarcastic?) on the envelope of something of mine from National Savings. Instead of the local delivery office "getting the message" they simply returned the correspondence to NS&I who wrongly interpreted it to mean "gone away" and put a block on my account of which I was unaware. All well and good, but last Summer when I needed a substantial sum of my money, NS&I was in meltdown with covid and it took a lot of heartache getting my money.

[simonineaston]

If not addressed to an individual, it is irrelevant, pointlesss & without any interest. Such items that arrive at my modest pile are placed straightway into the re-cycling bin by the staff. Putting them back into the postal system simply adds to Royal Mail's work-load. The sender gives not a fig about you as an individual.

[gbnz]

e placed straightway into the re-cycling bin by the staff.

+ 1. Not quite as useful as the charity bags, arriving daily requiring donations of clothing, tea pots etc! At least they can be reused to line the bins

[axel_knutt]

Trouble is, often you cannot know if your post has gone astray.

This is how my will arrived from the solicitor, just as it was put through the door:

I assume by now every Tom Dick and Harry in town knows what's in it.