Too much ‘rubbish’

9:39am Wednesday 13th March 2013 in Letters By Reader's letter

REGARDING the article of March 5 about a racist rant at a leaflet distributor, while I can in no way condone racism, the ever-increasing amount of rubbish through the letterbox and cold-call phone messages are certainly frustrating.

You can’t walk down the street without being approached by your new best friend advising you to change brands to save a fortune on bills.

Going to the post office to renew my road tax (a long queue), on top of the tax they insisted on trying to sell me phone top-ups/ house insurance/car insurance/ stamps/ envelopes, etc.

Stevie Ze Suicide probably overreacted to another pile of rubbish for the bin. It’s not a good way to promote any business by falling out with your customers, is it?

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Comments(6)

pedalling paul says...
10:03am Wed 13 Mar 13

We could really do with a single point of contact for all of these evils. There are three different agencies for example that deal with cold phone calls, depending on whether the call is recorded or live and also on its content.

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Buzz Light-year says...
12:55pm Wed 13 Mar 13

Wait....

This letter says "road tax", the only comment is from Paul... and he didn't pick up on it?

I think the internet must be broken...

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Brickyard says...
9:38pm Wed 13 Mar 13

Times are hard and friends are few, and if things don't change they will stay exactly as they are, so it looks as though we are in for more of the same, perhaps.

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eboracum99 says...
10:21am Thu 14 Mar 13

There is the mailing preference service for unwanted mail and telephone preference service for unwanted phone calls and you can contact the office of the information commisoner if you get mail or calls later after you have registered and they will be proecuted! I get loads of take away crap in my door and it goes straight in the bin with great delight! Also loads of crap from estate agents asking me to sell my houe to them so i know i would definately NOT sell my house to them as they must be DESPERATE - D'OH! You can fine the above info on line - good luck.

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eboracum99 says...
10:22am Thu 14 Mar 13

There is the mailing preference service for unwanted mail and telephone preference service for unwanted phone calls and you can contact the office of the information commisoner if you get mail or calls later after you have registered and they will be proecuted! I get loads of take away crap in my door and it goes straight in the bin with great delight! Also loads of crap from estate agents asking me to sell my houe to them so i know i would definately NOT sell my house to them as they must be DESPERATE - D'OH! You can fine the above info on line - good luck.

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eboracum99 says...
10:24am Thu 14 Mar 13

spelling: should say prosecuted also commissioner and house - sorry!

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