How To Stop Newspaper Delivery

debodun

debodun

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way upstate in New York, USA
The last few months, someone has been leaving a newspaper in my driveway on Sunday morning. I don't even have a subscription to this paper and I do not even want the Sunday edition. I've phoned the newspaper 4 times and requested it be stopped, but I am informed that since I do not have a subscription, they can't cancel what I don't have. I suggested that they inform the person that delivers, but I am still receiving it. I've even tried to catch them when they deliver, but it can happen anytime between 5 and 7:30 am - a long time to wait outside. I did see them once - a white mid-sized sedan - but they went by going about 40 MPH (18 m/sec) not even slowing down, and just slinging the paper out the car window. What would you suggest I do about getting the Sunday delivery stopped?
 

Did the newspaper give the person's name that is delivering this paper? If not, call them back and ask them for the name of this person and a way to contact them. If they give it to you, try contacting them and explaining to them if they want you to ever consider subscribing to this paper, they had better quit being such a nuisance because as long as they continue to do this, you are definitely not interested in their paper. It may not work but it would be worth a try. Just a suggestion.
 
debodun said:
They won't give out that info. I guess they can't take a chance I'm a homicidal maniac. Probably due to privacy issues, too.
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Do you pick them up every day? If you do, that might make them think you're reading it. They used to do this to me also and I finally just let them accumulate outside until they stopped. It looked terrible but they finally got the message and quit. Good luck however you do it. I know it's a nuisance.
 
AprilSun said:
Do you pick them up every day?
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It's only on Sunday and I pick it up on Monday if I don't go to church. I put it right in the recycling bin. That isn't the biggest nuisance, though. It comes all wrapped up in plastic (I guess to keep it dry if it rains, or blowing all over if windy). Then I have to take that bag to the plastic bag recycling center at the store.
 
I had the hardest time getting my subscription cancelled years ago. They'd stop for a couple of weeks and then start back up again. I'd call and they'd say they'd make sure it was cancelled and then, BANG! it would start up again. At least they didn't send me a bill...…

The reason I cancelled my subscription was that I couldn't get them to suspend delivery for vacation reliably. They'd suspend it for a day or two and then start back up. As I was frequently out of town for several days, I didn't want newspapers piling up in the driveway...….I might as well be putting a sign out front "HEY, NOBODY HOME, C'MON IN AND SEE IF THERE'S ANYTHING YOU WANT!!!" Finally, I paid the little boy next door $5 a week to pick them up and throw them in my trash can. He was delighted.
 
I think the newspaper company should be the ones to contact the person that has that route, give them your address, and make it clear to their employee that you are NOT a subscriber and they should not deliver any more papers to your address.
 
Tell the newspaper that you are going to report
them for causing litter on the street by tossing
it out of a speeding car window.

That might get you noticed.

Mike.
 
SeaBreeze is right, the fix is the responsibility of the organization that puts out the paper. Having said that. I'd enjoy the "free" paper while it lasts but then, that may just be me. Like the person said at the paper, I don't have an account, can't charge someone without an account. Can't beat "Free" fake news :cool:.
 
I guess it IS up to the newspaper to notify the carrier that he/she is delivering to an address who is not a customer. I would be concerned that someone on the route is NOT getting the paper delivered. But then, I would guess they would have called the paper by now.
On the other hand, I would love getting the Sunday paper delivered for free. I have always enjoyed reading it. Plus there are the coupons...and the funnies. Don't people read the paper any more??
 
To answer the question, "Don't people read the paper any more?" I don't think young people do. They get their news off their phones. Sometimes they are reading the same paper on the phone, but papers
made of paper are apparently a thing of the past.

Which is really a shame. I enjoy getting my paper every morning, and have no desire to read it on a teeny little phone.
 

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