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To: AmericaUnite

Do like I did.

Lived in Round Rock, Tx and got a similar ‘free’ paper thrown on our porch weekly. Called them and demanded that they cease and desist throwing their garbage on my lawn or on my porch.

The response was “This is a free, community paper, you should be happy to get such a product free”. I told them that I was willing to stock pile my garbage, and drop it off at thieir residence of business, and that I would do so if they continued to throw their garbage on my property.

They got rude, and I kept firm. Told them to keep their unwanted, unsolicited trash off my porch, and I would keep my chicken guts, fish guts, coffee grounds off of theirs.

Yes, it worked .... Your mailbox is YOUR property, your lawn, and porch are YOUR property - they cannot force you to take their product - as much as they may think they can, the fact is that they are banking their entire business model on the fact that you will not call them and tell them to cease and desist.

Call their bluff. Torgue them off. My favorite comment was “That means we have to manually go through our distrubution packages and remove YOUR address” My reply “Sounds like your problem, not mine ... I don’t want your garbage and I know you don’t want mine”.


15 posted on 06/15/2010 12:23:04 PM PDT by Hodar (Who needs laws .... when this "feels" so right?)
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To: Hodar
Call their bluff. Torgue them off. My favorite comment was “That means we have to manually go through our distribution packages and remove YOUR address” My reply “Sounds like your problem, not mine ... I don’t want your garbage and I know you don’t want mine”.

Very cool!

It reminds me of what happened at a place I worked.

I worked for a dumpster company and although it rarely happened, we would sometimes get a wiseguy who refused to pay for the dumpster rental.

“Whadda gonna do about it? I ain't payin’-Ha!”

Sometimes the boss would dump all their garbage back in their yard.

99 posted on 06/15/2010 1:29:32 PM PDT by PATRIOT1876 (Language, Borders, Culture, Full employment for those here legally)
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To: Hodar

Love it, will certainly give it a try.
I consistently get advertisements in Spanish in my old, historic neighborhood.


112 posted on 06/15/2010 2:15:11 PM PDT by Laulee
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