viernes, 27 de abril de 2012

Stop unsolicited mail / Filtrar el buzoneo

I can't believe I didn't talk about this yet. The Dutch have a very clever and simple system to stop unsolicited mail from invading your letter box.

The 'nee-sticker' was introduced in 1992 by the Dutch Dialogue Marketing Association. There are two available versions: the 'nee-nee' sticker, meaning that you don't want any unadressed correspondence, and the 'nee-ja' sticker, which will block all advertising but will allow door-to-door newspapers to still be thrown in your letter box. Note that this sticker only refers to unadressed mail, so you'll still receive everything with a name on it.

The picture above says it all: the letter boxes with visible mail inside have no sticker. And with a close look to the picture you can easily guess where it was taken :-)

If you live in Holland you can ask for a free 'nee-sticker' at your city-hall.

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