Comments on: Can the Shopper be stopped? http://locallygrownnorthfield.org/post/3466/ Blogging and podcasting the people, issues, and events of Northfield, MN Tue, 06 Jan 2009 22:03:25 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Griff Wigley http://locallygrownnorthfield.org/post/3466/comment-page-1/#comment-60144 Griff Wigley Mon, 26 May 2008 12:15:35 +0000 http://locallygrownnorthfield.org/archives/3466/#comment-60144 It worked! The Shopper did not arrive on my driveway yesterday. It worked! The Shopper did not arrive on my driveway yesterday.

]]> By: Gloria Krusemeyer http://locallygrownnorthfield.org/post/3466/comment-page-1/#comment-60083 Gloria Krusemeyer Fri, 23 May 2008 18:44:26 +0000 http://locallygrownnorthfield.org/archives/3466/#comment-60083 Quite a few years ago I convinced the Shopper people to bypass my house. It took a bunch of calls, a couple of letters and finally a complaint to the police about littering. That's what finally convinced them that I was serious. I've occasionally had to do send a gentle reminder when the delivery person changed. In the Netherlands practically every mailbox has an official sticker on it saying yes or no to each of two classes of junk. I couldn't translate the details, but it looked like one might be for random fliers and the other for Resident / Occupant mail. Quite a few years ago I convinced the Shopper people to bypass my house. It took a bunch of calls, a couple of letters and finally a complaint to the police about littering. That’s what finally convinced them that I was serious.

I’ve occasionally had to do send a gentle reminder when the delivery person changed.

In the Netherlands practically every mailbox has an official sticker on it saying yes or no to each of two classes of junk. I couldn’t translate the details, but it looked like one might be for random fliers and the other for Resident / Occupant mail.

]]> By: Patrick Enders http://locallygrownnorthfield.org/post/3466/comment-page-1/#comment-60015 Patrick Enders Fri, 23 May 2008 01:34:52 +0000 http://locallygrownnorthfield.org/archives/3466/#comment-60015 ...and making it an "opt in" service would kill its circulation numbers, and drive down its revenues. I can live with that, but I can see why the News wouldn't want to be too helpful on this. I have tried to stop these circulars from being deposited at our door in previous towns, but had no success. I didn't even bother to try here in Northfield. (I have also wondered: wouldn't it be possible to charge them with littering?) I'm going to have to call up the Nfld News ASAP. Thanks for bringing this up, Arlen! …and making it an “opt in” service would kill its circulation numbers, and drive down its revenues. I can live with that, but I can see why the News wouldn’t want to be too helpful on this.

I have tried to stop these circulars from being deposited at our door in previous towns, but had no success. I didn’t even bother to try here in Northfield. (I have also wondered: wouldn’t it be possible to charge them with littering?)

I’m going to have to call up the Nfld News ASAP. Thanks for bringing this up, Arlen!

]]> By: Arlen Malecha http://locallygrownnorthfield.org/post/3466/comment-page-1/#comment-59988 Arlen Malecha Thu, 22 May 2008 17:43:34 +0000 http://locallygrownnorthfield.org/archives/3466/#comment-59988 Thanks for posting this article. I have been against the delivery of the shopper (and other free papers) for several years - namely because I never found the materials to be useful and I would end up recycling them. Several calls were made to the Nfld News asking that delivery of the shopper cease at my address. These requests seem to fall on deaf ears. (To be fair to Sam Gett this was before he was hired as Publisher.) It wasn't until I spoke with the shopper carrier who delivered the paper to my house that the delivery stopped. There is no better indicator that a home owner is gone or a house is vacant than to see a pile of shoppers and other materials sitting on a door step. I would propose that the Nfld News change the shopper to a free subscription for the persons that actually like to receive the publication. In the times of "going green" I am sure they would print allot less shoppers which would lead to allot less materials having to be recycled. Thanks for posting this article. I have been against the delivery of the shopper (and other free papers) for several years - namely because I never found the materials to be useful and I would end up recycling them.

Several calls were made to the Nfld News asking that delivery of the shopper cease at my address. These requests seem to fall on deaf ears. (To be fair to Sam Gett this was before he was hired as Publisher.)

It wasn’t until I spoke with the shopper carrier who delivered the paper to my house that the delivery stopped.

There is no better indicator that a home owner is gone or a house is vacant than to see a pile of shoppers and other materials sitting on a door step.

I would propose that the Nfld News change the shopper to a free subscription for the persons that actually like to receive the publication. In the times of “going green” I am sure they would print allot less shoppers which would lead to allot less materials having to be recycled.

]]> By: Griff Wigley http://locallygrownnorthfield.org/post/3466/comment-page-1/#comment-59969 Griff Wigley Thu, 22 May 2008 13:09:13 +0000 http://locallygrownnorthfield.org/archives/3466/#comment-59969 Arlen Malecha gave me permission to use his name, so I've edited the blog post. Arlen Malecha gave me permission to use his name, so I’ve edited the blog post.

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