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submitted 7 months ago by toaster@slrpnk.net to c/inperson@slrpnk.net

So I decided to share these with my neighbours! 😊

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[-] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 11 points 7 months ago
[-] bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de 15 points 7 months ago

Probably depends on the country but often it is not allowed to disregard these stickers on a mailbox. Unless it says please, then it's just a suggestion as had been ruled in Germany.

[-] activistPnk@slrpnk.net 3 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Probably depends on the country

Exactly. No one is mentioning their country but it makes all the difference in the world.

In Switzerland, people must subscribe if they want a junk-free mailbox which costs them the equivalent of $/€ 30/year. I don’t suppose anyone is enthusiastic about paying that heafty fee, but the upside is that it works. If someone puts junk in your Swiss mailbox, it’s strictly enforced. The perp gets a fine, which I don’t recall if any of that goes toward compensating the victim.

In Belgium, it’s free to put a sticker on your mailbox. And it’s illegal for people to junk up your mailbox if you have the sticker. But it’s unenforced. So the level of junk mail drops a little with the sticker, but it never stops the flow of junk completely because everyone knows it’s unenforced.

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