We have a local newspaper in Fort Worth called Star-Telegram. They have taken it upon themselves to deliver an advertisement-based paper named Yes! to each homeowner they serve without consent every Sunday. It's a total waste of paper as I assume very few people even actually bother to look at it. Yet, it takes up about the same amount of paper as a regularly delivered newspaper but is all merchandise advertising. How is this legal and not considered littering on someone's private property? I have asked them to stop and they have failed to stop. I have requested a second time for them to stop. I'm seriously thinking about staking out my property and when the driver who comes by delivering it throws it on my property...I am going to return fire with eggs. It constitutes littering on my property in my book. He throws something at my property...I throw something back at his property. It sucks, man. And, people go out of town. Yet, they have to worry about some paper sitting in their front lawn making it look like nobody is home. Bunch of crap! Anyone ever seen anything like this? It's a first in my book. I've never seen someone deliver a paper like this except maybe a trial of a paper for a few days to see if they want to subscribe to it. I've heard of junk mail...but junk newspapers?
I wouldn't throw stuff at the driver hes probably making min. wage just making a living. He probably has nothing to do with the whole process. I'd call in to the paper and try to talk to the driver if your waiting for him anyways. I'm guessing that would work...
Maybe you should document your struggles with the paper in a weekly blog called NO. Then print off 100000 copies and leave them in the doorway of the head office.
He may be ignoring the "do not deliver to" address list which he should have gotten an updated list three weeks ago according to what i was told. if i were taliban, then i would have executed him by now.
This is a good idea. I did see the irony in a newspaper advertisement named "Yes!" when I know most everyone getting it unwillingly is saying "No!". They put the burden on you to cancel by noting in fine print on the bottom of the cover how to cancel. Still shouldn't be that way, though, and be illegal imo. I'm pretty sure I know how this "scam" is working. Retailers are paying Star-Telegram money to print and deliver their sales advertisements as a new means of getting their ads out there. And, Star-Telegram is more than willing to comply because they know they can get away with throwing a paper on peoples' yards even if not subscribed to. Such a f-ing scam! Trees are the real losers in this scam. Seems like there should be a green class action lawsuit formed over this to quit wasting paper for ads noone is even looking at. Plus, you got the pink plastic baggy the newspaper is delivered in that just goes to the dump where it won't biodegrade for 400 years and is ingested by some bird or whatever while trying to eat garbage.
Newspapers have been doing this for decades to boost their circulation numbers. There's nothing you can do, and most people hate it.
even if you don't have a HOA, the neighborhood can still get them to stop delivering to that neighborhood. Post no Soliciting signs in your front yard. if they keep doing it, they can get a stiff penalty and more often than not, will not return to the neighborhood.
You have proof of this or are you speculating? I worked for both the Post and Chronicle and never, ever in my career there did I see a neighborhood not getting a paper delivery.
If you have a No Soliciting sign posted, they will get in trouble. If you have 10 people on the block with no soliciting signs... the fines will be unbearable. the Chronicle is a paid service, the OP stated this paper is a unwanted deliver. Not speculation. And actually if they keep getting fines, they'll have their business license pulled(assuming they have one). I own a delivery service.
A no soliciting sign doesn't mean anything. There's no grounds to stop any soliciting unless there's a no soliciting ordinance in the city.
