can anybody give me any reasons why they are against junk mail?

Answer 1

Because it's just buggish. You get in from work, think "Oh, how popular I am, I have lots of post", then realise it's all junk.

Answer 2

Crash goes another tree in the rain forest!

Most junk mail is exactly that. JUNK. It is delivered freely without any thought to a target or appropriate audience. How often do you read and use ALL the rubbish that comes through your front door?

Personally, I think it is a cheap, easy, sloppy and ineffectual way to advertise and does not take into account any environmental factors. I think the government should stop it.

Mine does go straight into the recycling bin though.

Answer 3

Because most of it goes straight in the bin, except now I have to recycle it which is time consuming as I have to go through it all removing and personal details etc. Not only is this anoying it is also a waste of paper and resources.

As for junk emails, I simply delete them so although a minor irritation they are less anoying.

The worst are scam junk emails though. I really want to hurt the low lives who think it is acceptable to make money by conning people.

Answer 4

it gets in the way of what I actually want to read ...having to plough through it.

In my mailbox I presently have 1206 pieces of junk mail advertising 'fake watches' and 'fake drugs,' neither of which I want. I have left the box to fill for a week to see what the total would be, just out of curiosity and, because it is going to give me a little kick when I click on the 'Empty' area next to the box, and ALL that money, energy and technology output spent getting it all there will go right down the pan.

Oooooh, Such POWER.

Sash.

Answer 5

Because it's just another intrusion that we have to put up with every day, stopping us from getting on with our business. In city centres you can't move for people asking you for money, your phone rings during dinner time with someone wanting to sell you a conservatory (when you live in a flat) and your letter box gets so stuffed full of junk everyday that there's no room for the things you actually want.

If I want something, I can usually work it out for myself and source where to find it. I don't wait until someone puts something through my door.

Go mail/telephone preference service!

Answer 6

Because in this day an age advertisers have the ability to pinpoint their targets in a much more decisive and specialised manner.
Look at the number of specialised TV stations and websites out there that offer a huge cross section of the UK (and worldwide) market place.

Junk Mail (or direct mail, giving it its proper name) is a blanket bombing style of advertising that relies on the massive number of fliers that are sent out to deliver a valid number of responses.

Also the sheer wastage of paper and burden on the postal system to deliver them, hardly helps their cause.

Answer 7

Because it clogs up my hallway and I have about half a dustbin liner/week as rubbish from junk mail. I get about 20 pizza leaflets a week which really annoys me, plus all the other rubbish they put in the local free papers that falls out and goes all over floor......grrrrrr.

Answer 8

You think you've got mail but it's just junk. It fills the rubbish bin too quickly.

Answer 9

It's so annoying! The occasional time I've read through it it's pure junk. I've never thought that sounds good, that's what I need. I wonder what percentage of people reply to it??

Answer 10

Because on my domain alone I get 1000's every day, of which 99% to none existing addresses and is immediately deleted, and always for stuff I don't need

Besides being a bloody nuisance, it also takes up valuable internet space.