I got a call today from the post office and they say it is illegal to put flyers on or around a mailbox, I never ever put them inside a mailbox cause i know that illegal, but i always put them between the flag on the mailbox. Anyone know the legal standing on this? I have gotten so much business by this way of advertising , but i dont want to get into trouble with the law either!
legal issues with mailboxes?
- Thread starter quamen
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Bill D
Hooked For Life
Yes,
I heard technically you shouldn't do that. Around here occasionally a Chinese restaurant gets away with putting flyers in plastic boxes reserved for newspapers on the same pole mailboxes are on. Guess they don't count as federal property.
Your best bet may be to roll the flyers with a rubber band and place them at the base of driveways/near mail boxes.
I heard technically you shouldn't do that. Around here occasionally a Chinese restaurant gets away with putting flyers in plastic boxes reserved for newspapers on the same pole mailboxes are on. Guess they don't count as federal property.
Your best bet may be to roll the flyers with a rubber band and place them at the base of driveways/near mail boxes.
imported_kgb
New member
Yeah, if we or our contractors, have to put notices throughout neighborhoods we always put it in the doors. If the doors are locked and there is no good place then I through it in the mail box. We are government anyhow so nobody complains. :lol
jason rawls
Weekend Warrior
Most well to do neighborhoods have newspaper boxes which do not belong to the post office - you shuld be able to put flyers in them.
It is also possible that the postal driver that day noticed that they were on the box and decided to complain. Personally, I think its goofy to have to have to pay postage when you're in the same area. I would just put it in the newspaper boxes like others said, it isn't as effective but atleast it circumvents the government property laws.
well i was thinking today of what i was going to do for advertising, and i got a cool/different idea. I dont know if it will work, but it will be more work. Im going to use the same bags as the post place does for newspapers, you know the thin clear platic type. I put my brochure/flyer/certificate in each bag and buy some fancy kinda gravel and put some in each bag so it is weightd. I will then just throw them out the window by the mailbox or driveway!
imported_Intel486
New member
quamen said:
Interesting idea... keep track of how much each advertising package costs and let us know the return you get.
jimmybuffit
That'll buff right out!
If the Federal Government called me and told me to stop doing something, I'd stop.
The last thing you need is a Postal Inspector bringing charges against you!
Take their 'warning' seriously. They will win.
Jim
The last thing you need is a Postal Inspector bringing charges against you!
Take their 'warning' seriously. They will win.
Jim
NavindraLR
Pre Med Student
quamen said:
that could work.. but wouldnt people get mad if the gravel flings out ontop their driveway? around where i live, people get mad at the stupidest things.... their driveway always has to be clear, with nothing on it, and no stains... i couldnt drive my car up someones drive way to detail their car cause they dont want any oil drippin on their driveway, even tho i have a brand new car... i wonder if it leaks if its 5 months old?
DaGonz
Autopia fire/rescue.
Nothing ticks me off more than finding the "note in a bag weighted with gravel".
There are a couple of landscaping companies that try to drum up business that way in the neighborhood. Their "baggies" get recycled in the trash...
Want to advertise? Let your work do the talking!
There are a couple of landscaping companies that try to drum up business that way in the neighborhood. Their "baggies" get recycled in the trash...
Want to advertise? Let your work do the talking!
BlueRanger
New member
If you decide to follow through with the baggie idea (not my first choice, but hey, if it works...by all means) MAKE SURE you dont get these bags on the grass. If they were mowing the lawn and ran one of those bad boys over, I guarantee they would be pissed.
free of cost.imported_ajbarnes
New member
I used to advertise flyers sometimes by taking a flyer printed on cardstock paper, then I'll roll them up with about two or three pieces of newspaper folded up and placed on the inside of the flyer rolled up. Then I'll take a rubber band and wrap it around. What this did was give the flyer more weight making it easier to toss out the window and decreased chances of them blowing away. Is this the most attractive, professional, result getting advertising?...No, but you sure can advertise with a ton of flyers this way. I distributed 500 flyers rolled up by myself in about 1 hour and 45 minutes in 4 different neighborhoods. Since you can advertise alot of flyers, this will better your law of averages (the more you hit - the more you get) ratio. If you have the means of mailing out flyers & postcards, listings in phonebooks, neighborhood magaizines type of magazines, then I would highly recommend that form of advertising. An easy market to get into for the new mobile detailing company is office parks. Talk with the property manager or manager of the company and ask if they or you can offer auto care services to the employess, employers, etc. of the company(ies). Be unique and market well dealing with office parks and you'll see a great response. Not to get personal, but I clocked in $6,000 in the month of May with myself, my wife, and my cousin servicing a ton of customer's coming out of this office complex we got a contract with.
I would avoid the mailbox method...it's just too much controversy with it. You got one sector saying it's okay, another saying it's not, one saying you can put them on the outside, another saying nowhere at all, and on and on....just avoid it.
Good luck with your business.:wavey :xyxthumbs
I would avoid the mailbox method...it's just too much controversy with it. You got one sector saying it's okay, another saying it's not, one saying you can put them on the outside, another saying nowhere at all, and on and on....just avoid it.
Good luck with your business.:wavey :xyxthumbs