How do I stop Virgin media sending post to me?

[wee quinnie]

I was a customer of Virgin about 5 years ago, and regularly still receive post from them, but I can't stop them. The post isn't actually addressed to me, it's to "The Occupier", Flat B,.....

I have tried ringing them/emailing to stop them on a number of occasions, have tried returning to sending, but all to no avail.

I have just had a quick squizz on the mail order prefs website, but they cannot intervene because they cannot deal with post sent to "The Occupier", or if you have been a customer of the company in the past.

I know on a world scale that this is quite trivial, but it does p!ss me off - any suggestions as to how to stop it? Would it work if I forwarded it to Richard Branson's home address for instance?

[peckhamboy]

No idea, but if you find a way please let me know!

[DulwichFox]

These letters are sent to everyone in a Virgin Media catchment area.

I get them and have never been a customer.

Any similar mail. with no address on it.

I there is a return envelope, Send it back to them Empty. (Check there are none of your details.)

They will have to pay the postage.

If everone did this it would cost them dearly.

[Twirly]

I've been tempted to send these back, unopened, saying "not known at this address" (even when it says occupier on it!). And I'm sorely tempted to gather up all the mail that Foxtons send me over the next couple of months and either do the same, or take it in personally (or let Mr Twirly do it when he's in a particularly bad mood).

This "loophole" in the mail preference service drives me nuts! We should be able to register the address, not just our names for it.

[DirtyBox]

fill the return envelope with any old crap you can find and post it to them, old newspapers, leaflets dropped through the door, that sort of thing, see how they like it

[hpsaucey]

Had repeat ones to someone not at our address. Got really pi**ed off. Returned last letter threatening to use return envelope in anything else they sent us to wrap round a brick and post back to them.

Had nothing since LOL!

[wee quinnie]

Yeh the thing is, I have spoken to people there before and been assured I'll not get any more stuff....but still it comes. Boo.

[elloriac]

I rang them up and the letters seemed to have stopped. It's only been about a month tho, so I may be being overly optimistic.

[PeckhamRose]

Can't remember details but wasn't there a post a while ago about the idea of sending all such unwanted mail to the BNP who had a Freepost postal address which was very similar to one that everyone knew about and loved.

Hmmm my memory's not what - what was I saying?

[louisiana]

hpsaucey Wrote:

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> Had repeat ones to someone not at our address. Got

> really pi**ed off. Returned last letter

> threatening to use return envelope in anything

> else they sent us to wrap round a brick and post

> back to them.

>

> Had nothing since LOL!

I should try this

I've never been a customer of theirs, but I reckon I've had more than 25 letters a year (for several years) from these clowns and I'm heartily sick of it

I'm on every 'don't send me anything list going (MPS, the Royal Mail opt out) but they just keep on coming

There is never a return envelope included