Readers Digest

Posted by: Paul Hutchings on 06 February 2005

Does anyone have any tips on how to get these fuckers off my Grandads back?

He's 83 years old and has dementia and keeps getting their carefully worded crap and assumes he's won or is "really close to winning" etc.

My mum has called them at least once before and was told they would remove him from their mailing list, however we're not sure this has happened.

I shall call them tomorrow but I'm half expecting to be told "we can only deal with your grandad".

I think I'm going to fill in the form on the mailing preference service website, but any advise on these specific people would be appreciated.

cheers,
Paul

Posted on: 06 February 2005 by Berlin Fritz

Tis very simple, you just bin the stuff without opening it, innit.

Fritz Von A prize adviser

Posted on: 06 February 2005 by long-time-dead

Bin it would be my suggestion too.

If you do telephone them, tell them that you are going to start saving all evidence and will be contacting "Watchdog" in due course as they are refusing to stop pestering an older person with a delibilitating condition.

Or tell them to send the 250k immediately and you will happilly accept the publicity............

Posted on: 06 February 2005 by Deane F

My mother's third husband managed to have them cease sending letters but it took six months or so and he had to write a few letters to them.

Posted on: 07 February 2005 by Lomo

The big mistake is to subscribe in the first place but as mentioned pop it back in a mail box and mark it "return to sender"
Now that was a great tune.

Posted on: 07 February 2005 by sceptic

Mailing Preference Service

http://www.mpsonline.org.uk/mpsr/

Posted on: 07 February 2005 by Paul Hutchings

Cheers, a phone call seems to have done the trick (names and times noted).

I suspect he's sending back old stuff, seems to have become a bit of an obsession that he thinks he's won/close to winning.

I almost considered looking at some sort of lockable mail box cage, seems an awful thing to say but at that age when you're gulable anyway and the sods keep getting craftier it doesn't seem such a bad idea.

Paul