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Nice! So announcing "Keine Werbung" on my letter box becomes now also a legal binding? I also wonder about all the announcement on t-shirts. Hmm.

• throwbadubadu 3y ago
  It always has been already for a long time.. (a "Keine Werbung" sticker is enough to indicate you don't want it)?! https://dejure.org/gesetze/UWG/7.html https://dejure.org/gesetze/UWG/7.html Sure, theory and practice and sueing offenders are all different things, however most obey that here I'd say?
  • worklaptopacct 3y ago
    In practice, "Keine Werbung" means "No advertisements except for moving services". These are the only ones that don't give a shit.
    • tommiegannert 3y ago
      Outside Zürich, I see small-time car dealers, small-time precious metals dealers, delivered pizza and kebab from neighboring villages. Perhaps advertisement is only something big companies do? /s
    • mr_mitm 3y ago
      In my experience, it's food delivery services.
    • nicbou 3y ago
      I wonder if there is a way to make them give a shit. A pizza place in my area is a serial offender, and I'm wondering if an Abmahnung and the threat of a fine would get them to stop.
• isodev 3y ago
  It should … the “no ads” mailbox stickers are legally binding in Belgium. In fact, you can’t send mail spam to people without opt-in consent.
  • przmk 3y ago
    They are? Sure doesn't stop people from randomly dropping garbage ads in your mailbox.
  • rightbyte 3y ago
    You can at least dry out your shoes or lit fires with those ads. Unless the paper quality is too high ...
• x2rj 3y ago
  Is is legally binding since the 80s in Germany. Just mostly nobody bothers to protest a occasional error and it would mostly affect the teenager who delivers the ads anyway. https://dejure.org/dienste/vernetzung/rechtsprechung?Gericht=BGH&Datum=20.12.1988&Aktenzeichen=VI%20ZR%20182%2F88 https://dejure.org/dienste/vernetzung/rechtsprechung?Gericht...
  • expertentipp 3y ago
    > would mostly affect the teenager who delivers the ads anyway. If their job is to litter, then tough luck.
  • pgeorgi 3y ago
    It typically gets me some remorseful response and they actually manage to honor the signage for a year or two. I also send nasty letters to parties who consider themselves exempt from that before elections (they're not).
• expertentipp 3y ago
  > So announcing "Keine Werbung" on my letter box What pisses me off is that they advice to do the same in my country when I complain about leaflets from Lidl, Kaufland, Rossmann and others. Take your silly practices back to Germany, I don't need to label my postbox NOT TO RECEIVE your spam over here. "No spam" is the default without any label.
  • dayjaby 3y ago
    So you guys put stickers "hey I want spam" instead? The German practice doesn't look silly compared to that.
    • throwaway35780 3y ago
      That's how newsletter subscriptions work on the internet.
    • JoshTriplett 3y ago
      Or, you know, you could just not have spam. Not in boxes with a label, not in boxes without a label. Just stop spamming. No "but what about ...", just stop spamming.
      • expertentipp 3y ago
        Oh god someone understands me, I have a climax.
    • offices 3y ago
      What's silly about that? They go next to the "hey I want theft", "hey I want fraud", "hey I want arson" stickers.