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  4 0 The best and only way to stop them for good is to reuse the bag for dog shit, save them up for for six months, then deliver them to the home of the marketing director for the Oregonian. I will if you will! spartacus answered in House & Home over 2 years ago | Report 1 comment by Dave J.… 0 0 It's not even good for dog shit! The bags are so narrow that if your dog makes, um, substantial deposits, as mine does, you inevitably smear some of it near the top, which dramatically increases your odds of getting some on your hand when you tie it. It's for this reason that I've stopped using them as dog crap repositories. Dave J. commented over 2 years ago | Report Enter your comment or ask a new question preview THIS IS A PREVIEW: Click "Post" to submit it or "Edit" to make changes. edit Please wait… This could take a minute if the tubes are clogged.

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  3 0 I just emailed the home delivery people at the Oregonian and "dan n" from "circulation" assured me he had taken our name off the list. homedelivery@oregonian.com myswandive answered in House & Home over 2 years ago | Report 3 comments by Matthew D, amazonfemme, and Matthew D… 0 0 Me too, and he said the same thing. We'll see if it actually works or not... Matthew D commented over 2 years ago | Report 0 0 God I hope the emails pour in... amazonfemme commented over 2 years ago | Report 0 0 For the record: it took them a few weeks to stop, but I haven't gotten any since... Matthew D commented about 1 year ago | Report Enter your comment or ask a new question preview THIS IS A PREVIEW: Click "Post" to submit it or "Edit" to make changes. edit Please wait… This could take a minute if the tubes are clogged.

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  3 0 I called 503-221-8240 a couple of weeks ago, gave them my address, asked they discontinue the ad bag and it worked. Haven't seen one since. Nat 66 answered in House & Home over 2 years ago | Report Comment on this answer Enter your comment or ask a new question preview THIS IS A PREVIEW: Click "Post" to submit it or "Edit" to make changes. edit Please wait… This could take a minute if the tubes are clogged.

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  3 0 I took out a juniper in front of my house and found about 20 of the things... I thought they weren't bringing them every week but it turned out most of the time they were just chucked into the bushes. Littering on someone's property like this should be illegal. Interestingly if they were leaving this crap under the windshield wiper of your car you would have recourse as that is illegal in pdx. econoline answered in House & Home over 2 years ago | Report Comment on this answer Enter your comment or ask a new question preview THIS IS A PREVIEW: Click "Post" to submit it or "Edit" to make changes. edit Please wait… This could take a minute if the tubes are clogged.

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  2 0 I believe those plastic bags are merely mis-delivered. The correct address to drop off the little bag of goodies is in the lobby of 1320 SW Broadway, Portland, OR 97201. I think if good citizens were to correctly deliver these "goody bags" to the Oregonian lobby they might stop delivering them in the wrong place. What might we do to educate people to do this? Dan Newth answered in House & Home over 2 years ago | Report Comment on this answer Enter your comment or ask a new question preview THIS IS A PREVIEW: Click "Post" to submit it or "Edit" to make changes. edit Please wait… This could take a minute if the tubes are clogged.

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  1 0 There is a phone number on it and you call to get off the list. Works. Maybe under "circulation", I don't get it now, otherwise I would be less vague. Now about those land line phone books... R answered in House & Home over 2 years ago | Report 1 comment by DeepCerulean… 0 0 http://www.yellowpagesoptout.com/ DeepCerulean commented over 2 years ago | Report Enter your comment or ask a new question preview THIS IS A PREVIEW: Click "Post" to submit it or "Edit" to make changes. edit Please wait… This could take a minute if the tubes are clogged.

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  2 1 As a former paper boy, I've got to tell you that your chances of refusing this are little and none. As a delivery person, we are paid to deliver the entire load of those plastic sacks and ads to every address, and if we don't, we don't get paid. Your only hope is to catch your delivery person as they pass and politely request that they skip you from now on. If you were really clever, you'd offer them a tip if they would skip you. (Make it worth their while to treat your adress as an exception to the rule. It might work!) KG answered in House & Home over 2 years ago | Report 1 comment by weezerhopw… 0 0 PAY the jerks to STOP littering? Are you effing nuts? weezerhopw commented about 1 year ago | Report Enter your comment or ask a new question preview THIS IS A PREVIEW: Click "Post" to submit it or "Edit" to make changes. edit Please wait… This could take a minute if the tubes are clogged.

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  1 0 Would love to get rid of those darned things; I tried the confrontation but was met in my neighborhood by non-English speakers (or, at least, that's what they claimed) doing the delivery. Oh well. For DEX it seems easy to stop their drop-offs: http://www.portlandonline.com/mayor/index.cfm?&c=49522 ScrumpyFU answered in House & Home over 2 years ago | Report Comment on this answer Enter your comment or ask a new question preview THIS IS A PREVIEW: Click "Post" to submit it or "Edit" to make changes. edit Please wait… This could take a minute if the tubes are clogged.

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  2 1 In my neighborhood, those evil white tubes of waste are delivered at Zero in the morning. After exhausting reasonable options, I resorted to guerilla tactics: When I heard that distinctive geo metro stop and go, I'd go outside and hide around the side of my house. When the paper was inevitably thrown on my porch, I ran up, snatched the paper, and ran down my street after the delivery demon, frantically waving the offending rag above my head, all the while yelling "Wait! Wait! You dropped this! Stop!". When I caught up to the confused demon, who had actually stopped out of concern, I handed him that precious roll of irritation, and said "You must stop being so forgetful, one of these dawns I might not be here to return to you what is yours." He attempted to explain that he was supposed to leave the paper with me, but I unfortunately couldn't understand. I did this for three days. There have been no papers in over a year. genuinelynadi answered in House & Home over 2 years ago | Report Comment on this answer Enter your comment or ask a new question preview THIS IS A PREVIEW: Click "Post" to submit it or "Edit" to make changes. edit Please wait… This could take a minute if the tubes are clogged.

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  1 0 These showed up at my old house during the mid-afternoon, when I would usually be at work. One day I was home sick, saw the paper guy dropping the stupid thing at my door, and I ran out after him and told him to stop giving them to us. It didn't stop. And the next time I was home when he showed up to deliver, I saw that he now just threw them towards my door from the sidewalk, then took off before I could yell at him that he was supposed to have stopped. At my current house they don't even try for the door - they just leave them in the middle of the lawn. Hey, thanks for that delivery of wet, muddy garbage, Oregonian! I hate those fucking things. If you find an effective way of making them stop, please share! Joneser answered in House & Home over 2 years ago | Report Comment on this answer Enter your comment or ask a new question preview THIS IS A PREVIEW: Click "Post" to submit it or "Edit" to make changes. edit Please wait… This could take a minute if the tubes are clogged.

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  0 0 My wife has called, I have emailed, and I will call. We are having the problem of "free" issues littering my property. I personally do not subscribe to any paper as I believe them to be obsolete and a waste of resources. I have to believe that they could be charged with littering. grouchysmurf answered in House & Home 4 months ago | Report Comment on this answer Enter your comment or ask a new question preview THIS IS A PREVIEW: Click "Post" to submit it or "Edit" to make changes. edit Please wait… This could take a minute if the tubes are clogged.

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  0 0 Good luck with stopping the ad bag.I called several times with no luck I finally took the paper box off of my mailbox post.This worked for awhile then they started just throwing it in the driveway.I work the night shift and caught up with the guy delivering it on my way home one morning and told him to stop throwing it in my driveway that I don't want the ads.I still get one in the driveway about once every two months. smartass answered in House & Home over 2 years ago | Report Comment on this answer Enter your comment or ask a new question preview THIS IS A PREVIEW: Click "Post" to submit it or "Edit" to make changes. edit Please wait… This could take a minute if the tubes are clogged.

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  0 0 Honestly, I don't mind the white tube when I see it so lovingly placed on my door step every week. Actually, I kind of look forward to its arrival. I have saved some money clipping the coupons and made many a tasty meals from the recipes. foodporn answered in House & Home over 2 years ago | Report Comment on this answer Enter your comment or ask a new question preview THIS IS A PREVIEW: Click "Post" to submit it or "Edit" to make changes. edit Please wait… This could take a minute if the tubes are clogged.

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  0 0 I tried just letting them pile up for three or four weeks next to "our" phone book, but... they just kept accumulating. So scratch that tactic off the list. tk. answered in House & Home over 2 years ago | Report Comment on this answer Enter your comment or ask a new question preview THIS IS A PREVIEW: Click "Post" to submit it or "Edit" to make changes. edit Please wait… This could take a minute if the tubes are clogged.

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  0 0 I recently called to have them stop delivery for the third time. It usually last a few months. I also left a message for David Walstrom, the District Manager there. I personally want them to stop delivery to everyone OR to make it an opt-in delivery since opting out is not working. They will never do this by choice, so our best bet is to talk to city counsel or state legislators. I would include the phone book in your complaints. doughnut answered in House & Home over 2 years ago | Report Comment on this answer Enter your comment or ask a new question preview THIS IS A PREVIEW: Click "Post" to submit it or "Edit" to make changes. edit Please wait… This could take a minute if the tubes are clogged.

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