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"We buy cars for cash"

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    #32
    reprazant
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,417 ✭✭✭reprazant


    MadsL wrote: »
    I didn't just remove his signs, I took down anything I came across. But his were particularly bad. He's out of business anyway.

    If you took down all signs, how come the guard was annoyed that you had only taken down his signs and not others?


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    #33
    MadsL
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    reprazant wrote: »
    If you took down all signs, how come the guard was annoyed that you had only taken down his signs and not others?

    I hadn't got to any other yet that morning. This chap had quite the monopoly that day.

    As I said above I usually removed others as well.

    What's the issue with picking up litter?


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    #34
    chopper6
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    MadsL wrote: »
    I hadn't got to any other yet that morning. This chap had quite the monopoly that day.

    As I said above I usually removed others as well.

    What's the issue with picking up litter?


    It wasnt "picking up litter"...you were cutting down posters..and specific flyers whilst ignoring others.

    I should advise a note of caution in your crusade.


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    #35
    MadsL
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    chopper6 wrote: »
    It wasnt "picking up litter"...you were cutting down posters..and specific flyers whilst ignoring others.

    Illegally erected posters, and I wasn't being selective - I was cleaning up one particular street. Once I finished that I would have got to others. It just happened that at the time the owner blocked me in, alll I had in the car was his posters. I would have regularly dispose of a rake of different businesses posters.
    I should advise a note of caution in your crusade.

    Why, would it be acceptable to be assaulted for cleaning up litter?


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    #36
    chopper6
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    MadsL wrote: »


    Why, would it be acceptable to be assaulted for cleaning up litter?


    I'm not saying it would be acceptable per se but you're not an authourised litter collector are you? You certainly don't have an official mandate to remove posters,illegal or not.

    I'm just saying that some people may regard you as a bit of a busybody that's all.


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    #37
    Mr Simpson
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    chopper6 wrote: »
    I'm not saying it would be acceptable per se but you're not an authourised litter collector are you? You certainly don't have an official mandate to remove posters,illegal or not.

    I'm just saying that some people may regard you as a bit of a busybody that's all.

    There's no such thing as an authorised little collector. Anyone can remove litter. The only time you need a licence is for collection and disposal of rubbish .ie. A waste collection company.

    Its starting to get a bit personal, can we stop that please.


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    #38
    the world wonders
    Registered Users Posts: 489 ✭✭the world wonders


    chopper6 wrote: »
    I'm just saying that some people may regard you as a bit of a busybody that's all.
    And plenty of other people would be grateful to him for showing a bit of public spirit and standing up to intimidation from litter louts.


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    #39
    SCOOP 64
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    MadsL , keep the good work up.


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    #40
    chopper6
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    Mr Simpson wrote: »
    There's no such thing as an authorised little collector. Anyone can remove litter. The only time you need a licence is for collection and disposal of rubbish .ie. A waste collection company.


    There's a difference between somebody picking up rubbish on the street and somebody pulling down posters and flyers...no?


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    #41
    January
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    chopper6 wrote: »
    There's a difference between somebody picking up rubbish on the street and somebody pulling down posters and flyers...no?

    If they're illegal there's no difference.


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    #42
    Mr Simpson
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    chopper6 wrote: »
    There's a difference between somebody picking up rubbish on the street and somebody pulling down posters and flyers...no?

    Legally speaking, no


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    #43
    chopper6
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    January wrote: »
    If they're illegal there's no difference.

    That might not be seen like that by the person sticking up the flyers...i'm just saying...flyers cost time and money to distribute,dropping a bit of litter doesnt cost some people a thought.


    Illegal or not you need to be careful when you're pulling stuff down that other(maybe less genteel) people have stuck up.


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    #44
    00112984
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    the world wonders wrote: »
    And plenty of other people would be grateful to him for showing a bit of public spirit and standing up to intimidation from litter louts.

    Me for one. There are a couple of roads near me that get similarly festooned with flourescent posters every weekend. Time I went for a walk and cleaned up a few.


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    #45
    CreepingDeath
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    power pants wrote: »
    No, I just found your behaviour odd, wasting the guards time and everyone elses. I also think you have too much time on your hands and lastly, it is odd how you only "targeted" one set of signs and not the others

    so as I say, carry on if it makes you feel better :)

    That's very condescending.
    If someone goes out of their way to clean up their local environment, I say fair play to them.
    He done something proactive and well within the law.
    chopper6 wrote: »
    I'm not saying it would be acceptable per se but you're not an authourised litter collector are you? You certainly don't have an official mandate to remove posters,illegal or not.

    Wow, you should complain about all the tidy towns volunteers as well.
    All those busy bodies who are picking up other peoples rubbish, cleaning communal areas which the council don't do with enough frequency etc.

    Also removing those "we buy cars for cash" could save someone from being scammed / injured by a car unfit to be on the road.


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    #46
    chopper6
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    CreepingDeath wrote: »
    Also removing those "we buy cars for cash" could save someone from being scammed / injured by a car unfit to be on the road.


    So you'd be saving gullible people from getting burned in a cash transaction?

    Maybe pull down election posters too to save peopel voting for politicians who will ruin thier lives.


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    #47
    CreepingDeath
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    chopper6 wrote: »
    Maybe pull down election posters too to save peopel voting for politicians who will ruin thier lives.

    Political posters have permission to be put up, and are part of the democratic process to advertise candidates.

    Some sheepskin wearing chancer trying to sell poor quality furniture is not.


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    #48
    Mr Simpson
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,332 ✭✭✭Mr Simpson


    chopper6 wrote: »
    So you'd be saving gullible people from getting burned in a cash transaction?

    Maybe pull down election posters too to save peopel voting for politicians who will ruin thier lives.

    They're allowed to be put up and it is an offence to tamper with them, completely different.


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    #49
    January
    Closed Accounts Posts: 23,862 ✭✭✭✭January


    chopper6 wrote: »
    That might not be seen like that by the person sticking up the flyers...i'm just saying...flyers cost time and money to distribute,dropping a bit of litter doesnt cost some people a thought.


    Illegal or not you need to be careful when you're pulling stuff down that other(maybe less genteel) people have stuck up.


    To be fair, the people that put them up probably don't give a fiddlers about the law.


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    #50
    chopper6
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    January wrote: »
    To be fair, the people that put them up probably don't give a fiddlers about the law.

    Thats my point...be carefull about pulling stuff like that down


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    #51
    MadsL
    Registered Users Posts: 20,299 ✭✭✭✭MadsL


    SCOOP 64 wrote: »
    MadsL , keep the good work up.

    Thank you, but I have had to emigrate so have to pass the baton..
    00112984 wrote: »
    Me for one. There are a couple of roads near me that get similarly festooned with flourescent posters every weekend. Time I went for a walk and cleaned up a few.

    Good stuff. I recommend a van/car and some company with you :) - bit less intimidating if you get hassled. I used to toss them in the recycling - but they could be used as things for children to aint on, make things out of - maybe someone in the community could use them.


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    #52
    Gaspode
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    Those things are a real eyesore, and the kitchenwise.ie ads everywhere are nearly as bad!


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    #53
    MadsL
    Registered Users Posts: 20,299 ✭✭✭✭MadsL


    Gaspode wrote: »
    Those things are a real eyesore, and the kitchenwise.ie ads everywhere are nearly as bad!

    http://kitchenwise.ie/contact.html

    Call em. Tell them they are breaking the law and that the poster have been reported.

    Report to the litter wardens office.

    If they persist, remove the posters.


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    #54
    JuliusCaesar
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    Absolutely. The first few posts on this thread were about how to report the eyesores of this illegal advertising. Well done, MadsL. I'll have to think about taking them down myself - although I'm usually in the car when I see them.

    If enough people take the posters down, then it will stop these idiots putting their illegal posters up. It's all about acting for the good of the community.


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    #55
    MadsL
    Registered Users Posts: 20,299 ✭✭✭✭MadsL


    JuliusCaesar wrote: »
    Absolutely. The first few posts on this thread were about how to report the eyesores of this illegal advertising. Well done, MadsL. I'll have to think about taking them down myself - although I'm usually in the car when I see them.

    If enough people take the posters down, then it will stop these idiots putting their illegal posters up. It's all about acting for the good of the community.

    It also helps to level the playing field for business who do abide by the law.

    If everyone took them down, then law abiding businesses would have a better chance of competing with the law-breakers. Also - would you trust a business that has no regard for litter laws?


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    #56
    Hootanany
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    How many crisp packets and McDonald wrappers did you step over to take down the illegal signs?


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    #57
    tallaghtmick
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    Hootanany wrote: »
    How many crisp packets and McDonald wrappers did you step over to take down the illegal signs?

    How many did you stepover when you walked into your house, logged onto boards and posted that? At least hes doing something.


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    #58
    MadsL
    Registered Users Posts: 20,299 ✭✭✭✭MadsL


    Hootanany wrote: »
    How many crisp packets and McDonald wrappers did you step over to take down the illegal signs?

    I tend to pick up litter when I see it too..

    If I am out walking in the countryside I absolutely make a point of packing some litter out with me.


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    #59
    I am pie
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,652 ✭✭✭I am pie


    Hootanany wrote: »
    How many crisp packets and McDonald wrappers did you step over to take down the illegal signs?

    None that Tayto or MacD's themselves littered the environment with. Sadly some of their customers lack the intelligence or social skills to manage to transfer their waste to a bin, but we can't really hold those companies responsible for the level of education of some of their clientele.


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    #60
    Hootanany
    Registered Users Posts: 5,477 ✭✭✭Hootanany


    I am pie wrote: »
    None that Tayto or MacD's themselves littered the environment with. Sadly some of their customers lack the intelligence or social skills to manage to transfer their waste to a bin, but we can't really hold those companies responsible for the level of education of some of their clientele.



    I was just demonstrating there is litter everywhere why target one companies posters?


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    #61
    power pants
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    Hootanany wrote: »
    How many crisp packets and McDonald wrappers did you step over to take down the illegal signs?


    Exactly. It seems more of a personal reaction to the flyers, if not why isn't he picking up any and every piece of litter he sees when he steps out the house.


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