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Globe Direct: The scourge that keeps on giving

By adamg on Thu, 03/16/2017 - 9:44am
Wasted Globe Directs in Cambridge

Marty McCabe lives in an apartment building with a courtyard in Central Square. And every week, somebody from Globe Direct throws 12 copies of the circular in the courtyard. And he and his neighbors are getting sick of it.

Neighborhoods: 
Cambridge
Topics: 
Media
Free tagging: 
Globe Direct
Central Square


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Comments

By RoseMai on Thu, 03/16/2017 - 9:50am.

I absolutely LOATHE the Globe Direct. I walk out to find four of them strewn about my porch, the lawn, behind my fence. I managed to get them to stop delivering by reporting them to the BBB, but it only lasted a few months. They're back in full force now.

Why can't they go out of business already??

By anon on Thu, 03/16/2017 - 9:57am.

I was able to get them to stop by emailing [email protected] and providing my address. It took a couple of tries but it worked!

By adamg on Thu, 03/16/2017 - 10:06am.

E-mail proved useless here - along with tweets (both public and DMs) and phone calls. What finally did work was filing a complaint with the Better Business Bureau. They're listed under the Worcester BBB (of course, makes perfect sense).

By anonism on Thu, 03/16/2017 - 10:10am.

This email address might be the one.

Reference:
http://www.universalhub.com/2015/globe-direct-makes-people-beg#comment-4...

By roadman on Thu, 03/16/2017 - 4:59pm.

It perfectly reflects my emotions every time I see one (or several) Globe Direct circulars. G@DD^** Globe Direct!

By Steeve on Thu, 03/16/2017 - 10:36am.

Thankfully they deliver them to my steps, which are an arm's length away from the recycling bin. Easy cleanup.

By cmon dude on Fri, 03/17/2017 - 9:45am.

They leave these things all over the steps at my place, luckily no one has slipped and fallen on them yet.

By A on Thu, 03/16/2017 - 10:39am.

...we just installed a new wood burning stove.

By theszak on Thu, 03/16/2017 - 11:37am.

For concerns re Globe Direct packets or Savings Central packets try the go to guy at the Boston Globe, email
john.mccarthy at globe.com

Coupons for groceries could be improved. Advertising in Globe Direct packets and Savings Central packets could be not so blatantly unpleasant with false come-ons, particularly bad multiple page uninformative mattresses ads.

By Belmont on Thu, 03/16/2017 - 12:39pm.

"Pets Department, Second Floor".

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rGEeLtqtNvU

By Jered on Thu, 03/16/2017 - 12:32pm.

Can we get criminal charges filed?

By anon on Thu, 03/16/2017 - 10:37pm.

I hate the stupid things,too; just line your pet fill-in-the-blank cage with them, use them to start a fire in your fireplace, pick up dog doodoo, etc., etc.

By Scumquistador on Fri, 03/17/2017 - 8:22am.

i might as well dump my trash there