Unbelievable! On Monday we received three leaflets through our door and more delivered by Royal Mail with our post.

Several times a week we also receive advertising catalogues and leaflets in our newspaper.

Why do companies and businesses persist in this ridiculous form of advertising? I am sure most people are like us and just put it straight in the recycling bin, not bothering to even read them.

It is a waste of money and adds to the amount of recycling our councils have to collect, at great expense to the taxpayers.

We are also inundated with relentless TV advertising which, again, is a fruitless exercise. Who wants to buy a bed, a carpet, or a sofa just because it is Christmas, Easter or some other holiday!

Many shops and even the big stores are struggling so why don’t they just concentrate on good customer service and good products, which people would buy, and give up on the unwanted and unnecessary advertising?

I am sure they would sell as much, if not more if they concentrated more on the customer and less on the persistent pressures to buy. 

Maddy Taylor, West Street, Minehead.