# Posting those ad thingies with the tear-off numbers **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [August 6, 2011, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posting-those-ad-thingies-with-the-tear-off-numbers/591700 "2011-08-06T05:10:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ScatteredFrog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8c91f0/32.png) [@ScatteredFrog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ScatteredFrog)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2011, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posting-those-ad-thingies-with-the-tear-off-numbers/591700/1 "2011-08-06T05:10:22Z")
Curious…what’s the legality of doing that in Chicago? Is a permit/license required to tape up one of these to, say, a light post or something??? ---
**Author:** ![typoink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecb155/32.png) [@typoink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/typoink)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2011, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posting-those-ad-thingies-with-the-tear-off-numbers/591700/2 "2011-08-09T01:40:33Z")
I see it done enough that I can’t imagine The Man coming down hard on you, but have no idea what the legality is. Curious myself, since I might have cause to start posting those up in the not too distant future. ---
**Author:** ![Mr\_Downtown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Mr\_Downtown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr_Downtown)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2011, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posting-those-ad-thingies-with-the-tear-off-numbers/591700/3 "2011-08-09T01:57:06Z")
Illegal. See [city ordinance 10-8-325.](http://www.amlegal.com/nxt/gateway.dll/Illinois/chicago_il/title10streetspublicwaysparksairportsand/chapter10-8useofpublicwaysandplaces?f=templates$fn=default.htm$3.0$vid=amlegal:chicago_il$anc=JD_10-8-320) ---
**Author:** ![Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tim_r.mortiss/32/142_2.png) [@Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_R.Mortiss)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2011, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posting-those-ad-thingies-with-the-tear-off-numbers/591700/4 "2011-08-09T14:46:31Z")
Craigslist is probably more effective for most purposes, and certainly easier. ---
**Author:** ![typoink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecb155/32.png) [@typoink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/typoink)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2011, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posting-those-ad-thingies-with-the-tear-off-numbers/591700/5 "2011-08-09T23:39:29Z")
> [@Tim\_R.Mortiss](#): > > Craigslist is probably more effective for most purposes, and certainly easier. There are certain things, like computer repair (my gig), where your target audience is _specifically_ people who don’t look on cl. ---
**Author:** ![ScatteredFrog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8c91f0/32.png) [@ScatteredFrog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ScatteredFrog)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2011, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posting-those-ad-thingies-with-the-tear-off-numbers/591700/6 "2011-08-10T15:45:36Z")
Heh…computer repair was _exactly_ what I had in mind…I see this ad for a computer repair guy all over the Loyola area…and have for quite a while. So I’m guessing that despite the ordinance posted by Mr Downtown (thanks, btw), it’s illegal but seldom, if ever, enforced. ---
**Author:** ![Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tim_r.mortiss/32/142_2.png) [@Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_R.Mortiss)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2011, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posting-those-ad-thingies-with-the-tear-off-numbers/591700/7 "2011-08-10T23:26:09Z")
When I need a local expert like a computer repair shop, I go straight to Yelp. You might want to try to get a listing there. And a few testimonials, of course. ---
**Author:** ![Mr\_Downtown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Mr\_Downtown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr_Downtown)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2011, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posting-those-ad-thingies-with-the-tear-off-numbers/591700/8 "2011-08-11T13:31:29Z")
Um, how would you go to Yelp if your computer were broken? ---
**Author:** ![ScatteredFrog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8c91f0/32.png) [@ScatteredFrog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ScatteredFrog)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2011, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posting-those-ad-thingies-with-the-tear-off-numbers/591700/9 "2011-08-11T15:22:42Z")
Use _another_ computer, duh. 🙂 Or smartphone. Or have someone act as a go-between.