1 800 Rid Of It

I had a lot of junk after cleaning out my garage. I bought a discounted coupon from Groupon for 1-800-Rid-Of-It. I then booked the pick-up time and looked forward to getting rid of all the stuff in my driveway. Imagine my surprise when the truck arrived and I learned that the pre-paid pick-up only covered about one-quarter of the stuff I wanted picked up! I ended up paying more than $50 extra to get rid of about half the stuff. Much of the junk I had was relatively light in weight, but required a lot of space - like old plastic lawn furniture and plastic signs

I didn't want to pay more than $130 for the garbage disposal, so I had to put the remaining stuff back in my yard. I later packed up much of the left-over stuff in garbage bags which the city eventually picked up over the next couple of weeks. I used extra garbage tags to get those bags picked up by the city.

I wasn't impressed with the small load that 1-800-Rid-of-It actually carted away. When I told the driver this, he explained about the cost of tipping fees and the time private garbage haulers have to wait at city transfer stations. Anyway, I wouldn't recommend using this firm.