Quote Originally Posted by littlebittybobby View Post
Okay---trash service is pretty essential. But, maybe going with the cheapest was a mistake. They might provide poorer service, too. You might be off their major routes, too. A better choice would be who the other people on your street are using. Anyway, call and ask them to remind the driver that you're a new subscriber. If that doesn't work, try another company. But yeah--those little things can take up your time.
In my area, trash service really isn't essential. About half the people take their trash to the local landfill to dispose of it. We used to but after so many years of having to deal with trash bags covered in maggots, I changed to a trash service.

There are two companies people in my area use... Evergreen and Amber's. We used to have Evergreen. Never really had a problem until the trashmen cracked our can so badly banging it against the truck that it was nearly split in two. Then the madness started of constant calling asking for a replacement. Time after time, they'd schedule a day to bring a new one and never show up. I must have called at least 100 times in a year!! Then when the raccoons started pulling the bags of trash through the crack and making an absolute mess all over, I was done!! That is when I called Amber's.

First pick up was last Saturday and they were there by 7am! I was shocked. Evergreen would wait until late afternoon before coming. Their customer service also seems a lot better than Evergreen. I called up to make sure I would be getting something in the mail or email with our account number on it so I could set up autopay and the very next day, I got what I needed. If that was Evergreen, I would have still been waiting and probably never gotten it.