Dublin City Bins 99 year

faolteam

anyone use it yet, what do u think of the offer

sweetie

i'm in their cachement area, D7, but they wont let me sign up, want me to get my neighbours signed up too. f*** that. Ive gone to using bags with greyhound instead.

I signed up online two days ago. Bins were here this morning.
Delighted to not be giving greyhound money anymore.

http://www.herald.ie/news/were-at-war-with-rival-and-jobs-are-at-risk-bin-chiefs-3325190.html

http://www.communistpartyofireland.ie/sv2012-04/04-bins.html

Ronan Raver77

Im in d14 dont think they cover my area

B.A._Baracus

They're a new company.
€99 euro this year. But once they have you, it'll be much more than €99 next year.

Hootanany

sweetie wrote: »

i'm in their cachement area, D7, but they wont let me sign up, want me to get my neighbours signed up too. f*** that. Ive gone to using bags with greyhound instead.

Me too won't sign me up very bad show.

groom

Service excellent so far after 4 weeks. Bins get picked up on time and put back where they were left.

If only Greyhound would take their bins back

ccull123

B.A._Baracus wrote: »

They're a new company.
€99 euro this year. But once they have you, it'll be much more than €99 next year.

You can opt out any any stage!!! About time greyhound got a taste of competition.

admiralofthefleet

groom wrote: »

Service excellent so far after 4 weeks. Bins get picked up on time and put back where they were left.

If only Greyhound would take their bins back

tell greyhound that you view their bins on you property as pollution and if not removed by them you will take steps to remove them for good

Hootanany

ccull123 wrote: »

You can opt out any any stage!!! About time greyhound got a taste of competition.

Yes if the compition would go into your area that is. Don't know off that many areas they service still think its a gimmick.

groom

B.A._Baracus wrote: »

They're a new company.
€99 euro this year. But once they have you, it'll be much more than €99 next year.

€150 a year apparently after the introductory year. They're pretty up front about it. If there's something better in a year you can always move then. How do they have you?

onekeano

Moonbaby wrote: »

I signed up online two days ago. Bins were here this morning.
Delighted to not be giving greyhound money anymore.

http://www.herald.ie/news/were-at-war-with-rival-and-jobs-are-at-risk-bin-chiefs-3325190.html

http://www.communistpartyofireland.ie/sv2012-04/04-bins.html

+1

wes

Not in my area sadly. Signed up for an email alert if they do add my area.

onekeano

Very interesting article in Sunday Business Post recently, an interview with the Managing Director who talked about their 6 trucks worth €1.5 mn which were burnt out and the memo that had gone out to all Greyhound employees a few days beforehand.

Roy

Ronan Raver77

onekeano wrote: »

Very interesting article in Sunday Business Post recently, an interview with the Managing Director who talked about their 6 trucks worth €1.5 mn which were burnt out and the memo that had gone out to all Greyhound employees a few days beforehand.

Roy

Yes i saw that also!!! Very dodgy indeed Sopranos comes to mind

getoffthepot

with them for 3 years now and great service. they always collect and send an sms night before to advise grey or black bin to put out.
Bins are put back too & not left on road outside neighbours house like Greyhound

ShaneU

groom wrote: »

€150 a year apparently after the introductory year. They're pretty up front about it. If there's something better in a year you can always move then. How do they have you?

€15 a month = €180 a year

minidazzler

B.A._Baracus wrote: »

They're a new company.
€99 euro this year. But once they have you, it'll be much more than €99 next year.

Regardless, if you pay 99 this year, you're coming out with more money at the end than if you stay with Greyhound.

juan.kerr

B.A._Baracus wrote: »

They're a new company.
€99 euro this year. But once they have you, it'll be much more than €99 next year.

My sentiments exactly. At lest there is some competition for the moment.

GalwayGaillimh

I have used them in Galway City for years and the service is excellent, I think I pay just over E200 a year with them.

Pete67

Using them for about 3 years too, excellent service, pay in advance for the year, so no additional charges for weight etc, and you can leave bins out every week (black one week, green and brown the next etc). Helps avoid smelly bins etc.

They do the small things really well, text message the night before to remind you to put the bins out, bins put back neatly where you left them etc. Highly recommended.

Lumi

GalwayGaillimh wrote: »

I have used them in Galway City for years and the service is excellent, I think I pay just over E200 a year with them.

+1
Using them for years in Galway and not a single complaint in all that time. €99 for the level of service City Bin provide is an absolute steal!!

quaalude

faolteam wrote: »

anyone use it yet, what do u think of the offer

Just switched to CityBin a few weeks ago, I'm in Dublin 4, really happy with the service so far - bins delivered quickly when I signed up, answered any emails I sent in a couple of hours, get a text the night before telling you what bin to put out, bins emptied properly and put back in the right place on the kerb.

Plus the warm fuzzy feeling of being shot of Greyhound - priceless.

fletch

Does anyone else not think that their business model is very bad for the environment? At least when you pay per lift for the black bin there is an incentive to recycle. With Citybin charging a flat fee I can see people just flinging everything into the one bin and not bothering to recycle.

ballooba

Switched a month ago and have found them great. Was dying for an opportunity to be shot of Greyhound. People will hopefully be slow to forget the abuse of position by Greyhound when they had a near monopoly. Greyhound are complete scumbags and don't deserve to be in business.

everlast75

Ronan Devitt wrote: »

Yes i saw that also!!! Very dodgy indeed Sopranos comes to mind

I was thinking more...

tteknulp

Just switched the other day ,its a no brainer ,i was paying €207 with greyhound ,now €99 with city bin half price and i hear only good things from friends who use them

PeterDuggan

Yes have used City Bin (outside Dublin) for several years. They provide an excellent service, free texts for reminders, freephone for contact. Best of all they're a good bit cheaper than the competition and have stayed that way over the years. I recommend them highly. I've no association with the company.

kenkin

Would love to switch to City Bins, but i left Greyhound in August and joined Oxigen and am now tied to them for a year at €20 a month. Oxigen also charge €50 when you cancel their service

ballooba

kenkin wrote: »

Would love to switch to City Bins, but i left Greyhound in August and joined Oxigen and am now tied to them for a year at €20 a month. Oxigen also charge €50 when you cancel their service

Wouldn't 50 be worth it if that gets you out of the contract?

Oral Slang

groom wrote: »

If only Greyhound would take their bins back

I changed to Thorntons from Greyhound in May 2012 & it took til August, numerous emails and phone calls for them to take their bins back. Was raging at that stage & my otherhalf was going to just dump them outside their offices.

tk123

kenkin wrote: »

Would love to switch to City Bins, but i left Greyhound in August and joined Oxigen and am now tied to them for a year at €20 a month. Oxigen also charge €50 when you cancel their service

I'd challenge them on the cancellation fee as Greyhound had to do a u-turn on their cancellation charge - http://www.nca.ie/index.jsp?p=100&n=101&a=968

Our new red bins arrived today €160 saved and we'll still make a saving when it goes to €15 a month next year. Tried calling greyhound twice and gave up after 20mins of being in the queue - no probs getting thru to an agent in City Bin.

Tony

For anyone not in the City Bin area you might consider using http://www.advancedwaste.ie/ . I've been using them for over a year now and find the pricing good especially if you are a low volume user. I switched after panda tried to bounce me off to greyhound .The only annoying thing is they don't put the bin back where they found it as city bin seem to do from comments made earlier.

getoffthepot

fletch wrote: »

Does anyone else not think that their business model is very bad for the environment? At least when you pay per lift for the black bin there is an incentive to recycle. With Citybin charging a flat fee I can see people just flinging everything into the one bin and not bothering to recycle.

I'm with citybin in Dublin 16 and pay a €3.95 monthly charge and €8.30 per lift

fletch

getoffthepot wrote: »

I'm with citybin in Dublin 16 and pay a €3.95 monthly charge and €8.30 per lift

Wow that's cheap! I put my black bin out about 4 times a year so that would work out at €80.60 a year for me.

groom

fletch wrote: »

Does anyone else not think that their business model is very bad for the environment? At least when you pay per lift for the black bin there is an incentive to recycle. With Citybin charging a flat fee I can see people just flinging everything into the one bin and not bothering to recycle.

Alternatively it reduces the temptation to put unsuitable items into your recycling bin to avoid the black bin thereby improving the quality of recycling.

fletch

groom wrote: »

Alternatively it reduces the temptation to put unsuitable items into your recycling bin to avoid the black bin thereby improving the quality of recycling.

Never thought of it that way....

luketitz

Oral Slang wrote: »

I changed to Thorntons from Greyhound in May 2012 & it took til August, numerous emails and phone calls for them to take their bins back. Was raging at that stage & my otherhalf was going to just dump them outside their offices.

Thorntons look a decent option as I just received another exorbitant bill from Panda.

I'm outside the City Bins catchment, so at a 50 per annum fee and 8.50 a lift, thorntons seem the best alternative, thanks, I'd never even heard of them!

faolteam

luketitz wrote: »

Thorntons look a decent option as I just received another exorbitant bill from Panda.

I'm outside the City Bins catchment, so at a 50 per annum fee and 8.50 a lift, thorntons seem the best alternative, thanks, I'd never even heard of them!

No Prob

tunner

Just took the jump and signed up to this crowd. Was with greyhound and according to their website they have a list of dates over the holiday period they would be collecting each bin. Didn't happen. The trucks came alright but passed every bin in my estate and collected nothing!

Great way to keep business lads! Now how do I get their bins back to them?!

sweetie

I requested to move to greyhound bag collection before Xmas and then they debited my account for the regular price although change of credit card meant no payment received. I called yesterday to confirm again I was moving to bags and was asked to email customer care which I did only to receive an email today stating I couldn't as I had been a bin customer and bags were for people that haven't room for bins. I replied that the NCA would be delighted to hear that they are refusing a service to me that my next door neighbour in exact same type house currently uses. Looking fwd to their reply....

tunner

When they first took over the Dublin city refuse collection I called them as they took our money and hasn't collected our bins. They then collected them after a row with a polish fellow on the phone. Because they hasn't collected them in a while I had stuffed another bag into the bin. When they collected it the following week only half the rubbish was emptied out of the bin. I again called up and I was basically called a scab for stuffing so much into my bin!
They said that If they had to "lift" the bin again to finish emptying it they would charge me again.
Their customer service is shocking! You'd think they would be trying to resolve their issues. They were disgraceful at the beginning and haven't improved much

Another time I forgot to leave my bin out and I heard them. I ran out in my dressing gown and as we live on a cul de sac I stood on the road with my bin with a sorry look on my face. They came towards me in the truck and I stool my hand out and the three lads in the cabin started laughing at me and started waving to me and kept on driving! Arseholes!

Blade

Apparently if you sign up online with a code they'll give Beaumont Hospital 10 Euro:

http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=370922929670737&set=a.145552805541085.31026.118840431545656&type=1&theater

jimmycrackcorm

Been with citybin for a few years now and their service is a prime example of how a company should be run. They're totally customer focused.

The fact they've been targeted by arsonists should give people enough of an indication of why they should choose them.

Karen23

tunner wrote: »

Just took the jump and signed up to this crowd. Was with greyhound and according to their website they have a list of dates over the holiday period they would be collecting each bin. Didn't happen. The trucks came alright but passed every bin in my estate and collected nothing!

Great way to keep business lads! Now how do I get their bins back to them?!

Same happened on my estate but a couple of bins were collected , when people rang up they were told they hadn't paid the service charge which was due before 01/01/2013. They realised they had received the letters that the charge was due and if not paid bins wouldn't be collected. With Christmas holidays most people had forgotten it.

Just to add , Greyhound also offer a text service to remind you what bin is to be put out the next morning.

sweetie

Karen23 wrote: »

Same happened on my estate but a couple of bins were collected , when people rang up they were told they hadn't paid the service charge which was due before 01/01/2013. They realised they had received the letters that the charge was due and if not paid bins wouldn't be collected. With Christmas holidays most people had forgotten it.

Just to add , Greyhound also offer a text service to remind you what bin is to be put out the next morning.

Surely this should only apply to any date after 31st dec?

Karen23

Karen23 wrote: »

Same happened on my estate but a couple of bins were collected , when people rang up they were told they hadn't paid the service charge which was due before 01/01/2013. They realised they had received the letters that the charge was due and if not paid bins wouldn't be collected. With Christmas holidays most people had forgotten it.

Just to add , Greyhound also offer a text service to remind you what bin is to be put out the next morning.

That service charge was due on, and not before the 1st.
My last bin was picked up on the 31st, as it was covered in last years charge.

repsol

Ronan Devitt wrote: »

Yes i saw that also!!! Very dodgy indeed Sopranos comes to mind

I am a WASTE MANAGEMENT CONSULTANT!:D

Karen23

sweetie wrote: »

Surely this should only apply to any date after 31st dec?

Ye , our last collection of 2012 was on Saturday 29th ( due to our collection day falling on St. Stephen's Day ) and all were emptied. It was the first collection of 2013 on January 2nd that loads were left unemptied.

PeterDuggan

I take it the non-collection discussed above was by GREYHOUND (...not City Bin, the subject of this thread)? Mods/OP maybe the title should be changed to something like " Dublin City Bins €99/year (and problems with Greyhound)"?

Karen23

PeterDuggan wrote: »

I take it the non-collection discussed above was by GREYHOUND (...not City Bin, the subject of this thread)?

Yes , as people were discussing the non collection of bins by Greyhound as opposed to the excellent service by City Bins.

As it turned out Greyhound didnt just decide not to collect bins , from the people I heard from it was due to non payment of the standing charge.

Do City Bins collect of you don't pay ?