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Bin charges

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  • 26-03-2011 3:22am
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    beertons
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    Was looking up prices for bin charges and came across this. You can pay for Oxigen online at the moment for 12 months for €199. Existing customers pay €299 a year. This offer is only available to new customers. My bins are in my wifes name, she kept her surname, so I;m going to ring on Monday, and see if I can pay the lesser amount. The electricity companies don't have a problem with cancelling, then going back. I'll let you know how I get on.


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    pencilsharp
    Registered Users Posts: 408 ✭✭pencilsharp


    Panda Waste have a good deal. 88euro per year and then 6.50 everytime you put out your black bin (green and brown bins are free to put out).


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    hollands
    Registered Users Posts: 77 ✭✭hollands


    Sorry pencilsharp but your info is innacurate! There are indeed three charges for Panda brown bins. Annual charge, charge per lift and charge per kilo.


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    eddiem74
    Registered Users Posts: 2,027 ✭✭✭eddiem74


    hollands wrote: »
    Sorry pencilsharp but your info is innacurate! There are indeed three charges for Panda brown bins. Annual charge, charge per lift and charge per kilo.

    Perhaps depends on your location, for Fingal pencilsharp is correct.

    http://www.panda.ie/household/fingal/prices.html


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    unkel
    Registered Users Posts: 64,915 ✭✭✭✭unkel


    pencilsharp wrote: »
    Panda Waste have a good deal. 88euro per year and then 6.50 everytime you put out your black bin (green and brown bins are free to put out).

    Not that good

    We (family of 5) put out our black bin every other week. So the charge for that would be 26*6.50 + 88 = €257 with Panda

    We're with citybin and we're charged a flat fee of €20 per month for all three bins. No messing with tags or online loading of your account - €20 is automatically debited to my credit card once a month

    The €199 oxygen deal seems pretty good, but remember you pay for the whole year up front. If they go bust, your money is gone.


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    iguana
    Moderators, Entertainment Moderators Posts: 12,909 Mod ✭✭✭✭iguana


    Do people really put their bins out so often? I know that families will have more than a couple but I put our black bin out once every 4 months. Total cost €29 this year.


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    homer911
    Registered Users Posts: 5,113 ✭✭✭homer911


    With a family of five we put our black bin out once every 4-5 weeks. As Panda were charging extra for the brown bin, I sent it back saving an annual charge

    Note that with Panda in DLR, if your bin weight is less than 5 kilos then they dont charge for the lift - kind of counterproductive, but if you put your bin out every week it might actually save you money!


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    pissed
    Registered Users Posts: 1,771 ✭✭✭pissed


    No black bin here, use Thorntons and buy their plastic bags in the local shop. Costs €3.20 per bag and normally get away with one bag per week. They charge for their green bin though. Not too sure on the price but its either €60 or €80.


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    beertons
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    We pay for the year up front with AES anyway. Think there's only 2 companies that collect in my estate anyway. AES worked out with the yearly charge, and then charges for every bin, more expensive than the rate we've paid. Cha ching to me I say.


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    Twatter
    Registered Users Posts: 155 ✭✭Twatter


    beertons wrote: »
    Was looking up prices for bin charges and came across this. You can pay for Oxigen online at the moment for 12 months for €199. Existing customers pay €299 a year. This offer is only available to new customers. My bins are in my wifes name, she kept her surname, so I;m going to ring on Monday, and see if I can pay the lesser amount. The electricity companies don't have a problem with cancelling, then going back. I'll let you know how I get on.


    Hope it works for you. I'd do the same myself. Where did you see the offer? I can't see anything on their site. I always paid quarterly but its due for payment again in April and I was thinking of changing but If we can switch names and save a few quid all the better!!


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    davoxx
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 2,539 ✭✭✭davoxx


    thorntons seem good ... no standing charge and 8 euro per lift black 6 brown free green ... there are no prices on web page though :( the prices above are from recollection of a leaflet i saw.


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    beertons
    Hosted Moderators Posts: 23,065 ✭✭✭✭beertons


    i'm on the phone at the moment, i'll either post up a link to the page where i saw it or pm it to you. depends on whether i'm allowed put the link up?


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    beertons
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    It's an offer for Kildare customers only, just seen that now.

    http://www.oxigen.ie/kildare-introductory-offer


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    fletch
    Registered Users Posts: 7,388 ✭✭✭fletch


    iguana wrote: »
    Do people really put their bins out so often? I know that families will have more than a couple but I put our black bin out once every 4 months. Total cost €29 this year.
    Same here...think we put out our black bin 3-4times every year. Sure nearly everything can either go in the green or brown bin or be brought to bottle bank


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