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MineralMan

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8. Waste Management hauls our trash weekly.

Reply to mwooldri (Reply #6)

Mon May 24, 2021, 11:44 AM

May 2021

Their roll-off dumpster services are more expensive than what I'm paying. I checked. So, a smaller company will get the job, through that scheduling company.

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What if you need a roll-off dumpster? Do you want to use a local company? [View all] MineralMan May 2021 OP

We get them through our county. Patterson May 2021 #1

Good for you. My guess, though is that the national companies pay the locals MUCH less than direct hlthe2b May 2021 #2

Actually, I'm paying more for the dumpster MineralMan May 2021 #7

No. I'm saying they contract to pay the local companies less. Not your fault, of course... hlthe2b May 2021 #9

Correct, that is how leadgen/lead-referral works Effete Snob May 2021 #12

They get paid less Effete Snob May 2021 #11

Bingo. It's just like what Grub Hub does to restaurants. Hassin Bin Sober May 2021 #20

Great info! Siwsan May 2021 #3

The local company I use will have what I want out on the same day with pricing up-front. RegularJam May 2021 #4

Thank you. ChazInAz May 2021 #5

Sometimes the national company is the local company. mwooldri May 2021 #6

Waste Management hauls our trash weekly. MineralMan May 2021 #8

Kind of like wreckers. Call a national 800 number and they have a local network. Heck, even health Hoyt May 2021 #10

You're right. Nothing like having a huge dumpster MineralMan May 2021 #15

I've learned to go with small local for roofs. multigraincracker May 2021 #13

Absolutely. MineralMan May 2021 #16

The internet has encouraged a lot of loose referral trade associations FakeNoose May 2021 #14

This message was self-deleted by its author RegularJam May 2021 #17

Yeah. Well, you take your chances with things like locksmiths. MineralMan May 2021 #18

I'll wait for the TBC version. Iggo May 2021 #19

All I can think of is that you need to clear stuff out on a far more regular basis PoindexterOglethorpe May 2021 #21

It takes a move to find out how much junk you've actually accumulated ironflange May 2021 #22

Yes. I've already had two dumpsters here over the past MineralMan May 2021 #23

Yep, and after all that ironflange May 2021 #24

Planning. I have a floor plan for the new place. MineralMan May 2021 #25