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Curbside collection garbage bin missing
« on: February 25, 2008, 04:47:27 PM »
I put my garbage out for collection on Friday, and when I got home from work that day, I noticed my back gate open and the wheeled bin missing...  It had my house numbers on it...I am finding this a bit peculiar.
Now I have nowhere to throw my bags of trash.  Do I just call up my local council and ask for another one? 
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Re: Curbside collection garbage bin missing
« Reply #1 on: February 25, 2008, 04:47:55 PM »
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Re: Curbside collection garbage bin missing
« Reply #2 on: February 25, 2008, 04:53:39 PM »
Simple enough! 

Thanks

(Funny how when you move to a new country you feel silly not knowing about the simplest things! :)  )
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Re: Curbside collection garbage bin missing
« Reply #3 on: February 25, 2008, 05:06:57 PM »
Same thing happened to us.  Luckily the previous owners had two so we've just been using the other one.
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Re: Curbside collection garbage bin missing
« Reply #4 on: February 25, 2008, 06:00:25 PM »
You'll only get a free replacement once, though... if it happens again,  you will have to pay.  From memory, it's something like £40.
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Re: Curbside collection garbage bin missing
« Reply #5 on: February 25, 2008, 06:37:50 PM »
Uggh, I don't want to pay £40 for something that I only put my garbage in... 
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Re: Curbside collection garbage bin missing
« Reply #6 on: February 25, 2008, 06:58:28 PM »
Quote from: Genau! on February 25, 2008, 06:00:25 PM
You'll only get a free replacement once, though... if it happens again,  you will have to pay.  From memory, it's something like £40.

How cr*p!
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Re: Curbside collection garbage bin missing
« Reply #7 on: February 25, 2008, 07:01:32 PM »
Think I should just go nip a neighbours :P
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Re: Curbside collection garbage bin missing
« Reply #8 on: February 25, 2008, 07:53:18 PM »
when mine went missing, i went round looking in the back and side gardens of over 20 houses around us!  I was convinced someone had lifted it.  But it was nowhere to be seen, and when i phoned the council, they said that the bin lorry had probably tipped it into the truck by accident.  ::)
Then they checked the records to make sure i had not requested a replacement before... and told me i'd have it in a week, but that next time i would have to pay, even if it wasn't my fault.   They only replace them for free the once.
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Re: Curbside collection garbage bin missing
« Reply #9 on: February 25, 2008, 08:00:54 PM »
Quote from: Genau! on February 25, 2008, 06:00:25 PM
You'll only get a free replacement once, though... if it happens again,  you will have to pay.  From memory, it's something like £40.
This is the sort of thing that varies by council though, so it probably won't be the same for everyone.
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Re: Curbside collection garbage bin missing
« Reply #10 on: February 25, 2008, 08:45:40 PM »
Um yeah.  i know.
But as she and i are both in Scotland, there is a possible semi-likelihood that our experiences will be similar.
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Re: Curbside collection garbage bin missing
« Reply #11 on: February 25, 2008, 08:48:26 PM »
Yeah, and I imagine the highland council would be more than willing to charge £40 for a garbage bin, even if was eaten by the bin lorry... 
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Re: Curbside collection garbage bin missing
« Reply #12 on: February 25, 2008, 08:54:54 PM »
If they make you pay, package your rubbish up and mail it to Alex Salmond!!  ;D
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Re: Curbside collection garbage bin missing
« Reply #13 on: February 25, 2008, 08:56:45 PM »
Hahaha

You got it!!
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Re: Curbside collection garbage bin missing
« Reply #14 on: February 25, 2008, 08:58:19 PM »
Quote from: Britwife on February 25, 2008, 08:54:54 PM
mail it to Alex Salmond!!  ;D

which leads us full circle back to my town... Salmond's birthplace!  ;D
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