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smndly

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I’m moving house and looking at organising the bins and can’t seem to understand the pricing for the Panda and Greyhound the two main companies in my area.

Panda pricing options for black bin:
Essential: €20.50 per month for limit of 32kg.
Standard: €23.50 per month for 42kg
Plus: €27.50 for 65 kg limit
All have waste excess per kg of 28cent.

Is the essential not cheapest here regardless of weight? If you have 42kg on the essential plan that’s 10x0.2=2euro more so 22.50. If you have 65kg on the essential plan that is 6.6euro so total of €27.10.

Greyhound have the same situation:
Standard €20 limit is 32kg
Family €23.95 limit is 42kg
Family Plus €29 limit is 65kg
Excess cost per kg is 30cent.
Again the cheapest plan here is the best regardless of weight.

Whats the point of the premium plans if they never have any value other than to rip off the person who thinks they’re getting a deal?

Unless I’m reading this wrong and the excess weight price is 28 or 30cent on the entire weight of the black bin and not the difference between the actual weight and your allowance?
 
The excess weight charge per kg is 28 cent, your calculations per kg are only 20 cent.
Should the calculation be;
42 kg on the essential plan is 10 x .28 = €2.80 plus €20.50 = €23.30.
65 kg on the essential plan is 33 x .28 = €9.24 plus €20.50 = €29.74.
 
Sorry that was an error. Still 23.30 is cheaper than the standard offer of 23.50 so makes no sense to go for standard offer. And greyhound I thnk the lowest offering is the cheapest for any weight lifted.
 
Is there any chance that it is a physically smaller bin?

Some companies provide a 140L narrow bin instead of the standard 240L size bin. Maybe you just wouldn't physically be able to fit another 10kg of rubbish into it
 
I have a 240L black bin and when full to the brim it’s maybe 35-40kgs.

A 140L bin would suit a single-person household who would top out at 25kgs over a fortnight. Smaller to store and easier to manoeuvre especially for an older person.
 
smndly said:
And greyhound I thnk the lowest offering is the cheapest for any weight lifted.
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My personal experience is that Greyhound’s customer service is very poor. Complete messing with billing and missed collections.

I have no experience of Panda, but a positive experience of City Bin
 
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Dr Strangelove said:
A 140L bin would suit a single-person household who would top out at 25kgs over a fortnight. Smaller to store and easier to manoeuvre especially for an older person.
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There can be huge variation in waste volumes between households. 3 person household here and we'd rarely half fill the 140l bin over two weeks. Much different story when there were nappies of course
 
It looks like the highest price package for both would be slightly cheaper if and only if you're dumping more than about 60kg every single month.

Even with nappies we'd struggle to hit that. In practice the amount we throw away each month varies significantly. So i just went for the cheapest option and haven't lost out because of it yet. (It's a different provider but they all seem to have similar pricing strategies).

Bin company pricing strategies, like those of most companies, are designed to financially exploit people who are bad at maths while also giving them a chance at retaining customers who have basic excel skills.

(But at least bin companies aren't as bad as phone companies. I can't figure out how anyone either pays more than €15 a month or buys their phone on contract. )
 
Depending on your usage - is there a pay by lift option? Household of two adults here - and I haven't put out a black bin in three years - Green Bin and Brown bin go out every two months on average. Pay by lift is cheaper overall despite a higher service charge
 
smndly said:
Sorry that was an error. Still 23.30 is cheaper than the standard offer of 23.50 so makes no sense to go for standard offer. And greyhound I thnk the lowest offering is the cheapest for any weight lifted.
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Only if you consistently use 40 to 42 kg each time. If you go over occasionally by a few kg it's cheaper to use the Standard.
 
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