Has Anyone Used “Got Junk” or Other Junk Removal Services to Remove Unwanted Items?

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Aprilbday12

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Just wondering if anyone has used this service, “Got Junk?” and if you found the prices reasonable. Or how have you gotten rid of heavy unwanted items? Goodwill and Salvation Army won’t pick-up heavy items like treadmills, sofas, exercise bikes, cabinets any longer. What have you done, and what did you pay for removal?
 

I often wondered about that service. But my purging is being done so slowly and intermittently, I wouldn't have much for them to pick up at any given time. I've found a home for some items with people I know. If you use the service, please let us know how it goes (and the cost, if you don't mind).
 

We don't have that service where we live. But, we do have a guy that takes anything for free to make $$$ when he takes it to the salvage yard. When I sold my shop & warehouse, whatever I didn't want, he hauled away at no cost to me.
 
Aprilbday12 said:
Goodwill and Salvation Army won’t pick-up heavy items like treadmills, sofas, exercise bikes, cabinets any longer. What have you done, and what did you pay for removal?
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I don't remember now whether I hired the junk removers 3 or 4 times, I spent at least $1900 total for the three times I remember. One was a truck that took only junk, and then the other two times was a guy who divided the good stuff and took it to Goodwill and then the junk stuff he took to the landfill.

I was really lucky that the local town sponsored a shred/secure-disposal day, so I didn't have to pay to get rid of old laptops etc.
And the nearby city had a "bad stuff" (poisons etc) drop off location that didn't charge residents of the county (and also had a 'store' that people could take the things that were still usable), so that was convenient and free.

I was surprised at how expensive moving was.
 
If your stuff is ok, Facebook may have an Anything Free type site. You post a photo and say it must be picked up. List each item separately.
 
Things that were junk and needed to go to the dump we rented a truck, picked up a couple of day laborers and paid them by the hour to load and unload. Everything else we sold, donated or put it out for free. Those services are expensive.
 
My regular trash guy will pick up stuff for a price. I have those automated trash trucks with the arm that dumps the contents from bins into the truck. For a price $20-30+, they'll take items that are too big into stuff into a bin. Depending on where you live, it can be a real hassle. You need a guy with the right license and right truck, not to mention a fist full of $.
 
Grampa Don said:
If we have large items like a mattress or water heater, our trash collector will pick it up at no extra charge. We just have to call them and they send a special truck.

I once put a piano out a piece at a time in the regular trash cans. Did you know that cast iron will break into small pieces if you hit it hard enough?
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Brilliant! It costs a fortune to move pianos!
 
My town has a “bulk collection” site open twice a year, once in the spring and once in the fall. Now you have to take your junk to them, but once there they’ll accept it with the exceptions of tires, batteries, electronics, and toxic waste. The waiting lines can be long to drop stuff off.

Charitable clothing and shoe collection boxes have been abused in my area, with some people using them to discard junk furniture and used mattresses. This results in the boxes eventually being removed…
 
I’ve never used that service. There are so many other, less expensive options.

Clients have all kinds of things to dispose of. The City has a mattress pickup service and hazardous substances drop off. ARC will pick up household items and some furniture. Various consignment places will accept furniture, clothing, shoes and bags. There’s an app called TaskRabbit I also use if I just need muscle to remove something heavy (like an exercise bike) and take it to the dump. I have several people on tap who provide concierge type services to help clients hang art, move furniture, lay large area rugs, re-hang drapes after cleaning, even do smaller dump/recycle runs. It’s all part of my organizing service.
 
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I called them once ........ the prices were pretty high. In the $200.00 range just to remove two chairs. The furniture company I bought from charged $50.00 .
 
Aprilbday12 said:
Brilliant! It costs a fortune to move pianos!
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Yep, getting rid on an old piano, with little value, is hard.

We bought a house once that came with a piano, we didn't want but the seller insisted. So made a deal with the movers delivering our furniture to take it away and drop off at a church thrift store who agreed to take it.

Sounds good, but the piano was on the second floor and there was no way those movers could get it down. I was insistent that it had to go so they ended up throwing it over the second floor porch rail.

I insisted they take the wreckage, then a few days later we recognized it in a pile of trash along the road.

No idea how it got up to that second floor, I suspect the sellers knew what a white elephant they were leaving.
 
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The days of doing "grunt-work" are just about over as well. Why move a piano when the fed will pay them to sit on their ass ?
 
Ronni said:
I’ve never used that service. There are so many other, less expensive options.

Clients have all kinds of things to dispose of. The City has a mattress pickup service and hazardous substances drop off. ARC will pick up household items and some furniture. Various consignment places will accept furniture, clothing, shoes and bags. There’s an app called TaskRabbit I also use if I just need muscle to remove something heavy (like an exercise bike) and take it to the dump. I have several people on tap who provide concierge type services to help clients hang art, move furniture, lay large area rugs, re-hang drapes after cleaning, even do smaller dump/recycle runs. It’s all part of my organizing service.
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Ronni- you have a very valuable service!
 
WheatenLover said:
I have used Got Junk. They worked hard and they showed up on time. I have no complaints except I thought they were too expensive. I think they sell the good "junk".
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I've also thought these places probably sell the decent things they have. One person's junk is another's treasure. I've watched a dumpster diving channel on YouTube who has a yearly garage sale selling things they pulled out of a dumpster and sold items online.

I've never called a service but some day I might have to. I have heard pick up is getting harder from thrift stores.
 

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