Panda Bin Charges

peteb2

Anyone know what Panda are charging these days? I'm with Greenstar but see a few people have changed over to Panda.

Their website makes you put in your number so they can call you back. Personally hate that. why not just put the prices up!

Vico1612

8.70 per black bin lift
Can't remember the annual charge [ 100+ Euros ]

sleepyholland

E55 each for green & brown bin for the year. 110 total.
They collect them on alternate weeks.

peteb2

so no cheaper? Don't see why people are moving so.

Vico1612

As far as I know, there's only Panda in DCN - they took over from Fingal Co a few years ago.

peteb2

no. We have greenstar currently. Panda took the Co Co stuff over.

Just FYI for people I rang Panda and they are basically charging €55 for the year and will give you free collections for 6 months. 8.70 a lift on the black bin after that. Green and brown are free. To avail of the €55 off the standard €110 you have to pay it upfront.

Stheno

Vico1612 wrote: »

8.70 per black bin lift
Can't remember the annual charge [ 100+ Euros ]

Hmm I get charged nine something every time I go to buy a tag.

Are people being billed automatically or using tags?

Dizzyblonde

I pay €55 twice a year and €9.35 per tag.

timetogo

peteb2 wrote: »

Just FYI for people I rang Panda and they are basically charging €55 for the year and will give you free collections for 6 months. 8.70 a lift on the black bin after that. Green and brown are free. To avail of the €55 off the standard €110 you have to pay it upfront.

Would be handy if they had that on their website. I was looking around a couple of weeks ago as Greenstar were asking me to renew. I checked the Panda website, saw that they wanted you to talk to them to get a price. Feck that. I renewed with Greenstar.

peteb2

timetogo wrote: »

Would be handy if they had that on their website. I was looking around a couple of weeks ago as Greenstar were asking me to renew. I checked the Panda website, saw that they wanted you to talk to them to get a price. Feck that. I renewed with Greenstar.

Hence my initial rant.

How much did Greenstar charge you considering they're giving special deals for new customers? Or did they only offer the 12 month with 2 months free to knock your renewal date out to March!

timetogo

peteb2 wrote: »

Hence my initial rant.

How much did Greenstar charge you considering they're giving special deals for new customers? Or did they only offer the 12 month with 2 months free to knock your renewal date out to March!

Yeah, only the 2 months free. I signed up as my only options were Greenstar or Panda. If I couldn't get the prices for Panda and I had two months free with Greenstar I thought I might as well do that.

bcmf

People,
before you renew with any of them MAKE SURE you read all the small print as there are some sneaky T&C's.

peteb2

Such as?

bcmf

peteb2 wrote: »

Such as?

Contract lenght?
Penalties for breaking contract?
Do the terms in the contract specify the ongoing cost of lifting the bins though the duration of the contract?
etc.etc.

peteb2

You said "there are". Contract length is only 12 months. Because you pay annually for your service charge.
Cost of lifts are fixed.
nothing really else beyond that.

shardylan

Wondering if anyone can advise on best deal at moment .We are with panda but have received leaflet from green star offering 6mths free (€65 a year after ) then €3.20 a lift .seems like a great deal but wondering what people think .Thanks (haven't really looked into it & worried about new laws in July of it'll end up costing more in long run )

Lady_North1

Love some info on greenstar too. Website seems very vague as to actual costs per lift.

Ginny

Cost per lift will mean nothing in June afaik, everything is going per Kg. As far as I rmember green star is €8 or a lift with a €95 service charge and a fuel surcharge per month too, tbh they're all a rip off.

timetogo

From my Greenstar (Fingal bill)

You pay a standing charge of €17.18 per quarter. (So that's €68.72 per year)
+ €1 per month for fuel surcharge.
Then €2.8 basic per lift of your black bin.
Then 25c per Kg.

That's from my last bill in Dec. My bin weighs 20Kg on average (that's pretty jammed in).

DomhnallOg

From what I hear the Department has postponed the per kg charging requirement for 12 months.

T-Maxx

timetogo wrote: »

From my Greenstar (Fingal bill)

You pay a standing charge of €17.18 per quarter. (So that's €68.72 per year)
+ €1 per month for fuel surcharge.
Then €2.8 basic per lift of your black bin.
Then 25c per Kg.

That's from my last bill in Dec. My bin weighs 20Kg on average (that's pretty jammed in).

Are the brown and green bins free of charge regardless of number of lifts and weight?

timetogo

T-Maxx wrote: »

Are the brown and green bins free of charge regardless of number of lifts and weight?

I dont think the brown bins are free. I don't have one.
The green bins are free.

peteb2

timetogo wrote: »

From my Greenstar (Fingal bill)

You pay a standing charge of €17.18 per quarter. (So that's €68.72 per year)
+ €1 per month for fuel surcharge.
Then €2.8 basic per lift of your black bin.
Then 25c per Kg.

That's from my last bill in Dec. My bin weighs 20Kg on average (that's pretty jammed in).

Not doubting you but I don't think it was ever that price in 2014 for Greenstar. The basic lift on the black bin is €8 and some change. Per lift. Not on a weighted basis. And the annual charge was €110.

Ginny

Yup my surcharge was €95 at least.

timetogo

peteb2 wrote: »

Not doubting you but I don't think it was ever that price in 2014 for Greenstar. The basic lift on the black bin is €8 and some change. Per lift. Not on a weighted basis. And the annual charge was €110.

Well I was reading that from my bill. I've been paying per KG for ages. I'm in Swords.

Maybe I'm on some discounted rate. I don't have a brown bin. I doubt that'd explain a 30 euro difference.

I have a compost bin instead. It's like a black hole. I've been throwing stuff into it for years and it seems to evaporate.

Ginny

I'm in swords too, did you join recently? My bill outlines what kgs my bins are but its still a flat rate per bin. Brown bin should be free anyway.
Actually could you have paid x as a deposit on the yearly rate and then the rest split over the year, they did that to me one year.

timetogo

Ginny wrote: »

I'm in swords too, did you join recently? My bill outlines what kgs my bins are but its still a flat rate per bin. Brown bin should be free anyway.
Actually could you have paid x as a deposit on the yearly rate and then the rest split over the year, they did that to me one year.

Nope. I've been with Greenstar for years. Just had a look at my bill now. It has 62.50kg @ 25.00 cent per KG.

Actually the bill I have is from Oct. But it's always about the €40 per quarter mark for me.

peteb2

Are you sure that 40 a quarter isnt your lifts? that's what mine would be.

Ginny

From the horse mouth: Standard customers are on annual standing charge of €110, €8.50 for a general waste lift and €13.62 fuel surcharge every year

T-Maxx

Is that Greenstar's? What about green and brown bins? Per kg rate?

peteb2

Greenstar dont charge by kg currently. and brown and green are free.