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Hippo Bags
A word of warning to anyone tempted by these:
http://www.hippowaste.co.uk Basicly an alternative to a small skip. You pay about £12 for the bag from B&Q, Wickes etc. Fill it up, then call and pay for collection. Collection is about £55, depending on the size of the bag. All well and good, now the warning. Make sure you read the small print. The bag must be placed within 4m of the boundary of the house or they will not collect. Foolishly, I assumed that with a driveway that can easily fit 5 cars and a 12 foot wide entrance, they would have no problem collecting from more than 4m away. Their vehicles have an arm which picks up the bags. I thought they'd be able to back their truck in, and use the arm to collect the bag from behind the vehicle. Apparently, they are not allowed to do this. It's got to be within 4m of the roadside, or no pickup. They will collect with a different vehicle for an extra £38 or so, which is probably what I will have to do. There's now way I'm unloading a 1.5tonnes of concrete, soil and rubble,moving it 6 feet, and putting it all back in again :-( Life is too short. Anyway, just to warn others. And please, for those tempted to reply along the lines of "should have read the instructions", "shouldn't have assumed...", please don't bother. I know. This has ben a public service anouncement. Jon. |
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... A word of warning to anyone tempted by these: http://www.hippowaste.co.uk Basicly an alternative to a small skip. You pay about £12 for the bag from B&Q, Wickes etc. Fill it up, then call and pay for collection. Collection is about £55, depending on the size of the bag. All well and good, now the warning. Make sure you read the small print. The bag must be placed within 4m of the boundary of the house or they will not collect. Foolishly, I assumed that with a driveway that can easily fit 5 cars and a 12 foot wide entrance, they would have no problem collecting from more than 4m away. Their vehicles have an arm which picks up the bags. I thought they'd be able to back their truck in, and use the arm to collect the bag from behind the vehicle. Apparently, they are not allowed to do this. It's got to be within 4m of the roadside, or no pickup. They will collect with a different vehicle for an extra £38 or so, which is probably what I will have to do. There's now way I'm unloading a 1.5tonnes of concrete, soil and rubble,moving it 6 feet, and putting it all back in again :-( Life is too short. Anyway, just to warn others. And please, for those tempted to reply along the lines of "should have read the instructions", "shouldn't have assumed...", please don't bother. I know. This has ben a public service anouncement. Jon. I used to live in a house with a private shared concrete parking area, which was damaged (a drain collapsed) by a fairly small skip lorry. I'm not surprised that they don't want their truck going into people's driveways. |
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wrote in message ... A word of warning to anyone tempted by these: http://www.hippowaste.co.uk Basicly an alternative to a small skip. You pay about £12 for the bag from B&Q, Wickes etc. Fill it up, then call and pay for collection. Collection is about £55, depending on the size of the bag. All well and good, now the warning. Make sure you read the small print. The bag must be placed within 4m of the boundary of the house or they will not collect. Foolishly, I assumed that with a driveway that can easily fit 5 cars and a 12 foot wide entrance, they would have no problem collecting from more than 4m away. Their vehicles have an arm which picks up the bags. I thought they'd be able to back their truck in, and use the arm to collect the bag from behind the vehicle. Apparently, they are not allowed to do this. It's got to be within 4m of the roadside, or no pickup. They will collect with a different vehicle for an extra £38 or so, which is probably what I will have to do. There's now way I'm unloading a 1.5tonnes of concrete, soil and rubble,moving it 6 feet, and putting it all back in again :-( Life is too short. Anyway, just to warn others. And please, for those tempted to reply along the lines of "should have read the instructions", "shouldn't have assumed...", please don't bother. I know. This has ben a public service anouncement. Jon. Yep. They are ****s. I have seen them refuse to remove a bag from what could only be described as a car park (massive open spaced flat driveway) as the bag was more than 4m from the roadside. Adam |
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wrote in message ... A word of warning to anyone tempted by these: http://www.hippowaste.co.uk Basicly an alternative to a small skip. You pay about £12 for the bag from B&Q, Wickes etc. Fill it up, then call and pay for collection. Collection is about £55, depending on the size of the bag. Excellent - just what I was looking for ! All well and good, now the warning. Make sure you read the small print. I bet you feel a right idiot for not following your own advice. |
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wrote in message ... A word of warning to anyone tempted by these: http://www.hippowaste.co.uk Basicly an alternative to a small skip. You pay about £12 for the bag from B&Q, Wickes etc. Fill it up, then call and pay for collection. Collection is about £55, depending on the size of the bag. All well and good, now the warning. Make sure you read the small print. I have used them quite frequently over past few years and I find the service excellent. They are happy to lift the bag over my 6ft high fence but of course the road is directly adjacent. Maybe their T&C's are such because of bad experiences in the past. David - Milton Keynes |
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In article , "Frank" writes: wrote in message ... A word of warning to anyone tempted by these: http://www.hippowaste.co.uk Basicly an alternative to a small skip. You pay about £12 for the bag from B&Q, Wickes etc. Fill it up, then call and pay for collection. Collection is about £55, depending on the size of the bag. Excellent - just what I was looking for ! Do compare local prices for a skip though. -- Andrew Gabriel [email address is not usable -- followup in the newsgroup] |
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wrote in message ... A word of warning to anyone tempted by these: http://www.hippowaste.co.uk Basicly an alternative to a small skip. You pay about £12 for the bag from B&Q, Wickes etc. Fill it up, then call and pay for collection. Collection is about £55, depending on the size of the bag. and you don't get the bag back...is that right? mark |
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Mungo "Two Sheds" Toadfoot wrote:
wrote: They will collect with a different vehicle for an extra £38 or so, which is probably what I will have to do. There's now way I'm unloading a 1.5tonnes of concrete, soil and rubble,moving it 6 feet, and putting it all back in again :-( Life is too short. Tie it to a car and drag the ******* out. If the bottom falls out when he lifts it tell him his bags are crap and you're going to charge them to fill up another one. Or wait till he arrives & block his truck in with a few vehicles. Get a few neighboors to appear holding cameras. -- Dave - The Medway Handyman www.medwayhandyman.co.uk 01634 717930 07850 597257 |
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writes wrote in message ... A word of warning to anyone tempted by these: http://www.hippowaste.co.uk Basicly an alternative to a small skip. You pay about £12 for the bag from B&Q, Wickes etc. Fill it up, then call and pay for collection. Collection is about £55, depending on the size of the bag. and you don't get the bag back...is that right? No. (or rather yes you are correct ...) They aren't esp. good value, compared to a skip, but I can see they serve a purpose -- Chris French |
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"Simon" wrote in message ... .... I used to live in a house with a private shared concrete parking area, which was damaged (a drain collapsed) by a fairly small skip lorry. I'm not surprised that they don't want their truck going into people's driveways. Not an uncommon problem, along with driveway manhole covers not normally being rated for lorries. We used to live in a converted Pub, so the drive had been built to take beer delivery lorries, but experienced lorry drivers were always unwilling to enter until we had assured them of that fact.. Colin Bignell |
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Skipweasel writes In article , newspost-c- says... They aren't esp. good value, compared to a skip, but I can see they serve a purpose Nah - take the trailer down the dump. Kind a difficult if you don't have trailer. -- Chris French |
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