kollect.ie

Go with someone else

I looked for a quote for a 6 yard skip after a house clear out. Got a phone call from them shortly after and I explained that I had approx. 40 bin bags (not all full to capacity) plus old goal post, coffee table etc. Have hired skips before (not from this company) so I knew what I needed. Sales guy on phone pushed me to go with what he called 'the man with the van' instead. It worked out more expensive than the skip I wanted but he told me that it would also take electrical items which I had known wouldn't be possible with the skip. The electrical items were not a deal breaker for me as I had planned to bring them elsewhere but I thought it would be worth the extra money to include them and get rid of all in one go. I asked clearly and repeatedly if the van would take the same amount as the skip - he said if I ordered the 'quarter van' it would be the same. He said it was a big lorry and would 'compact my materials'. Went ahead with it on his assurance and on the day a regular looking furniture van shows up. Straight away the 2 guys tell me that there's no way they could take all of my rubbish. I am left with approx. 15 bin bags still to get rid of. They were nice guys and it wasn't their fault but they 100% agreed that if I had ordered the skip it would have held all of the rubbish. One of them expressed frustration that the staff on the phone are not explaining the difference between the van and skip to customers. I'm out €380 (again, dearer than the skip would have been) and still have 15 bin bags to dispose of. Not to mention my own labour of spending days sorting my rubbish into bin bags to make it easier for the guys to put it in the van and had it all arranged on my front drive for them. I wouldn't have had to do any of that if I got the skip - I could have just thrown all in as I went along. I don't recommend this company, I think they are deliberately dishonest in promoting the more expensive van option over the skip option.

Date of experience: Aug 13, 2025