Re (arrives 6.35am and not a thing left 10mins later, great service.)

Good service but maybe costly service.

Our council asks if we have any steel items, if so (to me) a steel merchant comes around and picks up the steel, probably on a contract, so hopefully no cost to the council, then later the non steel items are taken away. BUT this operation may take up to 4 days to complete. My version may not be 100% correct, just what appears to happen.

Peter

Gday...

  I am not too bright, so could you please explain, Bruce?

So if you need/want to put rubbish outside on the footpath (?) (for collection?) you need to 'pre-book' the council to pick it up and to put that rubbish out not until the day before you want it picked up/collected?

Is that what you did?

So following pre-booking, and I assume nominating the day you required pick-up/collection, you put the rubbish out at 10pm on the day before collection - so the neighbours would not pilfer your rubbish.

The council, that you had pre-booked, arrived at 6.35am and picked up the rubbish you had put out for their collection? On the day nominated?

I assume you believe the calls from the real estate agents are somehow linked to the putting out of rubbish and/or the council picking up that rubbish.

What do you mean by a 'private number'? Is this what used to be called a "silent" number/"unlisted" number?

Have I completely missed the point - how does this determine that your council is corrupt?

Cheers - John

rockylizard wrote:

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Have I completely missed the point - how does this determine that your council is corrupt?

Cheers - John

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He is saying that he has a silent number and that the real estates agents have somehow obtained it, most likely from the council.

brickies wrote:

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Well if it's a silent number how would the council find the number .

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when he booked pickup

Hi Dog Box, Merry CHRISTMAS,

They have us on Record.

Jim

No problems with kerbside pick up in Brisbane.

The council advises by a letterbox drop of the WEEK that they will be doing a free pick up for each suburb (Seems like an annual event).

So we all put the stuff out on the preceeding Sunday & then the drive bys start.  Often in trucks or beat up old trailers as well as family groups etc.

One of my neighbours picked up an old stereo system out of my pile & so I rummaged around & found her the user manual.   Always waves as she drives past these days.

I've had people stop & pick up a pushbike & leave behind a more beat up one.

Then there's those who open up TVs and take out stuff that they want.  Others seem to specialise in white goods .. for the metal?

Quite often there is little left for the council contractors when they finally turn up.

 

Back to the Council story of the original post ...  reminds me of many years ago when my company (Telecom), used to wire multi occupied buildings for communications.  The council would provide us with monthly reports of all building applications so that where appropriate we could contact the builders to specify the cabling required & to do the work during construction. Might be something of the same occurring with your council.

 

Jim & Lambie, I am not suggesting you do this but, the thought floated through my naughty little brain box. If you could find the Shire Presidents home address and leave you rubbish out the front of his place at 2 am one morning, it might make the local news paper a bit more interesting.
Simmo.

I'm outa here.

We don't get clean-up at all. Our tip used to be free, but now it is charged - I think at $15 per load - and you have to have the load sorted in your trailer or you pay more. The tip is only open a couple of hours on a Wednesday and Sunday.

I do a 20 min drive to a free one, mostly out of principle.

Our council is definitely corrupt, but aren't they all?

J.

Someone from outer Space is watching , I get phone calls all the time about my Windows and solar , Who can I call, ghost busters .