My wheelie bin was stolen on collection day, and now the council want me to pay to replace it.
It was probably stolen because the thieves didn't want to pay for their own replacement.
Posted Jul 14, 2014, 5:28 PM UTC
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Go and steal one from outside a council house. I bet they won't be made to pay for one.
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Can confirm, ours disappeared one day and we got a new one within a couple of days.
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Seems only those not paying council tax are those who get the best benefits of it
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Yeah! Those lucky people! I'd happily give up my comfortable home in a nice area I chose so I can get a free replacement bin!
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The less fortunate get all the breaks!
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Tell them you saw it disappear into the back of the bin wagon, which it quite possibly did.
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Take your rubbish round the Town Hall and dump it in their bins instead.
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Cornwall doesn't even have wheelie bins.
We also have a huge seagull population. Do you know what seagulls like? Bins. Filthy, filthy bins.
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You guys get bloomin' kevlar lined binbags, though.
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They must have been desperate so when it gets you down, just think of the thieves' happy faces as they sail away upon your wheelie bin to far off shores and happier climes.
It's far better than trying to work out what one of your neighbours did to their wheelie bin that made it completely inoperable.
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Was it marked? If so wait for next bin day and steal it back, it won't have gone far.
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I'm curious. How much does a wheelie bin cost?
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They had them in Costco not long back. 35-40 quid if my memory serves me well.
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See if anybody is having building work done - we had 3 bins disappear over the last 2 years which all were returned filled with rubble the same day the building vans left the street.
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Good idea.
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Tell them to fuck off. Put your rubbish into bags. If they don't collect, drop it at the Town Hall (after telling your local paper what time you will be there).
In future make sure your door number is on it.
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I'd be less annoyed if my number weren't on it. As it happens, it was.
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We got new brown food-waste bins that slot into our normal rubbish bin. First day, binmen put it in the crusher. We now don't have a food-waste bin.
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Is it not the council's bin in the first place?
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Hang on, why would someone steal a wheelie bin?
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because theres broke and the council charges for a new one.
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Steal somebody else's.
It's the Circle of Life.