wow.
there's not much i can add that hasn't already been said. i too am another New Vision sucker, excuse me, "customer".
this Sebastian cat came cold-calling through my neighborhood (in LaPlata) last June/early July and gave my wife and me the pitch. we didn't sign up right away. slept on it a night or two, and checked google for reports on this company. at that time, the worst i could find was a few NoVA residents complaining about their trucks speeding through their neighborhoods. i didn't check the BBB.
we figured we'd give it a try, since it would be saving us nearly 50% on our trash bills. seems we all know how this went from there. funny thing is this thread was started several weeks after we started with NV. if only i had waited!
at any rate, fast-forward to today. today is supposed to be the first day Affordable Refuse picks up my garbage. i have high hopes, as i've seen their trucks constantly in my neighborhood over the years. my renewal was supposed to be up with NV 1 July. i sent my invoice back to them with 'Cancel my service. You guys suck.' hand-written across the invoice. i also told them by my count, they owe me $33 since they halved my service without my consent. i told them they can either give me $33 or else i keep their bin. their choice (Affordable charges for a bin, so if i can abscond with this one, it'll be a bonus) we'll see how that works out.
i still see NV trucks driving up and down MD 210 (as recently as this AM), so i think reports of their demise are greatly exaggerated at this time. however, i gotta think this company is on life support. i can only hope.
finally, i have a web hosting company i run outside of my paying job, and i have registered newvisiontrashsucks.com . i haven't decided what to do with it yet, but when i get a breather in a week or to i will wire it up with some basic info. i certainly don't want to hijack the community here and this epic thread, but i plan on allowing comments and sharing of your story, etc. so i will be back with some more info on how to participate. (if the mods here don't appreciate me mentioning this, kindly let me know and i'll edit it out)
so anyway, this is my first post here. name IRL is John. add me to the NV body count.
happy to make your acquaintance. peace.
there's not much i can add that hasn't already been said. i too am another New Vision sucker, excuse me, "customer".
this Sebastian cat came cold-calling through my neighborhood (in LaPlata) last June/early July and gave my wife and me the pitch. we didn't sign up right away. slept on it a night or two, and checked google for reports on this company. at that time, the worst i could find was a few NoVA residents complaining about their trucks speeding through their neighborhoods. i didn't check the BBB.
we figured we'd give it a try, since it would be saving us nearly 50% on our trash bills. seems we all know how this went from there. funny thing is this thread was started several weeks after we started with NV. if only i had waited!
at any rate, fast-forward to today. today is supposed to be the first day Affordable Refuse picks up my garbage. i have high hopes, as i've seen their trucks constantly in my neighborhood over the years. my renewal was supposed to be up with NV 1 July. i sent my invoice back to them with 'Cancel my service. You guys suck.' hand-written across the invoice. i also told them by my count, they owe me $33 since they halved my service without my consent. i told them they can either give me $33 or else i keep their bin. their choice (Affordable charges for a bin, so if i can abscond with this one, it'll be a bonus) we'll see how that works out.
i still see NV trucks driving up and down MD 210 (as recently as this AM), so i think reports of their demise are greatly exaggerated at this time. however, i gotta think this company is on life support. i can only hope.
finally, i have a web hosting company i run outside of my paying job, and i have registered newvisiontrashsucks.com . i haven't decided what to do with it yet, but when i get a breather in a week or to i will wire it up with some basic info. i certainly don't want to hijack the community here and this epic thread, but i plan on allowing comments and sharing of your story, etc. so i will be back with some more info on how to participate. (if the mods here don't appreciate me mentioning this, kindly let me know and i'll edit it out)
so anyway, this is my first post here. name IRL is John. add me to the NV body count.
happy to make your acquaintance. peace.
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Residing in the Newburg area our choices for trash pick seem to be few. I have called 6 different companies including Reliable and Goode, both with high recomendations. They do not serice our area. However, "Newburg Trash" (duh) 
trash does service our area. On one hand they are more expensive, by $44 per quater. For peace of mind I think it may be worth the extra $. They come once a week. You have to supply your own cans, up to three.
