JustSomeone
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Hi all,
Long, boring and number filled post follows... I'm only posting because I don't see how this adds up, and the sales flunkie on the phone was unable to explain the calculation.
Panda have been leafletting my area in Clondalkin, telling me that I could be saving €117 by switching to them for my bin collection. The €117 is asterisked to say it represents an average consumer putting their black bin out 48 times a year.
Panda advises that the black bins have a 20kg capacity. Regardless of whether I go with Panda or the corpo (via Oxigen), I will have to pay per bin, so you can be sure the bin will be stuffed whenever I do put it out.
The corpo charges €8 per bin regardless of weight
Panda charges €64 annually, + €3.20 per bin + 20c per kg.
Assuming 48 x 20kg bins, the annual charges work out as follows:
Panda: 64 [annual fee], + 48*3.20 [pickup fee] + 48*20*.2[weight charge]
= €491.52
Corpo: 48*8
= €384
=> Panda is €107.52 (28%) DEARER
As I say, if I'm paying per bin (either provider) I'm going to wait until it's stuffed before I put it out. Assuming 20kg per bin, I'd have to have my black bin collected 80 times a year before Panda became cheaper. 51-52 is the most collections I'll get from either provider. So that's never gonna happen.
If I crammed 25kg in every time, Panda would never be cheaper. Even if they waived the €64 annual fee.
If we continue the assumption of an average of 48 collections a year, I'd have to restrict myself to putting 17kg in the bin before Panda became cheaper than the Corpo. I'd have to be really sparing and drop to 5kg per bin before I hit the €117 difference. But that means I'd be putting out bins which are only quarter full, which would be costing me way over the odds.
So, my question to you boarders is - "Is Panda's pricing less favourable than South Dublin County Council / Oxigen's or am I making a mess of the calculations?"
Long, boring and number filled post follows... I'm only posting because I don't see how this adds up, and the sales flunkie on the phone was unable to explain the calculation.
Panda have been leafletting my area in Clondalkin, telling me that I could be saving €117 by switching to them for my bin collection. The €117 is asterisked to say it represents an average consumer putting their black bin out 48 times a year.
Panda advises that the black bins have a 20kg capacity. Regardless of whether I go with Panda or the corpo (via Oxigen), I will have to pay per bin, so you can be sure the bin will be stuffed whenever I do put it out.
The corpo charges €8 per bin regardless of weight
Panda charges €64 annually, + €3.20 per bin + 20c per kg.
Assuming 48 x 20kg bins, the annual charges work out as follows:
Panda: 64 [annual fee], + 48*3.20 [pickup fee] + 48*20*.2[weight charge]
= €491.52
Corpo: 48*8
= €384
=> Panda is €107.52 (28%) DEARER
As I say, if I'm paying per bin (either provider) I'm going to wait until it's stuffed before I put it out. Assuming 20kg per bin, I'd have to have my black bin collected 80 times a year before Panda became cheaper. 51-52 is the most collections I'll get from either provider. So that's never gonna happen.
If I crammed 25kg in every time, Panda would never be cheaper. Even if they waived the €64 annual fee.
If we continue the assumption of an average of 48 collections a year, I'd have to restrict myself to putting 17kg in the bin before Panda became cheaper than the Corpo. I'd have to be really sparing and drop to 5kg per bin before I hit the €117 difference. But that means I'd be putting out bins which are only quarter full, which would be costing me way over the odds.
So, my question to you boarders is - "Is Panda's pricing less favourable than South Dublin County Council / Oxigen's or am I making a mess of the calculations?"