Recycling changes...

Mudgie · Dec 15, 2020

MilleD said:
They appear to have removed that little nugget as far as I can see.

Personally I don't really have an issue with the charge. It's a non statutory service so was always going to be in the firing line.

Perhaps club together with a neighbour and pay half?

I am not questioning the new charge, only the method or methods of payment.

PeterD · Dec 15, 2020

Mudgie said:
I was referring to someone like myself who, though neither quite “illiterate” nor having "former financial issues", has never had monthly or quarterly standing orders and has never bought anything in a shop or pub with a credit or debit card.
And I'm also referring to those without bank accounts.

Thats shocking, not in a bad way. It must be so much harder to live that way. Genuinely. All said, well done for doing it.

Mudgie · Dec 15, 2020

MilleD said:
Is your whole life spent going to places to pay them cash?

No, I go to places where I wish to buy something.

Mudgie · Dec 15, 2020

Lucy said:
I am sure the council will be aware of those with difficulties.

I work for a company that accepts DDs as standard, however I've wandered past reception from time to time when someone has walked in asking to pay cash. Just because it's not offered to everyone doesn't mean it can't or won't be done.

Yes, but surely such options should have been mentioned on the card sent to us all.

c0tt0nt0p · Dec 15, 2020

Mudgie said:
Yes, but surely such options should have been mentioned on the card sent to us all.

It's very much a sign of the times, but the only people who can answer the question are the council...

Mudgie · Dec 15, 2020

PeterD said:
Thats shocking, not in a bad way. It must be so much harder to live that way. Genuinely. All said, well done for doing it.

No, easier rather than "so much harder to live that way".
Since suffering a stroke eleven years ago I've had to take things easy and that includes paying for things as I always have done rather than trying to adopt new practices and checking all sorts of transactions on a bank statement.

Lucy · Dec 15, 2020

Mudgie said:
Yes, but surely such options should have been mentioned on the card sent to us all.

I don't think many companies do that.

MilleD · Dec 15, 2020

The Hawk said:
They have indeed removed the reference to using the green bin on their website.

However, I think it was mentioned on the cards they sent out.

Oh, and it is a statutory service, despite their carefully worded propaganda. It's just that they don't have to provide a separate bin for garden waste.

I meant the separate green waste collection isn't statutory. General waste is statutory.

MilleD · Dec 15, 2020

Mudgie said:
No, I go to places where I wish to buy something.

Like water and insurance and things?

Kudos to you. I honestly think I wouldn't be able to cope with remembering things to be paid etc.

MilleD · Dec 15, 2020

Mudgie said:
I am not questioning the new charge, only the method or methods of payment.

Others were though.

I believe you can no longer pay cash to the Borough Council, but they do take payments for council tax in the post office - perhaps this is the same?

Mudgie · Dec 15, 2020

MilleD said:
Like water and insurance and things?

Kudos to you. I honestly think I wouldn't be able to cope with remembering things to be paid etc.

A water bill drops trough the door twice a year. I go and pay it. So no copying with remembering things to be paid etc

Mudgie · Dec 15, 2020

Lucy said:
I don't think many companies do that.

But Stafford Borough Council have a monopoly on domestic waste collection and so we don't have a choice of "many companies".
It's like passing by a pub with a "Card payments only" notice on its door.

MilleD · Dec 15, 2020

Mudgie said:
But Stafford Borough Council have a monopoly on domestic waste collection and so we don't have a choice of "many companies".
It's like passing by a pub with a "Card payments only" notice on its door.

That's not quite true. There are companies that will do household waste collections. But they aren't allowed to use the council's bins and they work out pretty expensive.

Mudgie · Dec 15, 2020

MilleD said:
Others were though.

I believe you can no longer pay cash to the Borough Council, but they do take payments for council tax in the post office - perhaps this is the same?

Yes indeed.
So if the £36 can be paid on a Council Tax Payment Card at a Post Office that should have been mentioned on the card sent to us all.

Gramaisc · Dec 15, 2020

I've known a few people who weren't allowed to have bank accounts.

Thehooperman · Dec 15, 2020

MilleD said:
Is your whole life spent going to places to pay them cash?

No a bloke in the pub does it for him/her, @Mudgie's life seems to be spent going to places to drink and meet people

proactive · Dec 15, 2020

Mudgie said:
Yes, but surely such options should have been mentioned on the card sent to us all.

Well they weren't, so the simplest thing to do would be to contact the council and ask them the question. Ring them or send them an email.

rudie111 · Dec 15, 2020

proactive said:
Well they weren't, so the simplest thing to do would be to contact the council and ask them the question. Ring them or send them an email.

Or bang on about it on a forum :heyhey:

MilleD · Dec 15, 2020

Thehooperman said:
No a bloke in the pub does it for him/her, @Mudgie's life seems to be spent going to places to drink and meet people

Considering they've only been on since June, that's pretty impressive!

c0tt0nt0p · Dec 15, 2020

I used cash for the first time in around 6 months at the weekend in Asda when I realised I had an excess amount of "notes" in the wallet.... Felt odd using them!!!

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