Sorry it's been awhile.
Well, I just had a tonne of stuff shipped out which was nice. Not to another country but to the local Jyv�skyl�n dumpster.
I asked around and found out there is such a service that the city provides (not sure about all cities in Finland - but at least in JKL) - where you can contact them for a truck and people will come take your bigger waste items away and deposit them at the dumpster.
(I've linked the JKL one for you - but it's in Finnish only).
I thankfully had the patience to wait for my Finnish friend to call them - as the person on the phone didn't speak English.
They wanted to know what we had to get rid of (as this determined the price) and my name, address and phone number.
And also - my Finnish social security number.
The reason for this is because I didn't need to pay on site!!
The city of JKL will send me a bill later for the service...which was only 30�!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
What a great price - I mean really!!!
This is what I got rid of:
Well, I just had a tonne of stuff shipped out which was nice. Not to another country but to the local Jyv�skyl�n dumpster.
I asked around and found out there is such a service that the city provides (not sure about all cities in Finland - but at least in JKL) - where you can contact them for a truck and people will come take your bigger waste items away and deposit them at the dumpster.
(I've linked the JKL one for you - but it's in Finnish only).
I thankfully had the patience to wait for my Finnish friend to call them - as the person on the phone didn't speak English.
They wanted to know what we had to get rid of (as this determined the price) and my name, address and phone number.
And also - my Finnish social security number.
The reason for this is because I didn't need to pay on site!!
The city of JKL will send me a bill later for the service...which was only 30�!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
What a great price - I mean really!!!
This is what I got rid of:
- Sofa - wooden framed, old, creaky and the cushions were also falling apart!
- 2 dressers
- HUGE television (thanks to the four-year old who pulled it down twice...)
- A double stroller
- A crib
All this stuff was broken, not worth selling (or buying) and wouldn't fit into a car anyway.
After speaking with them, they advised my friend that my info has been passed on to their logistics center and they'll contact me with a scheduled time and we can arrange when to pick everything up.
Fantastic!
We started knitting and watching a movie ("The Vow" if you really must know) and within half an hour - my phone rang!!
It was the logistics center and because the guy didn't speak English (nor is my Finnish up to par with the whole "I need X, X, X, X, X tossed away") - my friend thankfully spoke with him.
It was the logistics center and because the guy didn't speak English (nor is my Finnish up to par with the whole "I need X, X, X, X, X tossed away") - my friend thankfully spoke with him.
They had an immediate opening and could come right away!
Well, small problem - I wasn't home.
So we scheduled it for the following day at 12:30 and they were on time, friendly and professional.
Within 15 minutes - everything was gone and loaded up.
I sort of cheated and got the smaller things like dressers, cushions and so on - tossed out in the hallway....partly because I didn't want the guys to wake up the baby and partly because my place is a mess! ;)
Time for a donut!
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