Made in Missouri

Got Junk

Posted at July 26, 2006 14:34

The full service junk removal company, 1-800-GOTJUNK, donates or recycles up to sixty percent of the items collected. The team that arrives will remove your junk from where it sits, so there is no need to haul it to the curb. They also clean up the entire site afterward. Although prices vary depending on the volume and location of the item, the minimum charge is about eighty-eight dollars. The fee covers sorting, loading, cleanup, disposal or relocation, and item weight.

Clay McGee boasts four quality focus areas that set his Springfield branch of 1-800-GOT-JUNK apart from other junk removal services: Prompt service, up-front rates, shiny trucks, and friendly uniformed drivers. Catering to the elderly, those preparing to move, working women as well as stay-at-home moms, and commercial businesses, Clay shares a few experiences from his branch.

The oddest item collected: “We helped to get rid of a woman’s child’s baby crib, baby books, baby toys, baby everything … her baby was fifty-something years old!”

The largest item collected: An early 1900s cast iron, four-person tub. “It was so big that it would not fit through any of the doors, nor would it fit down the stairs. We had to buy all of these power tools so we could chop it into pieces and carry it out. It weighed over eight-hundred pounds.”

The smallest item collected: “One time a woman was getting rid of her very first microwave. She eally loved it and wanted it to be recycled. We went all the way out to her house to get her precious microwave.”

The most common item collected: “People throw tons of books away, and there are lots of places to take them.”

Schedule junk removal online at www.1800gotjunk.com or call 1-800-GOT-JUNK. In addition to Clay’s Springfield branch, there are two franchises in Kansas City and one in St. Louis.

—Kate Gilliam

June 2006

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