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    1.8 (75 reviews)
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    Stefanie N.

    I'm writing to rave about your employees of Bates in truck 229, Jesus, Oscar, and Delmar who service Lansdowne on the Potomac. When my family first moved into the community we were amazed at how hard they worked. These men would run the blocks treating trash pick up like a workout. They were efficient and speedy. It's was impressive to watch. My 2 year old son, Maverick, recently became a fan of the Netflix show "Trash Truck" and started to watch when our own Bates trash truck come to our house. He grew in awe of our trash truck and the three men who ran it. What started as an interest of trash truck turned into love and became his favorite activity to look forward to. Every Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday we wait by our living room windows until he hear trash truck turning the corner. We run outside to wave and ask trash truck to "honk honk" just like trash truck on tv. As a mom this has become one of my favorite parts of the day. Seeing my son get so excited as trash truck comes to our house is truly special. His eyes light up, he stares in awe, and no matter what was happening the minute before, he turns into the happiest little boy. The workers of our local trash truck are some of the hardest working men I've ever seen. Despite their need to finish work quickly Jesus, Oscar, and Delmar always slow down when they approach my house so my son can run out to say hi and enjoy his favorite part of the day. They each wave, smile, and "honk honk" as Maverick motions to request one. These hard workers have become our favorite curbside visitors. When they leave my son cries each time requesting to see them again and luckily for us we get to see them three time a week. I don't think Jesus, Oscar, and Delmar know how special they are to our family. Their kindness, smiles, and only seconds long interaction with my son make our entire day better. We are truly thankful for their service.

    Bates far left, Waste Management middle, American Disposal right.  No Comparison!
    Farrah M.

    Heinous service lands me here along with the rest of the 1 star reviews. Bates trucking is a horribly managed company. Customer service is lip service, and even a personal guarantee from the Owner, Tracy Bates is worth tissue from the tampon trash. Consistently missing pickups, old dumpsters in disrepair, NO customer service.. Our account has paid in full on time for 13 years. My poor father did not realize he has other options. We now have AMERICAN DISPOSAL, with responsive representatives and consistent service, I never even think about our waste management. Additionally, between our two commercial buildings- Mary is saving our business over $1600 a year! That is HUGE savings! In typical Bates fashion, their recycling dumpster has STILL not been removed. They don't show up for pickups, I don't know why I thought they would show up to remove their containers! Save yourself the hassle. Better prices and service is out there.

    Dumpsters still sitting here after requesting their removal since December 2019, it's February 11, 2020.
    Cindy S.

    This company has disappointed us. We asked for service to be canceled because several weeks would go by and trash would not be picked up. We asked for the removal of bin in December 2019 and we are in mid February 2020 and they are still here.would not recommend this commpan

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    Thank you! Here at Bates we strive to ensure our customers are happy.

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    Horrible service. They come late and leave the trash cans in the middle of the street. Just awful! Deserves NO star!

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    Not good at all. They leave more trash than they pick up, making a mess of your lawn.

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    Bates handles both Trash and Recycling, here south of Annapolis. Absolutely solid service. At $300 or so annual tax, great value.

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    Had lots on CRT TVs, some dressers, etc to remove. Called, emailed a lot of places but too…read moreexpensive. Found Junkman on Yelp, called, they responded immediately. I sent photos of what I wanted removed, they gave me an estimate over phone. It was higher than I thought but on par or lower than others. They came out, we agreed on a price, started work immediately. Didn't damage the walls or floors. David (mgr) and his crew were professional and got job done in reasonable time. I highly recommend Junkman.

    Zero stars. The owner showed up and gave a quote after taking pictures of what was to be hauled…read moreand told me to book through their website or call him so I booked a day later through their website. He called the day of the appointment and said they needed more notice even though it had been over a week since I booked the service through their website for the services they addressed in their quote. My coworker told him he had to ask me about rescheduling and they weren't on the line when I picked up. They never called back so I called them. They offered to come back the next day and I said ok. He showed up the next day and tried to increase the quote because nothing was staged for them to pick up. Never a part of the quote or discussed when the quote was handled. I addressed it with him and he proceeded to argue with me about it. I sent him and his helpers on their way. I've used other haulers that show up when they're supposed to and don't bicker about things not being staged and try to charge you more. I was looking forward to getting junk removed today and it didn't happen because of unprofessionalism from the owner himself. We'll get it removed elsewhere. I'm reading bad reviews here and seeing his responses and they're funny because he's calling out his own customers to make it out to be their fault instead of learning from his mistakes. He was cool when he came to give the quote and was someone else when he showed up to get the job done - which never got done. And he was happy to walk away when I told him forget it I'll call someone else. Never tried to make it better. Absolutely ridiculous. Stubborn and rude and not what you'd expect from the owner of a company. It's junk removal. Period. I can get someone else easily who does things the right way and puts their customers first. *UPDATE* and there you can see below for yourself his response to my negative review. Do yourself a favor and call a junk removal company who will take negative reviews seriously, honor their original quote and not argue with customers. I'll stop my "madness" now.....

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