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Stolen Bin thread

462 replies

ichifanny · 10/01/2019 10:22

I have one of the larger council issued bins as I have 4 children , my neighbour also does though their bin is far older as they have grown up children .
I clean mine after each collection with bleach etc so it’s still fairly new looking .
I realised last week we have a stinking mouldy one instead now so been watching on bin collection day and realised my neighbour has swapped them over .
Now this could be a mistake I highly doubt they haven’t noticed theirs is now cleaner and bigger , so today is the day I’m getting it back . The man next door can be strange so I’m relauctant to approach him to ask for it back as I think he won’t back down so I’m just going to do a swap as soon as they are emptied , currently lying in wait .... wish me luck .

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hellsbellsmelons · 10/01/2019 13:03

Come on bin men.
Hope your appointment goes well.

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ichifanny · 10/01/2019 13:04

I’ll give him the benefit of the doubt just now and assume it’s an accidental mix up , time and how they act will tell .

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AuRevoirAdios · 10/01/2019 13:04

I think when OP updates that the bin has been emptied and safely brought back to its rightful place there will be a collective cheer from all the readers that will be heard across the country Grin

WhentheRabbitsWentWild · 10/01/2019 13:07

I had this . First Christmas here and somebody nicked my recycle bin

I got a sharpie, a new bin delivered by the council, wrote with the sharpie on recycling and waste bin plus now my food wastage ones .

Never did find out who had pinched my recycling one . .

AintNobodyHereButUsReindeer · 10/01/2019 13:07

When you get your bin back OP, buy a wheelie bin lock! They can only be opened by you with a key, or by the bin lorry tipping it upside down! If neighbour did steal it again, he wouldn't be able to open it!

AintNobodyHereButUsReindeer · 10/01/2019 13:08

That was a lot of exclamation marks Blush

arranbubonicplague · 10/01/2019 13:08

wheely bin liners from Amazon

I know councils vary on this but we're not allowed to use any liners in our bins (bar the approved compostable bags in the food waste bin). So, do your lorries cope with emptying the bag into the lorry or do you need to tie it up and hope that it slides out neatly? (The lorries round us have the bins mounted and tipped by gadgetry, the bins aren't emptied manually - and there are no bags to pull out that can be thrown in.)

MyEyesAreNotDeceivingMe · 10/01/2019 13:09

I’ve also got mine sharpied under the lid too. Belt n braces. My neighbour is smart so she must’ve noticed she suddenly had a pristine bin.

I realise I should let this go as it was five years ago.

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ichifanny · 10/01/2019 13:10

That’s genius Ain’t , I wish I could get rubbish out and I could tuck it away safely round the back but still full of all their stuff which gives them an argument of bin being theirs , I need possession of it to get the upper hand here .Grin

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IDECLAREBANKRUPTCY · 10/01/2019 13:11

My neighbour did this once. Hers was cracked and she swapped it for ours. My dh told her she had ours but she denied it. She put it back quickly though when she realised ours was not nice and clean and smelt worse than hers.

WhatchaMaCalllit · 10/01/2019 13:17

Now that you've put your number on it, if they do try the old switcheroo when the bins have been collected, you can roll theirs up to their front door, knock and say "I believe you have my bin. My number is on it. This seems to be yours. Can we swap them around please?" and no aggro needs to happen. All nice and neighbourly.

Also means that you don't have to hang around and wait for the bin lorry to arrive. All done sociable like. Grin

Kbear · 10/01/2019 13:18

Look I'm waiting to go out for lunch here but Bin-Gate has got me hooked.

AintNobodyHereButUsReindeer · 10/01/2019 13:20

This is what you need, they're called gravity locks. That should stop the CFers Grin

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ichifanny · 10/01/2019 13:20

Exactly whatcha that’s the plan , it extends it slightly though waiting on this damn bin uplift . I could have it tucked in for the night ( and then ignore the doorbell all night ) had it been emptied .

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DaysOfCurlySpencer · 10/01/2019 13:30

Take it in even though it is full, then put their rubbish in their bin. Get a bin lock for yours, and a coloured wrap to go round it. Numbers on the top and also the bottom.

Bin lock should stop them being able to use it unless the keys fit all bin locks and they get one, which would be going a but too far even for them.

DishingOutDone · 10/01/2019 13:30

Oh no OP, time is ticking on! You've been out there 3 times already! Where is this all going to end and what if the binmen don't come today?! I have to out soon too so placemaking, and very much onside.

We had a new couple move in a few years back and if anything was new, they considered it theirs. So we had an elderly neighbour who took great care of his bin and had actually written out a small label with his name and address in copperplate handwriting and stuck it neatly on the side of the bin. Nonetheless, new couple took his bin. Bear in mind he lived 4 doors away from them and these are fairly big houses so maybe they'd even gone round and chosen a nice one from the 20 houses in our cul de sac! Eventually I put it back, I swopped it as I knew elderly gent didn't want to cause a fuss.

Then there was the day they needed to turn off their water. I had a new water main at the bottom of my drive. They had the old 1930s one at the bottom of theirs. Simple. They didn't want a nasty old water main, so they turned my water off instead.

This was the mentality of the people; that as mine was new, it must be theirs even though it was not connected to their water! You could see their faces as they tried to process this terrible information that the new one was mine, it being outside my house and connected to my water. How could this be? The injustice!

Loughers · 10/01/2019 13:31

u can also use a hot poker to melt number onto bin - what do you mean overkill ? ?!! Smile

DobbyTheHouseElk · 10/01/2019 13:32

I have made my bin look unattractive to bin thieves by painting foot high numbers on with white paint. No one has wanted my bin after that.

billybagpuss · 10/01/2019 13:33

Are you back home yet, have they been

Ethel36 · 10/01/2019 13:36

I've been reading your thread then bought some personalised bin stickers on line! As I don't want it to happen to me! Hope you get your bin back..minus their rubbish!

DaffodilPower · 10/01/2019 13:38

I'm loving this....!

Bloominglovely · 10/01/2019 13:39

Any update OP?

LucyAutumn · 10/01/2019 13:39

Good on you OP, can't stand blatant CF'ery like this, you take back what is so obviously yours and scribble your house number all over that bin!!!

CantWaitToRetire · 10/01/2019 13:47
CupcakesAndCastles · 10/01/2019 13:49

Shameless place mark :)