Waste Management False / Misleading Advertising - The Bagster - Sold at many retailers. Internet, Nationwide

In my city two regular trash cans are 32 gal in sise so that would only 64 gal the way you speak -- but fact are a thee cub yard contaner hold 648 gallons that would be 20 and one quarter trash cans ---- big difference

While I agree the display should have been more informative, I think that is more of a Lowes issue. In any event did you really think you were going to get all that trash hauled off for $29?

that my post at #11 was dripping with sarcastic Scottish innocence . . . ;)

mr wilson is back with his normal insightful analysis of the problem presented.

 Good thing your back Kenny, Bobbie and Kimmie have been slipping up lately. Team Rebutt need to take a break amongst it's member to refresh their dribble.

OP is a total narcissistic jackass.

Even his overly dramatic performance at Lowe's shows him to be someone who not only is totally wrong AND deceptive,, HE is the one trying to pull a Ripoff....Dealing with the public, unfortunately includes many like him.

Yes, Robert, that was a sad attempt on the part of the original poster. We were in Home Depot today and recalled the chaps disertation on how he was ripped off - looked at the packaging for the Bagster.

Lo and behold, there it was in plain English and all in capital letters:

"COLLECTION FEE IS EXTRA"
"See back for more details"

Quite cheesy attempt on his part to try and cover that up to try and add credence to his ramblings.

However, this has been blanked out in the original poster's photograph for some reason,

I went back and looked at the photos again.  Photo number 2 has clearly been "photo shopped" with a graphics program.  Indeed, it appears that TWO ATTEMPTS were made to alter the photo.  The first attempt wiped the the lettering out with a shade of green that was TOO LIGHT.  A SECOND attempt was made with a shade of green that was darker, but failed to hide the lighter green underneath.

Methinks someone has been caught trying to pull a fast one.  Perhaps someone should email a link of this RoR to WM to let them know.

The video on youtube is laughable as well.  The store manager couldn't find it on the DISPLAY and at no time in the video does the OP or the manager LOOK AT THE BAGS.

What a looser. 

all of the other corrupt individuals who have destroyed much of our country?

Thank You

***SPEEDING ALERT: Make sure to type in 805085 at this site and read that Ripoff Report for important information if you will be driving a vehicle anywhere in the USA.

The display at Walmart has the information regarding extra fees due at pickup prominently display.....both on the package and on a big cardboard sign in the center of the display.

The OP is a LIAR and deceiver trying to scam Lowe's/Waste Management and the rest of us into believing his "story."  What a loser.



"COLLECTION FEE IS EXTRA missingAUTHOR: Cos - fife (United Kingdom)SUBMITTED: Thursday, May 24, 2012POSTED: Thursday, May 24, 2012

The bag has the capital letter statement,"COLLECTION FEE IS EXTRA" boldly printed below the phone number. However, this has been blanked out in the original poster's photograph for some reason, and it looks as though there are just a couple of crudely drawn white lines. Why is this?"

The bag has the capital letter statement,"COLLECTION FEE IS EXTRA" boldly printed below the phone number. However, this has been blanked out in the original poster's photograph for some reason, and it looks as though there are just a couple of crudely drawn white lines. Why is this?

 Oh no Team Rebutt has a lawyer with them now, I'm sooooo scared

as compared  to your useless comments did you know that you may be in  of copy violation right laws with the name and picture

In the upper right corner of the backboard display is the wording advising collection fees apply.

Not that hard to find. Pay attention, OP.

Is this why your photos are completely out of focus?

 Bobby please inform us of your vast knowledge of all the world's problems and how you and Team Rebut are able to solve everything

I am an Obama loving liberal and your statements are beyond absurd.  A liberal would be more apt to be on the side of the consumer and not the "evil big company".  I have no idea how you tried to slip a union tirade in there but it's typical of current hysterical conservatives. 

It should be obvious (even to a conservative) that a product like this would have some additional information associated with it.  Just read the d**n information on the box.  It's not a difficult task but if you are one who need to be coddled at every point of shopping, maybe you should bring your mommy along next time to help.

Good grief. 

After reading your post, I almost fell out of my chair laughing.  I can't speak for Robert, but I don't work for WM, have never worked for them, and have never worked in that industry.  I'm retired military and have a very good job repairing computers and cash registers.

If you think that 3 cubic yards is only slightly more than 2 standard trash receptacles, you need to think again.  Get your tape measure out and measure out a 9ft by 3ft rectangle.  Now, take 3ft long stakes and stick them in the ground at the corners.  It's a lot bigger than you think.

As for them charging anything more than the $30 being a rip off, obviously spoken by someone who has never had to pay for their trash pick up.  I've lived in an unincorporated area where I had contract my own home trash collection, it cost quite a bit every month.

Not sure why you felt the necessity to interject politics into this, but you couldn't be any more inaccurate about me.  I'm probably one of the staunchest conservatives you'll ever meet.

Your snide remark about the 2 asterisks really made me laugh.  If the OP had done his due diligence and read the fine print, he probably wouldn't be in the situation that he's in.  In fact, if everyone performed their own due diligence and read the fine print, then a lot of these rip off reports wouldn't be here.  Could WM have made things clearer, sure.  But reading the fine print is the consumer's responsibility.  I guess you could say both, WM and the OP were at fault.  But I still believe a little common sense should have told him that there would be some sort of a pick up fee.

We have had our own issues with WM and their customer service is non-existent. Don't listen to the two WM minion fools Robert and Brian, they are probably the same person anyway and are probably employees of WM. 

I wouldn't think there would be more to pay after the $30 for only 3 cubic yards of waste. That is about the same as 2 regular trash receptacles. To pay anymore than that would a ripoff report of its' own. 

I hope you don't have regular trash service with them guys as they'll probably send over some of their jack-booted, socialist union thugs to bully you and your family around.  After watching the video I can't see how anyone would try and defend WM short of weenyfied, Obama loving, liberal, retard that will defend all corrupt union based industries to the death of America. 

Don't let them try and intimidate you with the silly "You saw asterisks, which usually means, yada yada" lol!

After watching the video and looking at the pictures you posted I'd say that it's indefensible.

If you watch the video, you will see the Lowes employee pouring over the bag for many, many minutes not finding it. That's all a Judge would need to see period. 

I work in the legal system and although I can't offer any legal advice to the complainant, I would be very surprised if Waste Management didn't settle this matter quickly, quietly, with little to no fanfare. 

Aside from state law, Federal Advertising Statutes are going to be on the side of this consumer without a doubt. 

While the terms "false" and "deceptive" are essentially the same for most, being deceptive is not the same as producing deception. What is illegal is the potential to deceive, which is interpreted to occur when consumers see the advertising to be stating to them, explicitly or implicitly, a claim that they may not realize is false and material. The latter means that the claim, if relied on for making a purchasing decision, is likely to be harmful by adversely affecting that decision. If an ad is implicitly false, evidence must be obtained for what consumers saw the ad saying, and for the materiality of that, and for the true facts about the advertised item, but no evidence is required that actual deception occurred, or that reliance occurred, or that the advertiser intended to deceive or knew that the claim was false.

In NC, VA, SC and TN - The statutes revolving around deceptive advertising are even more aggressive at consumer protection than at the FTC.

I have personally seen a far less obvious case which started off in Small Claims and was appealed up to District Court where the Def. was ordered to pay fines of almost $6k per day and the Pla. was awarded the maximum 15K.

From what I see out on the web, it looks like this is not a unique problem.

Do you really want us to believe that you honestly thought that for $29.00, you could purchase this bag, fill it up, and have Waste Management come and haul it away?  That has to be the most ludicrous thing I've heard.  I noticed in one of your photos, under the word "GONE", there was a paragraph explaining what number to call to schedule a pick up.  I also noticed that there were a couple of asterisks at the end of the paragraph.  Those tell you to look for the fine print, which I'm sure, told you that there would be an additional pick up charge.  Although, that shouldn't have been necessary, anyone with half an ounce of common sense would've known that.  You screwed up and didn't use your head or check the fine print, this is on you.  I'm sorry to be so harsh, but common sense should've told you there would be additional charges.

Your pictures are not that clear and it seems that there is additional details that we can not read.

Perhaps you can get a clearer picture of the "BUY..FILL..GONE" picture.  Because under the "GONE", there is defiantly two ** at the end that usually denotes additional details.  Then there is obviously additional text under the phone number that is out of focus.  Whether or not that discusses the additional pickup fee is impossible to say unless you can post a clearer picture.

Also, in the other picture there appears to be a holder for pamphlets that is empty, if so perhaps those provided the information as well.