We've placed an order for their "twice a month" pickup during the 2nd week of October, but only got the "official trashcan" they'll pickup delivered on November 7. We only got one pickup on November 21, but got charged for the full month (2 pickups). Then, on December 5, their driver decided he couldn't get up the private drive any longer, which started a full week of us calling for trash pickup and getting empty promises of "tomorrow" and "we're working on a solution". Finally, we tried to cut back our service to once a month, and yet, apparently they cannot find ONE DAY IN THE MONTH when they can come and pick up our trash. After that, we naturally decided to cancel the service, as they won't pick up our trash anyway. At that point, they offered their only "solution", which was basically for us to deliver the trash to them (on the town managed road) and still pay for the service. Astounding ! Finally, now they are making it very difficult to get some of our money back for the month of November, saying they only decided note to come in December, and it'll take weeks for before they can cut a check. Shame on them ! They should be refunding the whole month for all our trouble. They do not understand that they run a business in VERMONT ! We have 6 month of winter, every year, this one is by no means a bad winter (yet), and that should not stop them from performing the service we pay for. Winter conditions and the "state" of our private dirt drive, which is plowed and well maintained, has NEVER STOPPED us (with regular cars), or other companies truck from delivering their services, such as heating oil (Cota & Cota) or mail service (UPS, FedEx, and USPS). These companies just know that they run a business in VT, train their drivers, and plan their vehicles accordingly (I assume they have snow tires, etc...). They do not use the winter conditions as an excuse not to deliver. Maybe Cassella should ask them (and themselves) how they do it, and why they cannot. This is very disappointing... instead of making excuses ("the road is impracticable for our trucks"), they should actually find good solution, update their fleet, have smaller, lighter trucks for more remote/rural locations, and instead of taking weeks for a partial refund, they should offer full refund in compensation for our trouble. I sincerely hope they treat their other, easily accessible and more conveniently located customers, better. read more