Waste costs and plumbing

I called Allied Waste Services in Fall River, MA and they told me that a refrigerator or a couch cost $65 a piece to be picked up. Appliance pick up is every other thursday (next is oct 2) and furniture pick up is the second saturday (next is oct 18) of every month. These costs are silly. Tyler has suggested some service called EZ-waste (I presume it's here) which is located in Westerly. That may be a good solution if the rates are reasonable.

I checked the BBB and Greenwood Plumbing looks all right. I haven't checked Angie's list (incidentally, their rates are a $5 sign up fee and then $1.30 per month or $10 for a year, $18 for 2 years, $25.50 for 3, and $32 for 4) because it costs money but the list of local BBB accredited pluming contractor companies is located here. We can look at their reliability reports and decide on three plumbers based on that.

Edit: Greenwood has had 2 complaints in the last 36 months, 1 was resolved and the other was administratively closed but it did receive a good review at merchant circle. P & D Plumbing, C.W. Cummings, Phillip's Plumbing, and Daniel's Plumbing have all received no complaints in the last 3 years.

Let's be sure to consider these things as well (basically:
ask for license and check number to see if it's current and if there are complaints
ask if the worker has insurance up to at least $500,000
ask how long they've been in business and for references
ask about cost
ask if clean up is included and make sure it's stated in the contract
ask if work is guaranteed
get a written estimate
ask contractors and realtors).