First celebrated in Europe many centuries ago, Halloween has now become a distinctly American holiday. In fact, last year it is estimated by the National Retail Federation that Americans spent nearly seven billion dollars on candy, costumes, and decorations for Halloween.We want to encourage you to find fun ways to celebrate this fun-filled fall occasion while minimizing any negative effects on the environment.So, we’ve prepared a list for you of the top ...
Until three weeks ago, I hadn’t really thought much about junk removal, furniture removal, or hauling. Let me introduce myself: My name is Paloma and I’m the new Marketing Assistant at the Junkluggers. Until recently, I was just an average 30-something, who had moved a lot as a young adult, but never thought about where things went when I threw them away. Now, however, as I start considering settling down, maybe buying a ...
Each morning I wake up and stare at this bookshelf sitting across from my bed. Yes, I said bookshelf. However, this shelf now carries scads of books, a clock radio, an old lamp from that Swedish furniture company, a piggy bank, ballet shoes, figurines, photo albums, an on-the-go IPod dock and a framed etching of Britney Spears beating in Kevin Federline’s car with her umbrella that I received as a 30th birthday gift. This ...
Since I’ve been writing for this blog I’ve been thinking an awful lot about junk. Other peoples junk. Especially the amazing things my friends and acquaintances have owned over the years that I have coveted. A childhood babysitter of mine slept in a black lacquered waterbed that I fantasized about nightly while laying in my own pathetic little box spring deal. A good friend owned a fuzzy magenta sofa that featured completely mirrored ...
The Junkluggers are expanding our Customer Loyalty Center, and we’re proud to announce yet another member of our team!Hailing from Forbes’ 2009 vote for #1 Worst Small City for Job Opportunities in the United States (Give it up for Jackson, Michigan!), Andrew high-tailed it to New York City the day after his college graduation. Who could blame him? Luckily, we were able to snatch him up ourselves and add him to our team ...
Since the early 19th century Americans have been obsessed with dieting. We take extreme measures to shrink our waistlines and purge ourselves of toxins to create more healthy and happy bodies. We use mantras such as ‘You are what you eat!’ to help remind us to put down that second artisnal cupcake (or that second helping of squirrel pie perhaps if you were said early Americans). As I was doing a spring-clean recently -ok, it ...
On those sweltering summer days when you just can’t bear to leave the house, grab a cold drink and tune in to some of these great movies and TV series about junk.Sunshine Cleaning(fiction)Hilarious and touching indie comedy about bio-hazard lugging. Unfortunately, Junkluggers does not offer this service.http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0862846/Wasteland (documentary)There’s a whole village of people who live in the Rio de Janeiro dumps, called ...
As you can probably imagine, going into people’s homes and removing unwanted items entails a lot of furniture, miscellaneous housewares, and general knick-knacks. Been there, done that—all in a day’s work. However, every once in a while, we come across truly bizarre items that you can’t help shake your head and laugh. We do our best to keep track of these items, taking photos or sending out company-wide e-mails telling about ...
Josh Cohen, Josh Krisher and Asher Fink are the CEO, CFO and COO of The Junkluggers, LLC. The Junkluggers is a junk-removal company that focuses heavily on donations and recycling to keep as much junk out of the landfills as possible. The business is growing rapidly without compromising its integrity. These mensches make all our mothers proud. Despite a very-real long-standing Ramah-camps rivalry, these three Ramah Palmer guys sat down with this Ramah Berkshires girl ...
A Scene from the Mean Streets of Lugger LandBy Adam WeissmanWhen clients ask if we can provide same day service, they don’t always expect that our response will be: “how about right now?” But, that’s EXACTLY what happened last Wednesday for our newest fan in Williamsburg! Our luggers were beasting through a massive estate clean out in Bushwick, Brooklyn; three grisly floors of wet junk due to a leaky roof, when we received ...
