<prompt> Human: I called my local garbage man and asked if I could rent a dumpster. He said they are 225 and hed delivery it Monday. I had it for about 30 days and when it was full, I called and he hauled it away. I though that was the end of it. I get a bill in the mail for over 700. He charged me an extra 10 per day beyond the 7th day and a charge for extra heavy. There was no contract other than the verbal 225 commitment and no mention of a time period or mention of a weight. What are my options here? Just mail him a letter with that info? The bill was a shock and Im pretty irked about it. Thanks!  <response>: Ill start first by noting that the bill seems normal to me. When I rented a dumpster the base price included 1 ton I think of waste and we got the dumpster for a week. Anything beyond that time and any extra waste was charged extra. I just checked out a few websites and that seems to be the typical setup. In your case, however, without any mention of the extra fees Id call and explain that you were told 225 and nobody mentioned extra fees. Then your choices are to play hardball and refuse to pay more than 225 or, alternatively, negotiate some sort of settlement thats less than 700 and more than 225. Probably around 400-450. The downside to playing hardball is that if they claim they told you about the fees it becomes he saidshe said. Theyll point out that their billing is the industry standard and likely point out the websites I found as proof of that and insist you should have known better. The upside to playing hardball is they may just accept the money and eat the loss in order to avoid bad publicity or to engage in good customer relationship. The upside to negotiating a settlement is that you dont have the hassle of fighting them if they wont accept less than the full 700.Obviously the downside to negotiating a settlement is you pay more than 225.Youll have to figure out which of those scenarios is worth it for you. In any case, I understand your frustration and if I were you Id be pretty angry. 