The short answer
A "$99" ad is a door-opener. It typically describes the smallest possible visit, and the real job grows from there once the crew sees what you actually have. Nothing dishonest is necessarily happening. It is just that $99 was never the price of clearing a garage in Silverado Ranch.
Our numbers are the other way round. The minimum is $75 for a visit. Above that, everything is a published flat rate: a sofa is $126, a queen mattress is $103, a washer is $133. You build the list and see the total before booking. There is no headline number that turns into a different number in your driveway.
What a headline price is measuring
Low advertised prices in this market are almost always one of three things.
- A minimum. The smallest amount anyone will dispatch a truck for. Real, but it describes one small item, not a load.
- A fraction of a truck. Some operators quote by volume and the headline is the smallest slice. A couch and a mattress together are already more than that slice.
- A curbside-only rate. The cheapest way to run a pickup is to have the customer do the carrying. That works fine if everything is already in the driveway, which in Las Vegas it rarely is, because the junk lives in the garage or behind the block wall.
None of that is a scam. It is a headline. The job is what you should be pricing.
Why curbside-only pricing does not fit this valley
There are no basements here. Slab-on-grade construction across the post-war valley means the storage overflow goes into the garage, the side yard, or a casita. That is where the dead treadmill, the busted patio set, and the mini fridge from a Strip-adjacent apartment end up.
Getting those to a curb means one person dragging a treadmill across a hot garage floor and down a sloped driveway in July. Meanwhile HOAs in Summerlin, Green Valley, Anthem and the Inspirada and Cadence master plans are strict about what may sit at a curb and for how long. In a lot of those communities, items staged early are a violation notice, not a plan.
So a price that only works if you do the carrying is not really a price for most valley households. Ours includes the carry, from wherever it is, with no stair charge.
The real numbers
Minimum visit: $75.
Common single items, disposal included:
| Microwave (Countertop) | $30 |
| Patio Chair (Each) | $30 |
| Bag of Clothes | $35 |
| Bicycle | $37 |
| Box of Books | $45 |
| Dining Chair | $45 |
| Nightstand | $57 |
| Office Chair | $61 |
| TV (Under 42") | $62 |
| Bed Frame (Standard / Metal / Platform) | $68 |
| Small Junk Pile | $82 |
Notice what that means. A microwave alone is $30, but a visit is $75, so a truck coming out for one microwave is a $75 job. That is not a hidden fee. It is arithmetic, and it is published.
What $99 would actually buy here
Put honestly against our list, roughly a hundred dollars covers one mid-size item and not much else. An armchair is $77. A patio table is $89. A window AC unit under 8k BTU is $87. A bathtub in fiberglass is $90.
It does not cover a couch, which is $126. It does not cover a washer at $133 or a fridge at $164. And it does not come close to a garage, which lands on the truck-fill ladder: $241 for a quarter, $431 for a half, $732 for a full load.
If an ad says $99 and you have a sectional and a mattress set, the number you eventually pay is not $99 under anybody's pricing. Better to know that on Monday than on Saturday.
Questions worth asking any Las Vegas hauler
Before you book with anyone, including us:
- Is that price a minimum or the price of my actual list?
- Is disposal included, or billed separately after the fact?
- Do you carry from inside the house and the garage, or is it curbside only?
- Is there a stair charge for a second-floor bedroom, or a surcharge for a same-day slot?
- Can you give me the total in writing before you dispatch?
Our answers: $75 is a minimum and your list is priced item by item. Disposal is included. We carry from anywhere on the property. No stair charge, no same-day surcharge. And yes, the total is fixed before we come out.
A real example
A one-bedroom near Maryland Parkway is turning over at the end of the month. The tenant leaves a queen mattress, a box spring, a futon, and a TV stand.
Priced as a mattress and box spring set at $143, plus a futon at $111, plus an entertainment center or TV stand at $96, that is 143 + 111 + 96 = $350.
No version of that job was ever $99. What matters is that $350 is the number before the truck rolls, so the landlord can decide, schedule it around the walk-through, and move on.
The point
Cheap headline numbers are marketing. Published per-item prices are a commitment. In a market where half the jobs are end-of-month turnovers under time pressure, the commitment is worth more than the headline. Build your list, read the total, book the slot.
Frequently asked questions
Is $99 junk removal real in Las Vegas?
A $99 headline is normally a minimum charge or the smallest truck fraction, not the price of a real load. Our minimum visit is $75 and everything above it is a published flat rate, so you can price your actual list instead of an advertisement.
What is your minimum charge?
$75 per visit. Items cheaper than that, like a $30 microwave or a $30 patio chair, still bring the visit to the $75 minimum, so they are worth pairing with something else.
Do you charge extra to carry things out of the garage?
No. Carry-out is included from anywhere on the property, including the back of a three-car garage, a casita, or an upstairs bedroom. There is no stair charge.
Is the dump fee on top of the price?
No. Disposal is inside the quoted number. There is no separate gate-fee line added afterwards.
What does a whole garage cost?
It depends how much of the truck it fills: $241 for a quarter, $338 for three eighths, $431 for a half, $513 for five eighths, $587 for three quarters, $661 for seven eighths and $732 for a full truck.