The short answer: a $75 minimum, then a flat photo-quoted price — either a set number per item or a truck-fill tier from $325 (quarter load) to $985 (full). And a Denver-specific bonus: no sales tax and no refuse tax on the service, so the quote is genuinely all-in. Below is the real 2026 ladder, what actually drives the number, and how it stacks up against the on-site franchise reveal.
Send a photo — flat, all-in number back in seconds
Upload a Photo & Get Quote →Almost every junk-removal job in Denver is quoted one of two ways, and knowing which one you're in tells you roughly what to expect before you ever send a photo:
The single honest difference between a flat-photo model like ours and a traditional franchise is when you learn the number. We quote it from a photo before we drive out; the on-site model reveals it after the crew is already in your living room. Same load — very different certainty.
These are set Denver prices — carry-out and disposal included, subject to the $75 minimum:
| Item | Flat price |
|---|---|
| Small single item (minimum) | $75 |
| Mattress — twin / queen / king | $111 / $139 / $154 |
| Sofa / couch | $170 |
| Sectional — 3-piece | $249 |
| Dresser | $169 |
| Refrigerator | $221 |
| Washer / dryer | $179 / $172 |
| Treadmill | $155 |
| TV — small / large | $84 / $98 |
| Hot tub | $434 |
Adding a second or third item? Send one photo and we price them together — often it's cheaper than the sum, and once you're past a few pieces a truck-fill tier usually wins.
When it's a load rather than a list, you pay by how full the truck gets. These are Denver's flat tiers:
| Truck fill | Flat price | Roughly |
|---|---|---|
| Quarter load (2/8) | $325 | A dorm room, a few big items, a small closet clear-out |
| 3/8 load | $455 | A bedroom, a modest garage corner |
| Half load (4/8) | $580 | A one-bed apartment, a packed garage bay |
| 5/8 load | $690 | A two-bed move-out, a small basement |
| 3/4 load (6/8) | $790 | A full basement, a large garage |
| 7/8 load | $890 | A small estate, a multi-room cleanout |
| Full truck (8/8) | $985 | A whole-house or estate cleanout |
Loose piles and construction/renovation debris price on their own volume lines — a small loose pile is $110, a medium $174, and a cubic yard of construction (pop-top / scrape-off) debris is $162 — because heavy C&D tips at a higher weight. Send a photo and we tell you which line applies.
This is the part most cost guides miss. Colorado doesn't levy sales tax on the junk-removal service, and there's no separate refuse tax the way Seattle piles a 3.6% refuse tax on top. So a Denver junk quote can genuinely be all-in with no tax line — the photo price is the final price. Compare that to the standard franchise experience, where the whole price stays hidden until a crew is standing in your home and reads it off a laminated volume card. The tax-free part is real; the transparency part is the choice. With a flat photo quote you get both: no tax surprise and no on-site reveal.
If you're wondering why a load costs what it does, three local levers explain most of it:
For a sanity check against third-party Denver data: local cost surveys put the average junk-removal job around $219–$230, with single items roughly $60–$99 and minimum loads about $99–$129. Transparent local players publish truckload tiers in the neighborhood of $199 (quarter), $349 (half), $499 (three-quarter), and $650 (full). The national franchises sit higher and opaque — $400–$1,000 for larger loads, revealed on site, and often with a dispatch or service fee added.
| Provider type | How you learn the price | Typical single sofa | Tax line? |
|---|---|---|---|
| National franchise (on-site) | After the crew arrives | ~$150–$600+ | Sometimes + dispatch fee |
| Curbside / gig upfront-price | Online, but you drag it to the curb | ~$79–$99 | You still do the lifting |
| Transparent local tiers | Published truckload tiers | Volume-based | Varies |
| JunkRabbit | Flat, from a photo, before we roll | $170 flat | None — no CO sales tax, all-in |
Our wedge on that table is the last row: a flat photo price and full-service carry-out — we lift it from the room, you don't drag it to the curb like the $79 curbside model, and there's no on-site reveal like the franchises.
"I'd had a franchise out before and hated the 'we'll price it when we get there' game. This was a flat number from a photo, no tax added, and it matched to the dollar."
"Half-truck for a garage cleanout, $580, exactly what the photo quote said. They tarped it, donated half of it, and I got a receipt. No surprises at all."
"Just needed a single mattress gone. $111 flat, same day, done. Nice not to have a minimum-trip runaround or a tax line at the end."
What's the minimum?
$75, carry-out and disposal included. Single items are flat from there; loads price by truck-fill.
What does a full truck cost?
Quarter $325, half $580, three-quarter $790, full $985 — quoted from a photo before we arrive.
Any sales or refuse tax?
None. Colorado doesn't tax the service and there's no refuse tax, so the photo quote is the all-in price.
Why not just the cheapest curbside price?
Curbside upfront-price services make you drag it to the curb yourself. Our flat price includes carrying it out of the room — that's the difference you're paying for.