Servi-Limpia offers incentive to pay a year ahead for trash pickup
ByYucatán Magazine
Servi-Limpia has a deal for customers who pay 2018 in full. Photo: Ayuntamiento
Mérida, Yucatán — Servi-Limpia customers can get two months of service for free for paying a year in advance.
That’s the deal from the Centro’s dominant residential trash collection company.
Servi-Limpia has engaged a social media campaign to encourage annual payments, which helps the company’s cash flow and makes offices more efficient.
Customers must be up-to-date with their monthly payments to take advantage of the deal in January. About 20,000 households have already paid ahead for 2018.
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