They should merge with Uber.
Uber could add a whole range of services to their app.
Startup will wash your car wherever it is located
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#72Cherry.com washed my car for free 3 months ago, and I didn't even ask them to. They did a great job, really, it was a excellent car wash. I intend to use them in the future. http://www.antoncohen.com/2011/10/what-cherrycom-washed-my-c...
I would be REALLY pissed if someone washed by car without my permission. I'm surprised it had a positive effect on you. I might still try the service - I currently pay ~$30 with tip at the local car wash place where they wash your car by hand.
I was really shocked, I went out and looked at my car multiple times because I thought I must be imagining it. I have no idea if they did it intentionally as a marketing ploy, or if it was like eps's Ferrari comment and someone thought it would be funny to book them to wash my car.
If my car was new and I was still babying it, yeah I might be pissed at first. But the job they did was better than most of the $30-$40 washes I've had, like they actually did a good job cleaning the wheels. And my car was filthy, ever since I moved to SF I stopped washing my car regularly (too much of a hassle and I only drive it once every 2 weeks anyway).
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#73Interesting (and clever idea), but immediate concerns come to mind: 1) "Wherever it is located" might be the wrong approach. In a place like NYC, I can assure you that if your car is parked on, say, 74th & Lex, you're not going to get away with doing a car wash there. Same goes for almost every commercial parking lot in the city -- they're not going to let a random guy come in and start washing cars (they don't let o…
A perfect example of the schlepp mentioned in pg's essay. Lots of grindy, sloggy details that most startups don't want to have to deal with.
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#74I'll qualify this with the fact that I don't own a car, nor did I have mine washed often when I did, but... Isn't having your car washed one of those things where portability matters least ? It really feels like the ultra-local meme taken too far. Car washes are abundant and reasonably fast, and a car, in its usual course of being driven, will pass them often. It just seems like sunglasses for the blind or something…
A hand wash at two places near me are $29 and $31. I always seem to show up when there is a ~30 minute wait. If someone can hand wash my car for the same price with no wait while I'm in the office - I'm in. I'm going to try this next week.
The places near me are $17 and $18 for the basic wash package (hand wash & dry + vacuum + dust + tire shine). Interior dressings will bring it up to about your price, and opting for a wax will probably make it ~$45-50.
The shortest time it's taken is about 15 minutes, and the most is about 45 minutes for the wash + wax, but I try to avoid peak times.
I would do it myself but my apartment complex is rather strict on car stuff.
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#75Funny, but in countries like India, it is fairly common to have a guy come in and wash your car every morning. Put another way: a subscription service for car wash. In countries like India, it is inexpensive enough and there is enough pollution to call for a daily car wash.
In the US, I can see my Dad signing up for a weekly car wash at our suburb home.
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#76antartica!
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#77Park anywhere, check in online, and we'll wash your car right where you left it. I like the idea, but I wonder why most US service owners seem to assume that all their website visitors are from the US. I tried looking in the "Help" and "Terms" sections, but after ~3 minutes of searching I can't confirm that the service is available only within the US... I'm pretty sure it is, but would have liked to know without havi…
More than that. The US is a really really big place and I highly doubt they really cover all of it. Apparently they're based in San Francisco.
Orbitz is claiming $830 to get them to the nearest airport. Add shipping their supplies and actually getting them to me. I'm sort-of tempted to give them my rural South Carolina address and see what happens.
I just hope their system doesn't automatically charge credit cards, or they may have some refunding to do after being featured here for a day.
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#78Using site:cherry.com pulled this up http://help.cherry.com/entries/20208543-where-do-i-wash-cars which clears up the location (somewhat). There are no defined locations, they matchmake cleaners with dirty cars. It's a chicken egg problem.
They're not independent cleaners though, they're cleaners that applied to work for Cherry, went through training, and were sent portable sprayers and vacuums to do the cleaning with. There's a November article saying they hired 20 cleaners in SF.
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#79How did the startup that made cheese sandwiches go?
It got $10 million in funding in June. http://gawker.com/5807591/grilled-cheese-sandwich-gets-10-mi... https://themelt.com/
I had no idea this was a tech start-up! Tried their d/t SF location twice. Both times they managed to get the order completely wrong even though I was the only customer there. The sandwich was decent though
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#80This is a really good idea to create much needed employment opportunities. I know they won't the best jobs available but it's something people needing a job would be happy to have. I am sure there are plenty of people that lost their jobs in the last 4 years and would jump at the chance to work for this company.
Best luck Cherry. I won't be using this service, since I don't wash my car until it rains.