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Re: Waymo Premier

#41

Post by graphime »

wat10000 wrote: post #22
asveikau wrote: post #16

Earlier quoted context omitted.

This type of subscription model is a little less annoying, most "normal" people will sign up for the non-subscription rate, and frequent users are already frequent users, so they will be more OK with a subscription. Speaking personally, I don't see enough movies or do enough ride shares to want to subscribe to AMC or Waymo, but Doordash would make sense. Maybe it's OK for me to pay a higher price for the ~1 time per…

The problem is that they'll keep advertising it to you. I'm already giving them money, but they'll still push me to subscribe while I'm in the middle of trying to give them my money, because that's not enough for them.

> The problem is that they'll keep advertising it to you

If you don’t like it, then change providers.

If all providers do it, then you must pay to avoid advertisements.

Or, complain to your elected government representatives.

What’s that? Your Chase/Amex credit card gives you a monthly/annual credit? Ok. No more complaints then.

Re: Waymo Premier

#42

Post by applicative »

ErroneousBosh wrote: post #30
smy20011 wrote: post #15

It will pay for itself if you spend >300$ per month. I personally wish Waymo have a 399$ per month subscription that give 2 free ride per day so I don't need to own a car just for work.

That sounds more expensive than just owning a car.

"the total average annual cost of ownership—which includes your car payment, depreciation, fuel, insurance, maintenance, and taxes—is approximately $12,297 per year (or $1,025 monthly) over a 15-year lifetime"

Re: Waymo Premier

#43

Post by ativzzz »

aduffy wrote: post #37

> “I never got my driver's license, and I rely on Waymo to commute to an office every day," said Sarah Paige Roland, a Waymo rider in Phoenix. "I get privacy, time back, a safe ride, and I'm not obligated to talk to someone that I don't want to talk to." I recognize that this is a luxury product but I kind of laughed out loud at this testimonial. The amount of privilege you need to have to grow up and live in *Arizon…

Alternatively, consider the person is disabled and is physically incapable of driving.

Re: Waymo Premier

#45

Post by MBlume »

klmarks wrote: post #29
junon wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

As a gay dude I experienced my fair share of "uncomfortable" Uber rides from or to various places. No thanks. I don't need to stimulate those kinds of social skills or whatever. Can't even imagine what women go through.

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Yes, and? What is your threat model here?

Re: Waymo Premier

#46

Post by Rumudiez »

applicative wrote: post #42
ErroneousBosh wrote: post #30

Earlier quoted context omitted.

That sounds more expensive than just owning a car.

"the total average annual cost of ownership—which includes your car payment, depreciation, fuel, insurance, maintenance, and taxes—is approximately $12,297 per year (or $1,025 monthly) over a 15-year lifetime"

that's crazy. my 2005 volvo, 1991 nissan, and 1986 toyota altogether cost me a little over $1k per year (mostly insurance) and it was less than $10k total to buy them all. goes to show average financial literacy in the US. people won't save a few grand for a used car (or take out a small loan even!) and then pay 10x the cost for new

Re: Waymo Premier

#48

Post by libria »

joshgachnang wrote: post #33
ErroneousBosh wrote: post #30

Earlier quoted context omitted.

That sounds more expensive than just owning a car.

Car payment, insurance, parking, gas/electricity? Going to be over $400/mo in almost all cases in any of the cities Waymo is in.

Add tag tax, residential parking, subsidized work parking, maintenance, incurred violations, tolls.

400/mo or 5000/yr for not having to worry about all that plus never playing the "wait let's circle the block, maybe a spot has opened up" game... sounds tempting.

Re: Waymo Premier

#49

Post by CaliforniaKarl »

I wonder how the subscription would respond to a person's area being blocked off.

There construction happening a block down the road from me. As part of the work, the rightmost lane is often blocked during the day (in between rush hours), so that things like concrete pumping can take place. The lane block starts just before where I live.

Around the same time, I noticed that when I would try to take Waymo (which I used to get to PT), I'd be told that things are busy and rides are paused. Recently, I've noticed that if I'm at work (or the PT place) and I want to take a Waymo back home, I'm told "Can't get to that spot right now".

If I had Waymo Premier, I wonder how hard it would be to get a refund on my subscription.

The above talks about a complete block (or, a complete-enough block) to using the service, but what about a major impediment? For example, let's say I travel regularly, and use Waymo to get to/from San Jose airport. Waymo's been disabling highway routes, which for me equates to 20-minute (or more) travel-time increase from home to airport. Would that be enough to qualify for a refund on the subscription?

Re: Waymo Premier

#50

Post by yoavm »

Rumudiez wrote: post #46
applicative wrote: post #42

Earlier quoted context omitted.

"the total average annual cost of ownership—which includes your car payment, depreciation, fuel, insurance, maintenance, and taxes—is approximately $12,297 per year (or $1,025 monthly) over a 15-year lifetime"

that's crazy. my 2005 volvo, 1991 nissan, and 1986 toyota altogether cost me a little over $1k per year (mostly insurance) and it was less than $10k total to buy them all. goes to show average financial literacy in the US. people won't save a few grand for a used car (or take out a small loan even!) and then pay 10x the cost for new

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