Prim (YC S13) Does Your Laundry. Pickup, Wash, Fold, Delivery, Awesome
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Re: Prim (YC S13) Does Your Laundry. Pickup, Wash, Fold, Delivery, Awesome
#2I'm under the impression that pick-up-and-drop-off laundry has been a common business in larger cities for the last, oh, century or more? Is this just a "...yeah, but this time it's on the Internet!" business model?
Re: Prim (YC S13) Does Your Laundry. Pickup, Wash, Fold, Delivery, Awesome
#3I'm a subscriber to this service and I can verify it is awesome.
I'm rarely home (nor does my apartment or building have machines), the wash & folds close to me are known to lose laundry, and I absolutely don't have time to sit around and wait for my laundry in a laundry mat (you know, startup taking up all my time).
This service is maybe $5 more expensive than taking it to a wash & fold yourself, so it's a no-brainer.
Re: Prim (YC S13) Does Your Laundry. Pickup, Wash, Fold, Delivery, Awesome
#4I'm under the impression that pick-up-and-drop-off laundry has been a common business in larger cities for the last, oh, century or more? Is this just a "...yeah, but this time it's on the Internet!" business model?
If it wins business, so be it.
Same's worked with home cleaning. Established dinosaurs aren't moving quickly enough or don't understand what users want in sites/apps in many cases, IMO.
Re: Prim (YC S13) Does Your Laundry. Pickup, Wash, Fold, Delivery, Awesome
#5I've been using a similar service for a while in Japan (there are a lot of those here), http://www.wash-fold.com/.
This said: Prim is cheaper (like, half the price!), offers a guarantee, and deals with a third party laundromat, which is a good idea for scaling.
Cool.
Re: Prim (YC S13) Does Your Laundry. Pickup, Wash, Fold, Delivery, Awesome
#6I'm under the impression that pick-up-and-drop-off laundry has been a common business in larger cities for the last, oh, century or more? Is this just a "...yeah, but this time it's on the Internet!" business model?
To an extent you are correct although your snarky tone is lame. The same could be said of towncars and taxis, for example, but Uber has absolutely brought a new spin to the market taking large advantage of the internet and mobile to organize constituents and offer enhanced service. I don't think laundry has quite the opportunity but I don't find it necessary to belittle the effort here since there is obviously room for improvement.
Re: Prim (YC S13) Does Your Laundry. Pickup, Wash, Fold, Delivery, Awesome
#7Does anyone know about how many pounds in one of their bags? How does the pricing compare to $1/lb (with free pickup/delivery)?
Re: Prim (YC S13) Does Your Laundry. Pickup, Wash, Fold, Delivery, Awesome
#8Come on, Xuwen. You run a laundry service. Your shirt should not look like it's spent the last week on your floor. The guy with the faux hawk is wearing a shirt that looks how I want my shirts to look. The very least you can do is use your own product and show why it rocks, and that means wearing a freshly cleaned shirt.
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#9Does anyone know about how many pounds in one of their bags? How does the pricing compare to $1/lb (with free pickup/delivery)?
I've used Prim, and had a great experience. I was surprised at how much the bag weighed by feel, but I didn't weigh it. Basically we filled a 13 gallon kitchen garbage bag the first time, which was about 2 loads of laundry if I were to do it myself. Fill a kitchen size garbage bag and weigh it...
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#10Yet another startup that caters to the 20 something tech crowd with too much disposable income and too little free time on their hands. Do people in Silicon Valley ever leave spend time outside Silicon Valley?