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Re: Magic+

#151

Post by tghw » Wed, Jan 06, 2016, 12:57 AM UTC

PhasmaFelis wrote: post #141

tghw wrote: post #80

I just signed up to see if they could renegotiate my Comcast price for me. It turns out you have to buy either 10 hours at $100/hour or 40 hours at $75/hour to get started. That's way too steep to try something out.

I feel like, if your income is such that you care about your Comcast bill, you are really not the target market for Magic+. This is aimed squarely at the Rolex-and-Lexus set.

An hour of my time is worth more than an hour of their time costs. And that's without counting the headache of doing it. Considering it would save me money for less than I would "spend" doing it myself, I don't see how it's not an application for most people.

Re: Magic+

#152

Post by tghw » Wed, Jan 06, 2016, 12:58 AM UTC

jacobevelyn wrote: post #132

cscharenberg wrote: post #114

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I was just reading about a company started by 2 brothers that does exactly this. If I can remember the name, I'll post back. Maybe I saw it in Bloomberg? Anyone?

It might be BillFixers? ( https://www.billfixers.com ) The Bloomberg article you may have read: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-09-10/billfixers...

If so, they charge 50% of the annual savings. That's steeper than a couple of hours of Magic+.

Re: Magic+

#153

Post by tghw » Wed, Jan 06, 2016, 12:58 AM UTC

newman314 wrote: post #107

tghw wrote: post #80

I just signed up to see if they could renegotiate my Comcast price for me. It turns out you have to buy either 10 hours at $100/hour or 40 hours at $75/hour to get started. That's way too steep to try something out.

Lol. Great idea although it would likely take longer than that. I would however pay for an outcome based solution to this as it's a pain to call Comcast every year. Renegotiate to $X for Y and I'll pay.

Have you seen https://www.billfixers.com/?

Re: Magic+

#154

Post by mastazi » Wed, Jan 06, 2016, 12:59 AM UTC

Are you guys able to read comfortably those tiny SMS screenshots? I was hoping I could click and zoom but nope...

Re: Magic+

#155

Post by cscharenberg » Wed, Jan 06, 2016, 1:01 AM UTC

jacobevelyn wrote: post #132

cscharenberg wrote: post #114

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I was just reading about a company started by 2 brothers that does exactly this. If I can remember the name, I'll post back. Maybe I saw it in Bloomberg? Anyone?

It might be BillFixers? ( https://www.billfixers.com ) The Bloomberg article you may have read: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-09-10/billfixers...

Yes, that's it. Thanks for finding it.

Re: Magic+

#156

Post by billiam » Wed, Jan 06, 2016, 1:02 AM UTC

Looks to me like someone read this undergraduate econ lesson from earlier today:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10839116

Re: Magic+

#157

Post by mdevere » Wed, Jan 06, 2016, 1:02 AM UTC

This honestly looks awesome and easily worth the money.

Re: Magic+

#158

Post by voynich61 » Wed, Jan 06, 2016, 1:06 AM UTC

FUCK CAPITALISM GODDAMN

Re: Magic+

#159

Post by flippyhead » Wed, Jan 06, 2016, 1:07 AM UTC

spdustin wrote: post #99

1) How does one become a Magic+ "Magician"? 2) Do the Magicians post a surety bond to Magic for liability-related losses? Does Magic have third party fidelity bonds to help defend against suits brought against them due to fraudulent actions by (I assume) contractor Magicians? Disclaiming all liability and hold harmless agreements can be problematic in reality, given the example market of impulse iPad Pro buyers could…

Maybe you could use Magic+ to audit the legal practices of Magic.

Re: Magic+

#160

Post by fady » Wed, Jan 06, 2016, 1:07 AM UTC

omarish wrote: post #147

Based on everything I learned about this space from starting, operating, and later selling a company that does exactly this in the summer of 2014 [1] [2], I'm bullish on this idea. I think it's definitely a step in the right direction and incentives are starting to line up. The "I'll do anything for you by SMS" space (I call it the "Houdini app" space) space affords the middle-to-upper class in first world countries…

crazy. my family also lived in lebanon(zahle), and they had two maids, a driver, and a lady to come to the house and roll grape leaves for them but they still had to get their water delivered, which did cost a lot. they were not rich by american standards at all.

good thoughts..would be great to get these services on the cheap out here. Lyft of grape leaves rolling? ha.