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$100 an hour? Fuck that. I'm currently living abroad and don't speak the language very well. So I hired a virtual assistant who speaks the language and English. He charges $7.50 USD an hour. I only pay him for time it takes to complete my tasks. I rarely even pay $100 for the whole month.
What's his response time, and what does his availability look like?
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At the time, Magic was one of the hottest startups in the Valley. I was willing to hustle hard to get my foot in the door. But I agree with you, I need to be more judicial with my time in the future.
Sounds like you got hustled. But it's a lesson learned, so at least there's some value there.
One of my main frustrations though was that this was a very highly regarded YC company. Should consumers expect this disrespectful behavior to be accepted from other YC companies as well?
Should YC founders be expected to be able to simply pick and choose which customers they want to arbitrarily delete?
I can completely understand if this was a fly by night operation. But YC is basically the Harvard of startups and this was completely out of left field for me.
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This looks really interesting. Just wondering, in your FAQ you have: Q: Where is Magic+ available? Anywhere you need it. Magic+ is there to make your every desire and need happen, wherever you are. # Does this mean that we can actually use it in other countries like the UK? Do we need to use an area code?
Yes, you can use the service from other countries. Magic+ is actually really convenient when you're traveling. We have phone numbers that work internationally.
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You can't scale a $100/hour service to the level of Amazon, there simply aren't that many people with that kind of money.
With that kind of attitude, you would obviously not be able to scale anything that would meet even the most minimal resistance.
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Hi, this is Mike, one of the founders of Magic. Really sorry to hear about your experience here. Did you get a refund? If not, please text in to 83489 and mention this post, and we'll be sure to get it to you. I can absolutely admit that when Magic first launched, we were over capacity and a certain percentage of orders went awry. I hate that this happened, but we really did not predict that the website would go vira…
Mike, As you know I had a very bad experience with Magic as well. I worked for you for free for a week and on boarded 63 new customers for you. You guys arbitrarily deleted my account, and abruptly shut off my autopay donations to numerous charities we had set up together. Then you went silent and wouldn't return any of the ten messages I sent to you asking for access to my personal records and information regarding…
I received no response yet, but my twitter account was promptly blocked by David. http://f.cl.ly/items/1x3Y1h2n0i1Q1F3e1H1f/Screen%20Shot%2020...
I will be reaching back out to Mike in a week and will update you guys. Thx.
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Another potential revenue generator for Magic, partner with large organisations so they can offer the service to their employees. If the global corporation where I work can trust files of thousands of employees to a third party cloud sync service, I'm sure this can be done.
I really think this is entering into the land of pure fantasy.
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Mike, As you know I had a very bad experience with Magic as well. I worked for you for free for a week and on boarded 63 new customers for you. You guys arbitrarily deleted my account, and abruptly shut off my autopay donations to numerous charities we had set up together. Then you went silent and wouldn't return any of the ten messages I sent to you asking for access to my personal records and information regarding…
UPDATE: I reached out to the founders Mike and David on January 7th about this thread. I received no response yet, but my twitter account was promptly blocked by David. http://f.cl.ly/items/1x3Y1h2n0i1Q1F3e1H1f/Screen%20Shot%2020... I will be reaching back out to Mike in a week and will update you guys. Thx.
