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ePantry Launches – Sustainable Home Supplies, Automatically Shipped To Your Door

12 pointsby numlockedabout 11 years ago

7 comments

bananasabout 11 years ago
Great. Another service that automatically ships stuff to me that I already have en-masse because some heuristics have poorly analysed my requirements or rule in favour of the seller who wrote them.<p>Also, have people forgotten how to do literally <i>everything</i> themselves suddenly?<p>I like automation but automation shouldn&#x27;t deprive us of basic choices and &quot;keep us&quot;. We should be keeping the machines, not the other way around.<p>And no this isn&#x27;t some neo-luddite rant. I said to my wife about 10 years ago that at some point in the future people will run out of things to invent. Then we&#x27;ll invent services that people need. Then we&#x27;ll invent services that people think they need. Then we&#x27;ll invent services that people don&#x27;t need and develop a dependency on them.<p>And it&#x27;s perfectly fine to run out of something. If all our needs are instantly catered for, what are we?
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robertnealanabout 11 years ago
If I lived alone I&#x27;d definitely sign up for a service like this, but for the time being my roommates and I just rotate taking turns picking up these kind of items. Likely a niche specific to people with roommates, but it&#x27;d be interesting to implement either household accounts where the bill gets charged multiple ways or you can allow accounts to be linked into a group where you can see whose turn it is to pay for each item next.<p>UX Sidenote - Why can&#x27;t I close the modal after clicking &quot;Get Started&quot;? From a potential customer perspective it&#x27;s frustrating if I click that and realize I want to find out more information before giving my email or Facebook account info.
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wehadfunabout 11 years ago
1. Need a search text field that is easy to find on this website. That way people can search for the products they want and you can know what products people want<p>2. Add those refrigerator water filters. they have to be changed every 3 months or the water taste like crap and only like 2 stores (home depot and lowes) sell them<p>3. Offer &quot;product sampling&quot; service to companies. We have customers using your competitors product we can send them a sample of yours for a fee
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mintykeenabout 11 years ago
I love the idea! I just had a hard time removing items from the list that I didn&#x27;t want, and I couldn&#x27;t find how to check out&#x2F;pay for the items. I couldn&#x27;t scroll over to see the right side of the site. Hope you carry more brands soon too! Best wishes! :)
imtu80about 11 years ago
How would you compete with Amazon? Checkout their new device. <a href="http://www.engadget.com/2014/04/04/amazon-dash-amazonfresh/" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.engadget.com&#x2F;2014&#x2F;04&#x2F;04&#x2F;amazon-dash-amazonfresh&#x2F;</a>
blahshawabout 11 years ago
Chatting with the customer service rep. This services will apparently save about 28% over traditional grocery stores, but compared to places like Costco you won&#x27;t save any money.
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therobot24about 11 years ago
really cool - but even their website doesn&#x27;t make it clear why i should choose this over amazon subscriptions
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