I want a version of this for large items which are going to the dump (e.g. old washing machines, furniture, etc). We own a sedan and some items physically won't fit in there, the city's trash company doesn't do item pickups (either paid or free), and I'm yet to find private companies which do either (we're outside of their service area).<p>So you're left either finding a friend with a truck or renting something from e.g. U-Haul. However even U-Haul won't work for older or disabled people or those items which need two pairs of hands to load/unload.<p>It is surprisingly difficult to have these items removed. Maybe I should just buy a truck...
Have any of Uber's "experiments" of this sort been successful? Anyone know if the bike couriers in NYC (almost a year old) have gotten any traction? Has the service expanded?<p>How did their limited-time experiment of delivering toothbrushes in DC go? That was six months or so ago.<p>How about food delivery in LA?
It's interesting how Uber's business model bears similarity to sharecropping. Food for thought.<p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sharecropping" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sharecropping</a>