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Washboard – Ships you rolls of quarters for laundry

33 点作者 _pius将近 11 年前

22 条评论

bunkat将近 11 年前
If somebody told you to mail them $13.50 and they will mail you back $10, you would think they were crazy. But in today's world this is a valid idea for a startup?
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yock将近 11 年前
I don&#x27;t live in a big city, but here in Dayton Ohio I&#x27;ve never seen a laundromat without a change machine. Further, those change machines don&#x27;t skim off the top. The worst you&#x27;re out is a $3 charge for an out-of-network ATM, and even that can be avoided with a minimal amount of forethought.<p>Am I missing something that makes this make sense?
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JohnTHaller将近 11 年前
The website is indeed lacking SSL. The transaction is encrypted since it&#x27;s using Stripe but if the host page lacks SSL, the browser shows no indication (nor should it since the majority of the page is unencrytped). This also struck me as an odd thing about Stripe... that they didn&#x27;t have a redirect page you could use with its own SSL for businesses that wanted to use Stripe&#x27;s in-browser checkout but didn&#x27;t want to spring for an SSL certificate.<p>Also, I&#x27;m not really seeing the market for this. I&#x27;ve lived in NYC for years and I&#x27;ve never seen a laundromat without a change machine or someone at a desk to give you change... both with no surcharge. And my old university switched to card-operated laundry machines back in the 90s. Most new or renovated larger apartment buildings in NYC seem to operate this way now, too. And, as a fallback, you can always go to the bank and get change (there are 6 banks within 3 blocks of me... including 2 separate Chase banks across the street from each other... seriously).<p>Is there a large population of people somewhere outside of major cities with no access to banks and no washers and dryers in their dwelling or building but that has access to a reliable mailbox that people won&#x27;t steal money out of?
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wallflower将近 11 年前
Total OT:<p>If you ever get the chance to open a roll of quarters, it is a really cool mini-experience (kind of like cracking an egg). If you do it right, it looks effortless. Wrong, looks like you are trying too hard to make an omelette. One of those essential retail skills like box folding I admire.
slang800将近 11 年前
I actually never realized that quarters were needed for laundry. All the laundry machines I&#x27;ve ever used have been card-operated or free. I&#x27;ve _seen_ coin-op laundry machines at laundromats (just from walking by) but I assumed there would be a change machine installed inside... Kinda makes me wonder what other simple problems of the general population I&#x27;ve been oblivious to.
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dsl将近 11 年前
The only people I see using this are fraudsters emptying stolen credit cards...
melvinmt将近 11 年前
This was a real problem for us when we moved into our latest apartment with shared laundry room (that doesn&#x27;t have a change machine). But after a while we figured out you can simply buy a $10 quarter roll at Trader Joe&#x27;s if you ask nicely, so that&#x27;s what we do since we&#x27;re there every week anyways.
hendzen将近 11 年前
Our industry is fucked.
sgustard将近 11 年前
Soon they will announce a &quot;laundering pro&quot; tier that sends you bricks of $100 bills.
fleitz将近 11 年前
For those who can&#x27;t figure out the change machine at the laundromat.
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chatmasta将近 11 年前
Why could you not have existed two years ago?! This was one of the biggest pain points in my life, and now I&#x27;m finally living in an apartment with its own washing machine.<p>Thank you so much, this is awesome.
bcguy390将近 11 年前
Why would anyone use this? This is the epitome of wasteful spending.
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minimaxir将近 11 年前
It&#x27;s also worth noting that this is not a Silicon Valley company, but a Pittsburgh company: <a href="https://twitter.com/calebrown/status/479791618267299840" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;twitter.com&#x2F;calebrown&#x2F;status&#x2F;479791618267299840</a><p>Interview with the founder: <a href="http://valleywag.gawker.com/real-startup-that-mails-you-quarters-for-laundry-isnt-s-1593540845" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;valleywag.gawker.com&#x2F;real-startup-that-mails-you-quar...</a>
davorak将近 11 年前
So $15 for $10 of quarters a month. I can see how that would be worth it to save time on going to the bank. Not clear to me how near the range is where it saves enough time to be worth it to the person before they would just own a washer and drier rather then using a laundromat mat.<p>It might make sense in high population density areas where space in an apartment is at a premium. Any one from a high population density want to chime in and confirm or deny.
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jsmthrowaway将近 11 年前
Just in case you didn&#x27;t notice, before you sign up for this, take a good hard look at the lack of TLS in your address bar. To be honest, though, if your card or any accounts got compromised because you paid for quarters to be shipped to you, the temptation for schadenfreude would be ... noticeable.
taco_john将近 11 年前
Welp, I&#x27;m gonna disrupt their business model by creating a laundromat operated exclusively by bitcoins.
phy07将近 11 年前
Reminds me of the old Citywide Bank commercials from SNL: <a href="http://www.teachertube.com/video/220488" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.teachertube.com&#x2F;video&#x2F;220488</a><p>Our business is making change.
DanBC将近 11 年前
some quarters are worth more than a quarter. I wonder if they&#x27;re looking for those, and replacing them with regular quarters before sending the rolls out?
parhamn将近 11 年前
Is this real? Social experiment?
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Spooky23将近 11 年前
I would totally use this service, but only if they accepted Flooz.
_dztf将近 11 年前
The ridiculous idea aside, I&#x27;m still amazed by how you managed to double-post this and get away with it - <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7918862" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=7918862</a>
HCIdivision17将近 11 年前
There seems to be a lot of confusion about why someone would want a service like this. And that&#x27;s understandable. Perhaps they have a nice bank in walking distance. Perhaps they don&#x27;t work from 7am to 5pm, just in time for their bank to close. Perhaps their local stores don&#x27;t sell rolls for a small charge (or feel silly going to the front desk to buy quarters - go to a bank after all!)<p>I bet it&#x27;d be nice living in a dense, convenient city like that. Me? I live about an hour away from Dallas (and commute there). I need $2.25 in quarters for the apartment&#x27;s laundry, and the loads ain&#x27;t big. And since I work in a plant, lots need washin&#x27;. So is just having a pile o&#x27; quarters worth 5 bucks a month?<p>I certainly feel better when I know I can do laundry without planning. Like knowing there&#x27;s gas in the car when you leave the house. Or buying extra milk, just in case.
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