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Taxis have been tampered with. There are medallions and monopolies and such, the fair market hasn't reigned. Uber can change that, there is room to wiggle.

Taxis have been tampered with. There are medallions and monopolies and such, the fair market hasn't reigned. Uber can change that, there is room to wiggle. Has cleaning been unionized or tampered with? If anything, I'd almost think it's shifted further to the other side, there might be undocumented workers and more cash businesses than taxis have, even less regulation if you will. If the market is working, then what's the value? They help customers find cleaners more efficiently? More efficiently than Craig's list and the other sources?

sageabilly 11y ago
The initial value is the piece of mind on the customer side plus ease of use/scheduling. With maid service, you're letting someone in your house unsupervised for long periods of time, so it becomes extremely important to have accountability built into the transaction. I have considered getting a monthly maid service and I live in the DC metro- somewhere with a ton of choices on that front- and I have not quite pulled the trigger on it because I am pretty freaked out by paying someone to have unfettered access to my house. I don't even have anything expensive to steal or break! There is zero chance I would trust a maid from Craigslist.
- aianus 11y ago
  Couldn't you get someone to clean while you're home watching football on Sunday or something? I don't see why it has to be totally unsupervised.
  - sageabilly 11y ago
    That's an option- issue is that if you get someone who's being paid cash they're not licensed or insured in any way and if they break something or are injured on your property then you don't have any legal recourse to rectify the situation and, in fact, might be violating labor laws depending on how much you pay them/ how much they work.
- VLM 11y ago
  >I don't even have anything expensive to steal or break! That creates a peculiar Venn diagram of people paid too much to clean and simultaneously don't own anything. This limits growth potential. The customer pool is always going to be extremely small. On the other hand "everybody needs a taxi" sooner or later for some reason.

sageabilly 11y ago

The initial value is the piece of mind on the customer side plus ease of use/scheduling. With maid service, you're letting someone in your house unsupervised for long periods of time, so it becomes extremely important to have accountability built into the transaction. I have considered getting a monthly maid service and I live in the DC metro- somewhere with a ton of choices on that front- and I have not quite pulled the trigger on it because I am pretty freaked out by paying someone to have unfettered access to my house. I don't even have anything expensive to steal or break! There is zero chance I would trust a maid from Craigslist.

aianus 11y ago
Couldn't you get someone to clean while you're home watching football on Sunday or something? I don't see why it has to be totally unsupervised.
- sageabilly 11y ago
  That's an option- issue is that if you get someone who's being paid cash they're not licensed or insured in any way and if they break something or are injured on your property then you don't have any legal recourse to rectify the situation and, in fact, might be violating labor laws depending on how much you pay them/ how much they work.
VLM 11y ago
>I don't even have anything expensive to steal or break! That creates a peculiar Venn diagram of people paid too much to clean and simultaneously don't own anything. This limits growth potential. The customer pool is always going to be extremely small. On the other hand "everybody needs a taxi" sooner or later for some reason.