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Startup ideas inspired by Always Sunny in Philadelphia? http://itsalwayssunny.wikia.com/wiki/The_Gang_Recycles_Their_Trash http://itsalwayssunny.wikia.com/wiki
by t0mbstone 9y ago
Startup ideas inspired by Always Sunny in Philadelphia?
http://itsalwayssunny.wikia.com/wiki/The_Gang_Recycles_Their_Trash http://itsalwayssunny.wikia.com/wiki/The_Gang_Recycles_Their...
What's next? An Uber-like service that will deliver gasoline directly to your car that is parked in your driveway?
Hmm... Come to think of it, that would actually be pretty sweet. I would never have to stop and fill up my gas tank! It would just always be full! A gas delivery truck would come in the middle of the night (according to a schedule I define using the mobile app), and it would fill up my car's tank and automatically bill my credit card!
- rpedela 9y agoThat would actually be awesome.
- johns 9y agohttps://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/news/2016/05/02/gas-delivery-start-ups-latest-on-demand-smartphone-fad/83846736/ https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/news/2016/05/02/gas-deli...
- t0mbstone 9y agoHoly crap... it actually exists
- barclay 9y agoIt's called [filld](http://filld.com http://filld.com), and it's _awesome_.
- pmalynin 9y agohttp://www.filld.com/ http://www.filld.com/
- spapas82 9y agoThere are more similar start ups: http://www.wefuel.com http://www.wefuel.com
- sillysaurus3 9y agoFilld customers pay the lowest price of the three gas stations closest to their location plus a small delivery fee. For example, if the three gas stations closest to you charge $2.62, $2.55 and $2.67 per gallon, you will pay $2.55. We purchase this pricing data from the Oil Price Indexing Service (OPIS), and we update it regularly. How do they make money? I wonder how high the delivery fee is.
- pdelbarba 9y agoThey're not paying the gas station price. They're likely paying bulk prices then just using the local prices as your price. Edit: $3 for delivery generally and they're using F250 trucks. Call it 1.5t in the bed or about 400 gallons plus tank. They probably have a contract with the local bulk terminal so if you're paying 2.55, they might be paying 30% (no idea what this margin is) less or so. @400 us-gal if they make 30% on the gas plus $3 per 15gal tank, revenue would be in the $380/load range for an average of 26 tanks of gas per load. Edit2: regarding the loss leader strategy, they still have to truck the gas to the station which adds overhead. By going direct to customer (again, assuming they're loading at the bulk terminal) they remove a couple middlemen who's position they then take.
- sillysaurus3 9y agoCould anyone run the numbers on whether this model is profitable, or whether it's another "use VC money to acquire users" type deal? EDIT: Looks like they pay anywhere from $18/hr to $22/hr for their delivery people: https://www.comeet.co/jobs/filld/42.00E https://www.comeet.co/jobs/filld/42.00E Also health, dental, and vision benefits + PTO, FSA, and free lunches. Wow.
- wand3r 9y agowww.tesla.com
- Animats 9y agoMuch better than the previous entrant. These people have their trucks placarded ("1203") and run their people through the training required for fuel truck drivers. You really don't want Uber-level drivers driving fuel trucks.
- criddell 9y ago> You really don't want Uber-level drivers driving fuel trucks. I bet if it were three cents per fill up cheaper, people would choose Uber-level drivers.
- toomuchtodo 9y agoHence, regulation! Fire marshalls have teeth.
- criddell 9y agoGiven Uber's history, I would guess they would find out where everybody associated with the fire department, police department, county, and state regulators live and then block any deliveries to them or their neighbors. Fire Marshalls have to catch you before they can use their teeth.
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- rubicon33 9y agoI swear business materialize out of thin air, when someone literally just thinks of them. How else can you explain that it seems like EVERY idea already has an app + business!
- stephengillie 9y agoIt's all been done; everything that is new is old already. Our culture-space has been mined dry.
- avs733 9y agoquantum startups.
- vanadium 9y agoYeah, this was on NPR Marketplace the other day. First I'd heard of it.
- losteverything 9y agoThis would be a hit in NJ where you can't pump your own gas
- _e 9y agoDid anyone else read this as fill daemon?
- komali2 9y agoThese guys are going to war with mountain view city council as soon as it wakes up. Seems like once a week someone on the council is saying they're gonna "do something" about the private drivers with loads of fuel in the back of their truck, or the fact that airbnb isn't getting taxed. What "something" means and why "something" needs to be done has yet to be clarified.
- bolasanibk 9y agoAnd https://www.trybooster.com/ https://www.trybooster.com/
- just4themoney 9y agoThis actually is kind of an "obvious" idea once you think about it considering that this is exactly what my oil company does. They monitor my oil tank and come fill it when its about half empty and leave the bill on the door and you can optionally keep a credit card on file for autopay if you want. The convenience factor is really on point, I no longer think about oil at all, its always taken care of.
- randlet 9y agoThe company I work for does this :) We use cellular & network connections to do remote monitoring of tanks. It can be very valuable service for fuel delivery companies, since they can fill up on an as needed basis rather than driving out to a location only to find they only need to top up 5% of the tank.
- tonyedgecombe 9y ago>I no longer think about oil at all Which is what they want, or rather they don't want you thinking about phoning round for the best price.
- just4themoney 9y agoI did that for years (called around) and potentially paying a small markup is totally worth the price of not having to think about oil. Plus, they gave me $150 off for signing up.
- richdougherty 9y agoI guess at-home refuelling is a nice benefit of an electric car.
- lenley 9y agoYC's own https://www.startyoshi.com/ https://www.startyoshi.com/
- sotojuan 9y agoThe Trash Man is back!
- foobaw 9y agoIt's not a bad idea if the quality of the gas is verifiable.
- twothamendment 9y agoHow do you verify the gas from the stations you stop at now? The most thought I've put into it when I had a VW TDI was to fill up at a stations that were busy and more likely to have fresh fuel. A brand name station isn't a guarantee that the fuel is fresh if it is on the road less traveled.
- foobaw 9y agoThat's a fair question to ask but I have some close friends working in the Petroleum industry and they insist on only getting gas from Chevron and Shell from the insider information they have. Not sure if it means much at all though.
- dx034 9y agoProbably not. The gas from many other stations will come from the same refineries. And gasoline is not that perishable, I doubt that the car minds if it has been at the station for 1 week.
- madcaptenor 9y agoThe QuikTrip chain in the South has signs that say they have "guaranteed gasoline". Apparently this means it won't hurt your engine: https://www.quiktrip.com/gasoline https://www.quiktrip.com/gasoline - but I like to think it means that they're guaranteeing their product is gasoline, because I'm easily amused.
- mtanski 9y agoThere's lots of reasons that you have beyond the normal amount of garbage or difficult to deal with garbage. It's really hard to get it removed if you need it on a short notice. A lot of municipalities have limits refuse. For example in NYC you can no longer get rid of electronics in the regular trash. You're supposed to take them to a place that can deal with it. Fair enough. The problem is that there aren't many places and some of them are only open week days. Folks from outer burrows that cannot drive are not going to be able to do that. Also, sometimes you need to get rid of a lot of stuff that you don't want to move when moving because you're going to get new stuff on the other side (bed, mattress). It'd be so much easier to call somebody up and have them just take it away on the last day of your lease.
- tracker1 9y agoJust got a new bed (online order) a couple months ago, and paid a service to take the old one away... we have curbside pickup, but only a few times a year, so needed to pay the $90. I wound up shopping around as there was a range of $90-170 to retrieve a mattress and box. There's definitely room for on demand services for that... especially in larger populated areas.
- phil21 9y agoYup, this is a service that already exists in very informal ways. Check craigslist for "trash and junk removal". Having had a garage I recently organized and about a pickup load full of trash/recyclables I would have absolutely loved such a service vs. trying to find someone non-flaky on CL to actually show up when they said they would.
- mtanski 9y agoThat's what I did when I moved back from SF => NYC. But it occupied a few hours of my time to send emails, wait for responses, try to negotiate time / price. Time I did not have. If I could open a spend 10 minutes, it would be worthwhile in some situations.
- xadhominemx 9y ago>There's lots of reasons that you have beyond the normal amount of garbage or difficult to deal with garbage. It's really hard to get it removed if you need it on a short notice. Why not use 1-800-GOT-JUNK or a similar service?
- jayess 9y agoAnyone remember Priceline Gas? I loved it, for the short period that it lasted...
- gfosco 9y agoThis isn't very uber-like, since it's only for businesses. I'd love to be able to easily get someone to pick up cardboard and other trash at my house. We're big users of Amazon Prime and also starting a business that involves a lot of large deliveries, so we're completely buried in cardboard and the expensive local garbage/recycling service cannot support us. We're ordering our second dumpster in less than a year to try to clear out.
- twothamendment 9y agoThey should consider residential too. Out where I am you have to haul your own trash to a few spots around the county. I don't mind, but I'm sure there are plenty of people who'd rather have access to a service like this.
- awa 9y agoThat's why I like Electric cars, come home, hook it up to charger and full charge when u get up
- tintor 9y agoFill it up on the parking and wash exterior at the same time.
- EADGBE 9y agoThe Company will love that!
- sergiotapia 9y agoThe boys are back in town!
- hkmurakami 9y agoI believe many of the refueling companies have shifted to servicing employees of big companies at their corporate parking lots since the economics are way better this way.
- AndrewKemendo 9y agoAn Uber-like service that will deliver gasoline directly to your car that is parked in your driveway? There are about a dozen of these. fuel panda is one that is run by a friend of mine
- temuze 9y agohttps://www.trybooster.com/ https://www.trybooster.com/
- jpster 9y agoSee also Booster Fuels, based in Dallas-Fort Worth (ay!) and the Bay Area. https://www.google.com/amp/amp.star-telegram.com/news/traffic/your-commute/article144158154.html https://www.google.com/amp/amp.star-telegram.com/news/traffi...
- LeifCarrotson 9y agoYes, please. I have no use for razor subscriptions. I buy a bulk pack once a year - it's not an inconvenience for me. But I stop to buy gas twice a week. It's my most common, most automate-able errand.
- faux_intellect 9y agoNice one. The Gang Solves the Gas Crisis is my favorite episode of It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia.