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Bird and Lime, too.
by microdrum 8y ago
Bird and Lime, too.
- zhoujianfu 8y agoWhat’s dumb about their pricing? As far as I know the $1 plus 15c/min is profitable for them and yet not discouraging users?
- hndamien 8y agoI still think private ownership for something that is 7.5 - 12kgs makes more sense. Always with you, charge yourself, not cost prohibitive. The market for transient ownership and use still doesn't make that much sense to me, but I guess it works.
- zhoujianfu 8y agoI actually bought one of the scooters bird used because they’re cheap and they don’t usually have one right by my house... but I still rent them semi-frequently. They come in handy whenever you need to do a one-way trip, or spontaneously realize one would be useful and didn’t bring yours, and it’s kind of nice to not have to worry about maintenance/charging.
- hndamien 8y agoI see a place for both, like you say, but I think this might make it harder to be financially viable.
- mylons 8y agoi disagree for exactly the reasons you listed. i don't want to charge it myself, i don't want to lug it around or worry about it's security once i'm at my destination. i'm paying for the ability to leave it anywhere.
- hndamien 8y agoI agree that it is better, I guess I'm just surprised that the unit economics work. For the price it is great to relieve yourself of the burden, but they have to contend with chop shops, private ownership, damage, network rebalancing, scooter hostage and other issues. If they get it to work financial it will be great!
- mylons 8y agotrue, the economics may make no sense.