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At what point is a scooter considered abandoned property? What's preventing me from just taking the scooter off the street and hoarding them?
by xiaosun 8y ago
At what point is a scooter considered abandoned property? What's preventing me from just taking the scooter off the street and hoarding them?
- giarc 8y agoDo you just take cars that haven't been driven in a week? Why would a scooter be any different?
- woolvalley 8y agoMostly because a car is too heavy :p
- joeblau 8y agoI read a story a few weeks ago where people were actually taking the scooters. Then they would be marked as stolen, and the people would return them and collect the lost & found fee.
- microdrum 8y agoThese scooter businesses are like studies in ways to lose money! Another one is: what happens when at scale the Chinese manufacturers can get these things into LA and NY for $200 direct to consumer, not $500? Most business do better when inputs get cheaper. But Lime will just see demand evaporate as people buy their own little scooters.
- newest_user_ 8y agoI believe property is considered to be abandoned after not being able to contact the owner for three years or so.