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The main appeal for users is actually the free parking. Long term parking at SFO is $18/day.

by pg 14y ago

will_brown 14y ago
This is the second time you commented free parking is the main appeal. I have to say your single sentences can get my mind racing at a hundred mph. Example, Why institute the sharing (AirBnB model) if it is less about sharing and more about not paying for parking? Does this mean there is room for a purely valet model, where one drives to the airport and a valet drives it back their home instead of parking at the airport? Is it going to be a common practice for people to be the AirBnB of "this and that", making the marketing more important than the service, especially when sharing is not the main appeal? I take what I can from your comments, like your perspective on the sharing model above, but it makes me think getting a YC interview would be bitter-sweet because really I would want to interview you.
- pg 14y ago
  Sharing pays for the free parking.
- shrig94 14y ago
  pg nailed it. In the model you described above, you're still shelling out dollars from your bank account rather than leveraging an under utilized asset of your's.
  - angryasian 14y ago
    I think this only works if the benefits outweigh the potential costs. Crashing a car, getting a rental, and purchasing a new car are all unwanted headaches that are more likely in this model vs some screwing up a room in the airbnb model.
  - will_brown 14y ago
    As to the model, honestly it was just one quick thought in a stream of conscience purposely meant to be a contrast to the sharing model, or leveraging an under utilized asset - nice phrasing. A company out to get me free parking is a company after my own heart. In no way was I challenging the AirBnB/sharing/your model, I agree with you and pg the model I describe would not work specifically b/c "shelling out dollars", yet there is value if a valet model cost $18 once and a trip was longer than 48 hours, which sounds like your not meeting a demand so much as your making one. Keep working on great things.

The main appeal for users is actually the free parking. Long term parking at SFO is $18/day.

by pg 14y ago

The main appeal for users is actually the free parking. Long term parking at SFO is $18/day.

This is the second time you commented free parking is the main appeal. I have to say your single sentences can get my mind racing at a hundred mph. Example, Why institute the sharing (AirBnB model) if it is less about sharing and more about not paying for parking? Does this mean there is room for a purely valet model, where one drives to the airport and a valet drives it back their home instead of parking at the airport? Is it going to be a common practice for people to be the AirBnB of "this and that", making the marketing more important than the service, especially when sharing is not the main appeal? I take what I can from your comments, like your perspective on the sharing model above, but it makes me think getting a YC interview would be bitter-sweet because really I would want to interview you.

pg 14y ago
Sharing pays for the free parking.
shrig94 14y ago
pg nailed it. In the model you described above, you're still shelling out dollars from your bank account rather than leveraging an under utilized asset of your's.
- angryasian 14y ago
  I think this only works if the benefits outweigh the potential costs. Crashing a car, getting a rental, and purchasing a new car are all unwanted headaches that are more likely in this model vs some screwing up a room in the airbnb model.
- will_brown 14y ago
  As to the model, honestly it was just one quick thought in a stream of conscience purposely meant to be a contrast to the sharing model, or leveraging an under utilized asset - nice phrasing. A company out to get me free parking is a company after my own heart. In no way was I challenging the AirBnB/sharing/your model, I agree with you and pg the model I describe would not work specifically b/c "shelling out dollars", yet there is value if a valet model cost $18 once and a trip was longer than 48 hours, which sounds like your not meeting a demand so much as your making one. Keep working on great things.