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Yeah, I think this is a great idea, but they should pay the damned airport fees. They derive exactly the same benefits from the airports being there that tradi

Yeah, I think this is a great idea, but they should pay the damned airport fees. They derive exactly the same benefits from the airports being there that traditional car rental companies do, so they should shut up and pay the piper.

AsymetricCom 13y ago
I hate how they default to a completely out of scope argument: but we're providing a valuable service by putting unused cars to work. No, you're providing yourself with paychecks. The operations of your business are only a subset of that. It's the same kind of un-scoped reason that leads to conclusions like trickle down theory. They think because they're proving a service that someone can presumably benefit from, that gives them a blank check to consume as much as they can to provide that service, thus completely negating the positive impact of their business through crock-pot philosophy. Obviously, there is no sound logic in this line of reasoning. Obviously, they're not going to argue that they should pay more since they don't have a fleet to maintain. "Invisible" hand? The solution is quite simple really: there is no simple solution. If you're going to displace a business you can't replace them with something less then what they were and expect to make more money than they did, at least not in a sustainable way. It's simple thermal dynamics. This is all a subset of issues born of cargo-cult thinking, techy buzz words and such that give businesses respect they simply co-opted by using the word/technology in marketing materials. More bubbles, more start up trends, more 'combinators separating uninformed people and their money without providing real value and expecting to get their @#$% &*!! for doing us the favor.
gojomo 13y ago
Actually, they don't derive the same benefits. They have no cars or counter on-site. Also, it's likely a majority of their drop-offs and pick-ups aren't even people renting cars! Instead, they're locals, who've dropped off their car at a remote lot for maybe-renting. Why should such a person be routed out through the remote rental-counter-center, when they're not a car-renter? They're most like any other local arriving via cab or limo, so that's the airport-usage-fee that should apply.

AsymetricCom 13y ago

I hate how they default to a completely out of scope argument: but we're providing a valuable service by putting unused cars to work. No, you're providing yourself with paychecks. The operations of your business are only a subset of that. It's the same kind of un-scoped reason that leads to conclusions like trickle down theory. They think because they're proving a service that someone can presumably benefit from, that gives them a blank check to consume as much as they can to provide that service, thus completely negating the positive impact of their business through crock-pot philosophy. Obviously, there is no sound logic in this line of reasoning. Obviously, they're not going to argue that they should pay more since they don't have a fleet to maintain. "Invisible" hand? The solution is quite simple really: there is no simple solution. If you're going to displace a business you can't replace them with something less then what they were and expect to make more money than they did, at least not in a sustainable way. It's simple thermal dynamics. This is all a subset of issues born of cargo-cult thinking, techy buzz words and such that give businesses respect they simply co-opted by using the word/technology in marketing materials. More bubbles, more start up trends, more 'combinators separating uninformed people and their money without providing real value and expecting to get their @#$% &*!! for doing us the favor.

gojomo 13y ago

Actually, they don't derive the same benefits. They have no cars or counter on-site. Also, it's likely a majority of their drop-offs and pick-ups aren't even people renting cars! Instead, they're locals, who've dropped off their car at a remote lot for maybe-renting. Why should such a person be routed out through the remote rental-counter-center, when they're not a car-renter? They're most like any other local arriving via cab or limo, so that's the airport-usage-fee that should apply.