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by jmzbond 12y ago
1 - In SF traffic? ;) 2 - Great insight, have not thought about this before, will work this in 3 - Fascinating, clearly we need to do better with this value prop
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by jmzbond 12y ago
You're totally right, you and the gentleperson below. Done!
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by jmzbond 12y ago
Well said!
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by jmzbond 12y ago
Gross! So sorry to hear that... But good feedback for us. We have a limited social media presence and no Yelp (because for whatever reason the Yelp gods hate us and there seems to be no way to talk to a real person there), but I know this w
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by jmzbond 12y ago
Ooooh... nice, I will definitely look into that
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by jmzbond 12y ago
Ah I'm a 00s child =) Great feedback thanks so much!
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by jmzbond 12y ago
Great point! We will test this concept in the future, some people want the convenience of a total package, others want to customize so they can "make do" and shave off some money somewhere.
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by jmzbond 12y ago
Get this question all the time (same deal with Sports Basement). 3 things: 1) Would you rather spend an extra 60 minutes renting gear from REI or having gear arrive at your place when all your friends do and then leave all together? 2) We&#
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by jmzbond 12y ago
Wow have definitely never heard of outdoor events for a cause but that's a great partnership model. Will definitely look into it, thanks! Re: kayaks, if we expand there, we're loving this folding kayak http://www.orukay
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by jmzbond 12y ago
Totally fair and we're working on it. I think part of the challenge for us is that we're not really an e-commerce business in the traditional sense. And so, while we may want to preserve some of those elements (pricing, pop up mes
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by jmzbond 12y ago
1) This is part of our big design UX/UI challenge and we're still thinking about how to fix it. So this could be part of it. Thanks for the suggestion! 2) This one is hard. Ultimately we have a pay what you want model, so I worry
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by jmzbond 12y ago
Haha, I also heard someone say "Living in SF is like living in the future." Ironically I'll personally say that there are plus sides and down sides to this "app for everything culture." But it's as bit long and
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by jmzbond 12y ago
Great suggestion thanks! People are always fishing out on the piers here. Yes we want to expand in other categories, for outdoors gear and even beyond! Our vision is to make renting anything as viable as buying it, in order to try to reduce
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by jmzbond 12y ago
Thanks! It's very far from perfect and we know, have some great ideas but man I will say, I never thought UX/UI would be so hard when I got started. Lol at your PS, if we go there, promise to not tell you =)
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by jmzbond 12y ago
This is exactly what we're thinking! A little thingy that floats up and fades away. Almost like... points in a game. The only thing is we're thinking of doing it over the item, so you know that item has been added. Upper right cor
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by jmzbond 12y ago
Oh my you're totally right. Supposed to say, "We've never run out of items yet, because we are a last minute business and having inventory is our job." Something like that. I'm always hesitant to make 100% promises
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by jmzbond 12y ago
Great point, we had added that as a stop gap measure, because not all users realized they had to scroll down to checkout the cart. From an overall design perspective we kind of need to revamp the entire first part of the flow, so this is gr
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by jmzbond 12y ago
Sorry about that, I just tried it and it works, can you try again?
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by jmzbond 12y ago
That's right travelers are a segment of our users! The majority though, are folks who are not very outdoorsy but going for the first time and not interested in spending a ton of money upfront. I know there are a lot of businesses sprou
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by jmzbond 12y ago
That's a fair comment. We can certainly do a better job communicating up front where our geographic region is.
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Show HN: Rent camping gear and get it delivered up to 1 hour before the trip(lastmingear.com)
29 points by jmzbond 12y ago|59 comments
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by jmzbond 12y ago
I agree with many of the points in this article, though I think it's interesting that this strikes a chord. Because this is just a more micro version of the macro-economic chase for comparative advantage and efficiency, where we outsou
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by jmzbond 12y ago
I don't think this problem can be addressed without talking about the fundamental difference in incentives between the groups. Reporters are incentivized to get the story to sell. Especially as there are more & more freelancers, co
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by jmzbond 12y ago
I'd be curious to see what others think about this question: There are so many articles that preach the wonders of international math education in Asian countries, and just as many that attempt to mortify with the Asian system of rote
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by jmzbond 12y ago
I think it's a combination of many reasons, many of which the article cited, but then from other articles I've read as well. At least for myself, I've noticed that I have used busy-ness as an excuse to not do something I disl
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by jmzbond 12y ago
Interesting to see the authoritative power of Wikipedia and the sometimes lack of fact-checking from even reputable sources. I wonder to what extent experts believe (e.g., % of articles?) there may be such errors in Wikipedia, and what % of
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by jmzbond 12y ago
The first thing this made me think of is that there are a burgeoning group of "share economy" type 3D printing services. What happens if a buyer essentially crowdsources 3D printing of various parts for a functional gun and then u
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by jmzbond 12y ago
All I can think about while reading this is that it's so ironic that Bezos was making this speech, given the press on some of its abhorrent working conditions. [1][2] [1] About working in warehouses. Stories persist from 2012 to just l
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by jmzbond 12y ago
I like this concept, you're right that brains and resilience aren't always the same. Some really smart people need stability and can't handle rapid change. However, I do think culture-fit (which is way more important than per
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by jmzbond 12y ago
This also goes way beyond scraping, in the sense of small start-ups doing all kinds of hacks or clever manips to stay within the bounds of a free trial service. As someone who sees both sides… I don't know what to say. I'm running

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