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For example, 2 loads with pickup would be $20 (for laundry) + $10 (for delivery), total…",[],"unknown",{"praise":56,"objections":64,"requests":113,"questions":125,"alternatives":137},[57],{"value":58,"source":47,"evidence":59},"Amazing idea",[60],{"id":61,"by":62,"text":63},"9350186","jamminjokesterj","amazing idea! i love it",[65,84,95,106],{"value":66,"source":47,"evidence":67},"Price of $10 per load seems expensive compared to laundromats",[68,72,76,80],{"id":69,"by":70,"text":71},"9348911","hashmymustache","$10 for a load of laundry seems really expensive to me. What am I missing?",{"id":73,"by":74,"text":75},"9349071","karangoeluw","My closest laundromat does 10lb of laundry for $12.5 with separate washes for colors, white and whatnot, AND fold. This seems absurdly expensive.",{"id":77,"by":78,"text":79},"9348956","zufallsheld","Are these prices for real? I'm paying 3.50€ for a load in the laundromat next door.",{"id":81,"by":82,"text":83},"9348989","mawburn","Most self-serve laundromats in the US charge $3-7 per washer and dryers cost $0.25-0.50 per 10 minutes.",{"value":85,"source":47,"evidence":86},"Demand may be limited to dense urban areas with no in-home washers",[87,91],{"id":88,"by":89,"text":90},"9349698","jgianakopoulos","True, but I'm from Austin Texas and just moved to San Francisco, so I have some insight into this. I'm not sure if there's as big of a demand for laundry pickup services outside…",{"id":92,"by":93,"text":94},"9348924","colinbartlett","Here in NYC, laundry pick up and drop off services are hugely in demand. I look outside my window all day and watch van load after van load of other people's laundry get…",{"value":96,"source":47,"evidence":97},"Crowd-sourced model is ripe for abuse and lacks dynamic pricing by cost of living",[98,102],{"id":99,"by":100,"text":101},"9348904","jbob2000","Ripe for abuse, but not gross in principle. This trend of \"crowd-source everything\" is getting a bit silly though. It really just makes more sense to operate a laundry service…",{"id":103,"by":104,"text":105},"9349008","mydpy","I agree and disagree. Like the comment below, I could see this being really useful in some metro areas. I think what these crowd-source apps are missing are dynamic pricing based…",{"value":107,"source":47,"evidence":108},"Possible damage to clothes by hosts; liability unclear",[109],{"id":110,"by":111,"text":112},"9350192","avalaunch","Is pickup\u002Fdelivery $10 per load or $10 per pickup\u002Fdelivery? 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