[bifftannen]

What really makes Cherry that special that it needed or received funding? There have been mobile detail services for years already. Was it the "startup" label?

Plus, we really don't need more wasteful services. No way to collect and recycle the waste water for example. Car washes are just ugly wastes of a resource we don't have enough of.

[janejane]

"No way to collect and recycle the waste water for example." - yeah, but there was no waste water from the wash. Cherry used a waterless carwash solution that actually worked pretty well.

My husband was working for Cherry as a second job 3 days a week, and we're really sad to see it go. The money and hours were decent, and he thought it was better than being stuck in a coffee shop or something like that for a second job. He was solidly booked with customers on the days he worked, so I don't think Cherry folded for lack of customers. I also want to point out that not all Cherry car washers were social rejects who had no others options for work except for menial labor... my husband is college educated, we just needed some extra cash.

I think the real crime here, which no one has brought up, is that Cherry gave ZERO notice to the washers that it was going to fold up yesterday. We got an email last night that it was over effective immediately. I'm glad it wasn't our only source of income, but even a weeks notice to get things sorted out would have been nice. FU Cherry!

[2pasc]

I agree that providing no notice was not great. How did your husband find out about Cherry and applied for this job?

[2pasc]

The Cherry team comes from a pretty cool background with lots of ex-Yammer people. Plus demand was strong... So demand + strong team in a frothy market = why not give them $5.5M to see if there is something real there.