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by hf 4446 days ago
I don't want to sound overly enthusiastic, but I do think that this fits the bill 90% of the way. Great presentation[0]; pricing explicit and almost exactly what I would have imagined; and, of course, sane pick-up and delivery. I even hunted around for a spelling mistake to have something on the opposite side of the ledger. No such luck.

Alas, I'm a few thousand miles short of becoming a valued customer.

Now, hopefully, you're wondering about that last 10%: It's point 2 in your "How it works":

> Pack your things carefully and take pictures of the contents.

I'm sure legal would have a word or two to say about that, but: how much would it set me back if you did that, together with providing a rough description of the box' contents? This, then, would appear on my account page's List of Boxes.

The details are devilish, of course, and supreme caution is indicated: you don't want a prominent "take-a-peek" option to adversely affect the trust of your more privacy-conscious clients.

[0] Which, incidentally, doesn't appeal to me, as I am solidly in the tarsnap aesthetics camp, but we both know what to make of that.

2 comments

Happy to hear you like the 90% so much - thank you for the feedback!

As for the 10%, we have indeed found that quite a few customers end up not taking pictures, even though it's a requirement to qualify for the protection plan.

We would be happy to take those pictures, but I wonder if there's a way to do it so that it doesn't interfere with the customer's privacy. Drivers taking the pictures upon pickup comes to mind.

I believe the typical understanding here in the US is that there is no insurance, so you don't even need the pictures. A number of farmers around here rent out space in their barns or put up cheap buildings for public storage to get a bit more easy income.

AirBnB for storage would be awesome. Wonder if I could make enough to cover the cost of an an outbuilding?