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by bradleyland 4098 days ago
This really doesn't pass the sniff test. Did it seriously get voted up 21 points?

Using a photo of a woman who is clearly not dressed for the line of work gives me the impression that maybe I'm supposed to expect an attractive woman to pick up my car. This is a pretty blatant objectification of women, which leaves a very bad taste in my mouth.

Mentioned elsewhere in the thread, you say you are considering a $1 million insurance policy. Considering? Are your drivers insured at all? IANAL, of course, but if people in your employ are driving (an activity with a pretty high incident rate), and they are not insured under a commercial automobile insurance policy, you are likely violating your local business laws. Not to mention, you're risking a life impacting financial event should someone decide to sue you. Failure to insure adequately is a pretty easy tool that can be used to pierce the corporate veil.

Consider changing the "100% customer satisfaction" language. How long can a company sustain "100% customer satisfaction"? My gut reaction is, "Must not have many customers."

I'm all for making a run at running a business, but some of the things you've said here make me wonder what is really going on here. There's no information about the fee, available markets, or who this company actually is. If I text you, someone shows up, takes my car, and never comes back, who exactly am I going after? Is Gas Valet an actual company? Where is its home office? Who are the principals? What happens if my car is wrecked while in your possession?