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Too many unknowns to calculate a risk premium - a burned out clutch might cost me $1000 to replace. What about the time the car is out of action? I could pull out my spreadsheet and begin to work some figures using pivot table, but this is about saving money not practicing for an MBA.
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Hmm, I guess I'm saying, charge $100/hr if you like. It's up to the owner. And it's not about saving money for a car owner, it's about making money. It's only about saving to the borrower.
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Sure but the main competitor here in ZipCar (and its rivals) not rentals. If I want to rent by the hour I'm going to ZipCar, not Alamo.
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At this point, I disagree -- rental is way larger than zipcar. And I think the Getaround approach is more scalable, so that when conventional rental is dead, Getaround will have a large lead, and distribution, over Zipcar.
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I'm in SF, where their beta roll out is, and ZipCar is absolutely plastered across the city. I can't see how Getaround has greater distribution than a ~10 year incumbent. I'm not also not seeing as being cheaper, esp if you compare like-for-like models and factor in ZipCar includes fuel.
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That's where I rented, too. Not sure what to say here, we're both anecdotes, I guess.
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If I charge $7/hr
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Are you saying that because you're fixing on what Zipcar charges? Most of the world hasn't heard of Zipcar. They've heard of car rental.
Hmm, I guess I'm saying, charge $100/hr if you like. It's up to the owner. And it's not about saving money for a car owner, it's about making money. It's only about saving to the borrower.
" Sure but the main competitor here in ZipCar (and its rivals) not rentals. If I want to rent by the hour I'm going to ZipCar, not Alamo. "
At this point, I disagree -- rental is way larger than zipcar. And I think the Getaround approach is more scalable, so that when conventional rental is dead, Getaround will have a large lead, and distribution, over Zipcar.
" I'm in SF, where their beta roll out is, and ZipCar is absolutely plastered across the city. I can't see how Getaround has greater distribution than a ~10 year incumbent. I'm not also not seeing as being cheaper, esp if you compare like-for-like models and factor in ZipCar includes fuel. "
That's where I rented, too. Not sure what to say here, we're both anecdotes, I guess.
" If I charge $7/hr "
Are you saying that because you're fixing on what Zipcar charges? Most of the world hasn't heard of Zipcar. They've heard of car rental.