Comment by brackin | Hacker News Reader

Comment by brackin | Hacker News Reader

How is it cloud storage or a "reverse Amazon"? This seems like a worse deal. You pay $300 a year minimum and $29 a delivery for storing small, low value items. Large items cost more (bike is an extra $300/y, ski's are an extra $150).

Their fine print makes the deal look worse.

- They only cover $250 of liability per box and they won't store undeclared expensive items.

- If you don't pay for the service after 30 days they WILL sell all of your stuff. If you do pay to get your stuff back within that 30 day window, they'll be a fee attached.

- However much you pay in the first month will continue for the first 3 months. I.e. If you need to store ski's in your first month (At $25) and return them in that month, you'll pay for the ski's for the following two months.

I live in a city and I could see people maybe using this for unused laptops, etc which I keep in a drawer but the low liability hinders this.

So I think you might be excluding people that are already paying double that per-year (never mind the cost of parking/etc if they actually own a car). Also, this business seems like it might actually work out well in a place like new york, where you don't own a car, but have too much stuff (and enough money to actually keep that stuff)

One of the key reasons people keep cars is because they are very helpful in the case of moving. If you had all your non-essential stuff in a service like this, moving would all of a sudden become significantly easier

They should probably pre-charge the return fee. That way if you don't pay they just return your stuff and that's it. After all every customer will eventually have to pay it, you might as well collect it upfront.

This service only makes sense in places like NY that are really really short on space. It also makes more sense with seasonal items, 3 or so times a year you rotate your stuff.

It doesn't make as much sense for the random junk people have.

> - If you don't pay for the service after 30 days they WILL sell all of your stuff.

This is normal among traditional storage unit businesses.

30 days is normal?

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