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Show HN: Pine – OpenTable for Massages

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Jesus christ there are lot of 0 day old accounts commenting in here. Please go "disrupt" reddit or some other site.

I know it looks bad but that's not us! Please do your best to get past the new commenters... we would really appreciate your feedback on the site and product.

Is this A/B testing for the other massage post on the front page? Or are you a different company?

  https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8372392

We are a different company, separate people and product.

I have a back injury so tend to be a frequenter of massage providers. I've tried a bunch of massage services and providers and it's really hit or miss. But this seems way better than trying to book something directly with a masseuse/masseur which usually involves a lot of back and forth for scheduling, rates, clarification of service, etc. So I'm really glad that there is some disruption in this space to make this particular hassle easier. I also think that this model could possibly guarantee a better overall experience as there is someone on the other end that cares about converting you into a regular customer on their platform which may improve quality standards everywhere, and especially for the providers on the particular platform. In my experience, massage providers seldom care if you had a good experience and there is basically nothing you can do if you had a bad one. This is especially true if you go to get massage as a form of physical therapy rather than just someone giving you a relaxation rub.

I've actually used Pine a few times and I will say that the booking process is surprisingly simple via their app and website. Also, I've never been disappointed with the quality of the provider I got - seems like at the very least this startup has really good relationships with quality providers that they are able to bring onto the platform. Worth a try in my opinion.

We've been working on this for the last few months and would appreciate feedback. Thanks!

tried it, loved it. the mts are good but it must be hard for them to scale easily

Nice site, will you be opening for other cities too? like DC?

yes, soon! right now we are in SF, Half Moon Bay, and Palo Alto Area.

Account created 12 minutes ago. :|

C'mon son!

Dear son, just created the account and will be active in this space! Pls visit my linkedin profile http://www.linkedin.com/in/umarakram Im not a bot but a human :)

Just kind of weird that a few accounts signed up and commented in this thread within a couple minutes of activation.

It's not a question of being a bot, but of comments from brand new accounts that look like astroturf. Those are not ok here, especially when they coincide with suspicious votes trying to push the story up.

All: please don't try to promote your (or anyone else's) work this way. It's not in your interests: it will probably get both the submission and the accounts penalized, your fellow users will complain, and it's usually obvious anyway.

Great service, super personal.

Account created and commented within a minute. Solid, seems legit.

Obviously just a coincidence. :P

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