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Comment by jasonswett | Hacker News Reader

This service is probably meant for people with higher-value ways to spend their time than fill up their gas tank, i.e. business owners.

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Anybody who thinks it's a waste of time to spend a couple minutes standing outside clearing their head, should probably take a couple minutes to clear their head.

On the other hand, during the winter maybe there's a market in North Dakota.

The people can afford a private driver? I fail to see the middle ground between middle-class and rich people that this service would cover. Plus, you don't fill your tank as a single appointment. You stop somewhere for 10min on your way somewhere and it's done. Looks like something you'd ask your teenager neighbor to do just to give him/her a few bucks for booze in the weekend.

What's an extra few minutes with your family worth to you? That's what it comes down to for a lot of people. I have limited and time and I am willing to outsource almost everything in my life that I can.

I doubt you can put a price on what's a reasonable price to pay for 1 minute of time with a member of your family. Is asking someone from your family to go with you to the gas station to fill out the tank while you chat about your day a reasonable way to spend time together?

This market mentality doesn't (shouldn't?) apply to social relationships because it leads to stupid decisions (like to give your CC number to a stranger). Next thing you're weighting how much your family time is really worth vs. making another buck.

It isn't such a frictionless service though, you still need to find and hand off your keys and pass them off to whoever may be filling your tank and then do the same when receiving them. Which probably consumes all of 5 minutes on its own.

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