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From: Taryn Fransen
Date: Mon, 10 Sep 2001 14:24
Date: Mon, 10 Sep 2001 14:24
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The $250/month figure is a mistake--my understanding is that you don't have to pay an initiation fee at all, but if you do you get lower per-hour and per-mile rates. Also, you only pay the $250 once, not every month. On Fri, 7 Sep 2001, wrob wrote: > Sounds like an unworkable business plan to me. I'd like to > see car-sharing work, but 2 cars per station with an initiation > fee of 250 dollars a month?? I'm sorry. If they get 4 customers > it'll be overbooked, and at that price they'll still be able to > call it a success. You could buy exclusive access to a used car > for the same money. > > -BER >
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