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Re:Ask HN: I would pay X for Y by konpikwastaken on Wednesday November 01, 2017 @01:01PM (#15603250)

In theory, Handy (https://www.handy.com/services) does this for you for significantly higher rates at your own home. I've used the service before when it first started and rates were 40-60%/hour of what they are now. Seems like they could not keep up with demand - scheduled appointments would get cancelled less than an hour before and be incredibly inconvenient - which I would guess was a factor to them increasing their prices to attract more talent while keeping margins.

tl;dr; services like this exist, but 60-70$/mo is laughably low (assuming min 2-3 loads of washer + dryer per month)

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Re:Ask HN: I would pay X for Y by megaman22 on Wednesday November 01, 2017 @01:11PM (#15603354)

This is a wash-dry-fold service out of my local laundromat. I just drop off a big sack of laundry in the morning, they weigh it and charge by the pound (Wednesdays is a sub-$1 special), and then I pick it up after work, clean, nicely folded, bagged up, and with all my shirts on hangers. It's pretty close to the best thing ever.

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Re:Ask HN: I would pay X for Y by konpikwastaken on Wednesday November 01, 2017 @05:01PM (#15605434)

I see. I was envisioning a "bigger" service - your quoted price makes sense in that case.

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