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Re:WeWork chases new financing as cash crunch looms by rrdharan on Friday October 11, 2019 @11:47AM (#21225489)
Turns out most of us enjoy any exchange in which we receive goods whose value far exceeds what we pay for them.

Same reason I love cheap ride share trips[1] and NYC ferry rides[2]. I'd probably really enjoy winning the mega millions jackpot with a $5 ticket too (though perhaps not? [3]).

[1] https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/zmjew8/were-all-killing-u...

[2] https://ny.curbed.com/2019/3/28/18285731/nyc-ferry-swimming-...

[3] https://time.com/4176128/powerball-jackpot-lottery-winners/

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Re:WeWork chases new financing as cash crunch looms by sasper on Friday October 11, 2019 @11:51AM (#21225528)
WeWork is the most expensive option in our city for managed offices, by a large margin. It's not cheap.
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Re:WeWork chases new financing as cash crunch looms by bpt3 on Friday October 11, 2019 @12:25PM (#21225855)
Have you tried to negotiate? If they have any competitors, they'll beat those prices just by asking in my experience.
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Re:WeWork chases new financing as cash crunch looms by sasper on Monday October 14, 2019 @10:48AM (#21248851)
Yes we negotiated, received discounts, and have a dedicated person working our account since we're growing into new countries and adding lots of offices.

It's still much more expensive than the competition (and absolutely worth the increased expense).

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Re:WeWork chases new financing as cash crunch looms by DisruptiveDave on Friday October 11, 2019 @12:07PM (#21225678)
Side note, I miss the East River ferry. It made my commute 100x more enjoyable than the subway (except when the ferries would leave my dock early and then yell at me for it).
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Re:WeWork chases new financing as cash crunch looms by CydeWeys on Friday October 11, 2019 @12:12PM (#21225739)
What do you mean "miss"? There's plenty of ferry routes across the East River. Quite possibly more now than ever before.
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Re:WeWork chases new financing as cash crunch looms by DisruptiveDave on Friday October 11, 2019 @02:29PM (#21227049)
Ha, I don't live there anymore! The actual "miss"!
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Re:WeWork chases new financing as cash crunch looms by magashna on Friday October 11, 2019 @11:56AM (#21225572)
Who knew venture capitalists would unknowingly fund this socialist dream?
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