Check out Fair.com also; Los Angeles only right now but also offers no-term flexibility. There is a 'start payment' but all said and done, Fair may be cheaper than this depending on how long you keep the car.
Turo is a short term car rental marketplace. Fair is a flexible "long-term" car leasing service. They have two different business models and are serving two different problems.
Ostensibly true but what you wrote glosses over all of the interesting details because the services are not that black and white. I'm more interested in the areas where they overlap — the gray area between renting and leasing. Use cases like getting a car for a few days per month or just a month or two, where services like Zipcar are also competitors. Fair's marketing claims "pay as you go, walk away at any time" in the App Store description which suggests to me it is possible to "own" a car off Fair for a month or two.
You're correct, @tedmiston. With Fair, you can return your car anytime (with a 5 day notice). So, you could keep the car for 1mo, 7 weeks etc. Fair will pro-rate the last month. Fair probably doesn't make sense for folks who just need a car for a few days. Happy to field more questions here (or email me: username @fair.com)
By the way, with my referral code (SHAANR100) you can save $1,000 off the start payment until 10/31/17.
I <3 the #newAsana. Check out what @asana has been up to: https://asana.com
I had to use Asana a year and a half ago for a side project, it was on par with Rally as being the biggest steaming pile of poo I've ever had to use. Hello world-type ticketing systems were better than it.
Having said that maybe the new asana is better. Hopefully there is someone out there giving Jira competition.
Square seems to be the go-to AFAIK.. they probably have the widest following in terms of absolute number of businesses adopting them. I could be wrong though.
The Square register was a huge flop with most merchants (though they are addressing these issues with more recent updates). Most merchants I've interviewed that use an iPad as a POS solution have tried it, and dumped it for something that actually met their needs. Again, they are addressing these issues, but that was the feedback I received less than 6 months ago.
I've eaten at local places that used Square. I have no idea if they're happy customers.
I've seen increased use of Square at our local public farmers markets. The guy I buy my beef from loves his. It's lower initial cost, higher transaction cost, and super easy to use.
(I support any disruption that eats into the VISA/MasterCard/Etc oligarchy.)
Sorry, I don't have much info other than it didn't have the critical features they needed in order for it to be useful. The details of those features I never asked about. What I can tell you is that I mainly spoke with cafes, restaurants and other food service related merchants. Only spoke with a handful of retail merchants... Hope that helps!
I just spoke to them on their website's livechat/Olark -- they're very responsive and helpful. Also the service is free so no reason not to play with it.
