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Old Posted Jan 22, 2007, 10:22 PM
BTinSF BTinSF is offline
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Originally Posted by _J_ View Post
3) the rates rule (consider this $2/hour late night laugh at BT da ZipCar zombie ;-)
And in general, this is the way car usage SHOULD be.
Laugh all you want, but CityCarShare charges a $10 monthly fee and a $300 refundable security deposit. That's a minimum of $120 a year plus the deposit. I'm likely to use a ZipCar no more than 3 times a YEAR. I'm a member mostly because it gives me options, not because I'm a heavy user. And ZipCar gives me "bonus miles" on my AMTRAK credit card.

I'd love to see CityCarShare offer a plan with no monthly fee for us low-usage folks, but they don't. Capitalism does. So, as usual, Capitalism satisfies the customers and wins by providing car usage the way it REALLY should be.

Last edited by BTinSF; Jan 22, 2007 at 10:29 PM.
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