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[โ€“] [email protected] 58 points 1 year ago (1 children)

A lot of car washes popping up near me with a monthly fee unlimited washes program that I'm positive is just a better version of what Walter did in Breaking Bad. Scan your app's QR code and away you go, meanwhile someone behind the scenes rings it up as a cash sale and throws $15 into the till.

[โ€“] OhmsLawn 1 points 1 year ago

Could be, but it's also an outstanding business model for a carwash. It evens out the cash flow when the weather is bad, and often doesn't add up for the customer. I had a subscription for 5 years with the first one in San Francisco. I finally dropped it when the price hit $50 a month and it was still too packed to get a scrub whenever I wanted. The washes were $25 each, so I had to go every other week just to break even.