http://www.thegoodhuman.com/2008/01/23/thank-you-zipcar-for-removing-all-the-cars-from-my-neighborhood/ Sustainability, Environment, Progressive Politics, Peak Oil, Going Green. Sun, 12 Feb 2012 20:40:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.thegoodhuman.com/2008/01/23/thank-you-zipcar-for-removing-all-the-cars-from-my-neighborhood/#comment-25100 Finding & Using A Car Sharing Service Near You | The Good Human Thu, 19 Aug 2010 14:31:44 +0000 http://www.thegoodhuman.com/2008/01/23/thank-you-zipcar-for-removing-all-the-cars-from-my-neighborhood/#comment-25100 [...] car parked 99% of the time. I did have an issue with Zipcar once they took over FlexCar, in that they removed all the cars from my area, but when the cars were there it worked quite well. I no longer live in Santa Monica, but I am [...] [...] car parked 99% of the time. I did have an issue with Zipcar once they took over FlexCar, in that they removed all the cars from my area, but when the cars were there it worked quite well. I no longer live in Santa Monica, but I am [...]

]]> http://www.thegoodhuman.com/2008/01/23/thank-you-zipcar-for-removing-all-the-cars-from-my-neighborhood/#comment-22703 ZipHater Wed, 09 Dec 2009 23:12:13 +0000 http://www.thegoodhuman.com/2008/01/23/thank-you-zipcar-for-removing-all-the-cars-from-my-neighborhood/#comment-22703 The larger picture is that the CEO of Zipcar (not its founder, btw, they kicked HER out) is an elitist who thinks that the rest of us who are not affiliated with an institution of higher learning should not be using their cars. They did the same thing in San Diego - only the UCSD location remained. So let's do the math - they're charging more than the regular car rental companies do ($66-$72 per day for up to 180 miles per day, to $25-$35 per day, if we take Budget as an example; add insurance and gas, and it's still less; and you get true unlimited mileage ). And Budget has two locations in a 2-miles radius from me. All ZipCar did was screw Flexcar and its users over, and offered nothing in return. My membership was cancelled. I hope someone else starts a new venture and give them some competition. They suck. The larger picture is that the CEO of Zipcar (not its founder, btw, they kicked HER out) is an elitist who thinks that the rest of us who are not affiliated with an institution of higher learning should not be using their cars. They did the same thing in San Diego – only the UCSD location remained.
So let’s do the math – they’re charging more than the regular car rental companies do ($66-$72 per day for up to 180 miles per day, to $25-$35 per day, if we take Budget as an example; add insurance and gas, and it’s still less; and you get true unlimited mileage ). And Budget has two locations in a 2-miles radius from me. All ZipCar did was screw Flexcar and its users over, and offered nothing in return. My membership was cancelled. I hope someone else starts a new venture and give them some competition. They suck.

]]> http://www.thegoodhuman.com/2008/01/23/thank-you-zipcar-for-removing-all-the-cars-from-my-neighborhood/#comment-14214 Zipcar Has Gone And Pissed Off Quite A Few People Now With The Flexcar Takeover. | The Good Human Thu, 07 Feb 2008 20:34:43 +0000 http://www.thegoodhuman.com/2008/01/23/thank-you-zipcar-for-removing-all-the-cars-from-my-neighborhood/#comment-14214 [...] back when I wrote about Zipcar removing all the cars in my neighborhood? Well, it looks like it might be happening in other cities [...] [...] back when I wrote about Zipcar removing all the cars in my neighborhood? Well, it looks like it might be happening in other cities [...]

]]> http://www.thegoodhuman.com/2008/01/23/thank-you-zipcar-for-removing-all-the-cars-from-my-neighborhood/#comment-13350 David Tue, 29 Jan 2008 18:43:07 +0000 http://www.thegoodhuman.com/2008/01/23/thank-you-zipcar-for-removing-all-the-cars-from-my-neighborhood/#comment-13350 I agree Lyle - in plain words, it is bullshit. I agree Lyle – in plain words, it is bullshit.

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