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Kristofer™@kristofertm · Founder @ Lamplighter Labs
Going to need someone to explain the reason behind all of these food delivery services popping up, some even charging for delivery (Amazon's is clearly free like others). I've been getting my food delivered from pretty much every restaurant in NYC for free for the past 10 years via Seamless. If it's a nicer eatery that doesn't deliver, odds are I'd probbaly… See more
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Angelo Liao@angelo_liao · Product Manager at Microsoft
@kristofertm NYC is a special case. The distance between restaurants and homes is usually close. For cities like Los Angeles, delivery can be nightmare with long waiting time and limited selections. Plus, the growth of local driver network makes the delivery prices drop by a significant percent.
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Kristofer™@kristofertm · Founder @ Lamplighter Labs
@angelo_liao Gotcha
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Anant Garg@anant_garg · Founder @ cometchat.com, apptuse.com
@kristofertm Although they say NYC, most of them only deliver in Manhattan (and below 125th street). The whole delivery area is not more than 30 minutes end-to-end I believe.
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Mo McBirney@motormo · Manufacturing Engineer, Tesla Motors
@kristofertm Moved from NYC to SF. RIP my Seamless dreams. I used to live in Sunset Park and still had delivery options! Not in the Mission, though...
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Tony Anastasi@tony_anastasi · Filmmaker, works with startups in China.
@kristofertm you haven't seen anything yet - wait until you see how the food del apps works over here in China.. every food place on there inc KFC ( they charge 9rmb for del most expensive del ever! until you realise its only $1.34usd lols greedy fkn pigs eh! all others are free or only 3-4rmb 59cents usd for del ) everyone is on the app but just not maccas,… See more
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Tony Anastasi@tony_anastasi · Filmmaker, works with startups in China.
@kristofertm ps: i wouldn't be able to live here in china without these food del apps, there's no way i'd find all these restaurants to eat dinner at every night... not just food either, fruit n vegs, beer n wines, entire apps are in chinese though so i order by pix and cross my fingers the order food looks half as good as the photos, the smaller places most… See more
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