2024 · intermediate
Scratch, Dent and Data: Engineering A Used Appliance Information Advantage Out of Necessity
After moving to a new-to-us apartment and finding that the community coin laundry value proposition was in a flux state of being just too inconvenient, just too unreliable, and just too expensive, my partner and I opened the door to what we would find to be our biggest relationship hurdle so far- purchasing a value laundry set.
After being beaten to the close on the first few deals we moved out to execute, it was clear we could not compete with the rest of the market's hustle and grit on a fair footing. The only way we could compete would be if we had an information advantage.
This is the story of personal discovery in learning that, after practicing one kick 10,000 times, you might one day find a surprising number of situations that you can just kick your way out of.
The last few minutes of this talk will be reserved as a museum for sharing all the interesting novelties and oddities I found while scraping and aggregating 70+ used appliance provider inventories throughout SC, NC, and GA.