OK, yeah its real. It’s a start-up.
Called Washboard.
And for a monthly subscription of $US26.99 they’ll send you $US20 a month in quarters. So you can go to a coin laundry and do your laundry.
Yes, its serious.
Cofounder Caleb Brown, 27:
- “It is a legit business,” he said. “We do have customers. A few. Very few. Less than 10.”
- “I don’t think its silly for a customer to sign up, I think its a great service.” Brown said he was “leaning towards” thinking we’re in a bubble, but quickly noted Washboard’s grander ambitions. “I want to do laundry detergent, I want to do fabric softener delivery. We started with kind of the quirkier aspect, which is mailing money.”
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Shakes head …
But, hey, good luck to ‘em