I live in SF and have an avocado tree in my yard. Once they start ripening, we get hundreds every week, and resort to putting a box of them outside our place every day.
(I know, you're thinking "you must not love avocados as much as me if you can't eat them all!" but it turns out that 100 avocados per week is beyond my abilities)
So your other option is to try and find that box. :)
An avocado fan here. How do I return the avocados if they are bad when delivered? Is there a charge for returns? How much are the prices of the avocados? You should put that on the site.
Our avocados are handpicked by an expert avocado picker :) There is currently no price for returns as satisfaction is guaranteed! Pricing is dependent on the delivery location and the number ordered.
But as a buyer, I'd like to know the prices upfront before ordering so that I am not shocked when quoted a price upon delivery. "Our avocados are hand picked by an avocado expert"? Woooo..
Why not just include a bid with your order? If you know you can get avocados for $2 each at the store near you, and you want to buy 10 near-ripe avocados, why not include a bid with your request? Eg. "I want to buy 10 near ripe avocados, can you do that for < $25 shipped?"
If they aren't listing prices, you should take that as an opportunity to haggle and get a deal.
We do text the prices upon confirming an order, it depends on quantity and location. We wouldn't show up at your door before letting you know the price!
I don't understand. Why place the order before confirming the prices? Why not just put it on the site and save the text? A service like this refusing to give me a price until an order is placed will make me a bit suspicious and leery from a consumer's perspective.
Why the secrecy on the prices of these avocados? I don't get it.
This thread has gone from a parody of the reluctance of HN readers to spend money to actual reluctance to spend money.
I must protest!
We still need a discussion about how the NSA is instrumenting avocados to track us, how free markets distort government regulation of avocado markets, how we should all grow our own trees, how YC has jumped the shark by funding avocado services without a proven business model, how we are in an avocado bubble and a deep learning implementation that generates avocados crossed with dogs.
You say it's location-based, buuuuut... I entered in nothing but my out-of-area phone number (read: no location) and I was texted a price for some avocados. One hour later I got a completely unprompted text with a different price for the same number of avocados.
Otherwise, is it possible to get same-day delivery of these? I can easily get avocados in general for way cheaper at Costco, but getting ripe ones last-minute is always a time-consuming challenge...
You probably don't realize this but "cago" in Spanish means "I shit" or "I shit myself", depending on context. If you accent the "o", "cagó" it means "he shit" or "she shit". So "avocago" could mean that someone named "Avo" took a shit.
Not the kind of thing you want to associate with fresh produce.
I would seriously consider pivoting to a different name.
Your call. I'd change it now before the business grows. Besides, a more generic name would better support expanding your offerings beyond avocados.
Fruits and veggies available at most markets suck. Quality and taste is horrible. Sell quality produce guaranteed to taste great and people might beat a path to your door. Just don't call it what you are calling it. "Ralphs" could have been a plumbimg company. Pick something less descriptive and more brandable.
Like it or not the hispanic population consumes a lot of avocado. Don't get off the line with a name that diverts a huge chunk of your potential audience from your value proposition. It's a mistake.
Not putting the price on the site is an error that may break this idea. You use a system of some kind to calculate the price... just have the site automatically calculate it before the buyer has to do much. I'm in your target area, and I love avocados, and I wouldn't order from this because of the issue.
This is the first thing I've ever seen on HN (and I've been here since the beginning) that I've shared with my father. He absolutely loves avocados and eats them raw, and I knew when he saw this it would be love at first sight even though he lives on the east coast of the US and can't use the service!
I normally eat them raw too, even on home made pizzas (add them after the pizzas come out of the oven?) ... but I suspect a slight soaking / spray with something acidic (lemon water is the obvious candidate) may stop them browning quite so badly.
Alright guys, avocado awareness is at an all time low. We've got to come up with some interesting angles to let people know that Hass avocados are the very definition of smooth and creamy.
Just a friendly reminder that one Avocado (approx 200g) has 30 grammes of fat (44% of Daily recommended value). As yummy as they are to eat, there is a reason they are so yummy :)
So your other option is to try and find that box. :)