The Laundry Quarters Delivery Startup Is Dead (And in Hell?)

Some things are too precious to last in this brutal world, and Washboard, a startup that mailed you quarters to do your laundry, is one of them. It is, against all odds and after only a week in business (“business”), shutting down.

The number of people willing to pay $27 for $20 was not exactly what Washboard’s founders predicted, I guess, although Washboard blames its payment processor for its demise:

Some business models are too good to be true.

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