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Didn’t Homejoy Shut Down?

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1121 points alokedesai | 1 comments | 28 Oct 15 19:51 UTC | HN request time: 1.219s | source
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gondo ◴[28 Oct 15 20:49 UTC] No.10467295[source]▶
as someone mentioned in the blog comment, Fly Maids site is a complete copy (with redesigned homepage) of another cleaning service http://www.homeaglow.com/

@johnsalzarulo out of curiosity, try if your login works on homeaglow.com

f.e.: both logos are served from the same S3 bucket: https://s3q1w2e3.s3.amazonaws.com/brands/logos/fly_maids.png https://s3q1w2e3.s3.amazonaws.com/brands/logos/homeaglow.png

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phonon ◴[28 Oct 15 20:54 UTC] No.10467338[source]▶
It also has the same address/registration number as the one in the privacy policy of http://cleanr.ca/

"a company incorporated in England and Wales (registration number 8883585) with its registered office address at 14 Whittonditch Road, Ramsbury, Marlborough, Wiltshire, United Kingdom, SN8 2PY."

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phonon ◴[28 Oct 15 20:56 UTC] No.10467349[source]▶
Which is in fact "HOMEJOY EUROPE LIMITED"! https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/company/08883585
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1. djur ◴[28 Oct 15 21:04 UTC] No.10467400[source]▶
Wild speculation: could they (Homejoy or whoever is liquidating them) be trying to salvage Homejoy's best markets by creating new cookie-cutter brands for each one and then trying to find a buyer?