The meter on Hamilton
You put in eighty minutes. The appointment ran long. The flag is red before you are back at the car. We ping you twelve minutes before expiry, not at the hour you parked.
Form 1 — product notice · September 2026
The hour you keep missing is the one that costs you.
Remindbot is a reminder and scheduling desk for inconvenient windows: the last forty minutes an inspection station takes walk-ins, the Friday refill line, the meter that runs out while you are still in line at the counter.
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The usual misses
Most reminder tools ping you at a round hour. The problem is rarely 9:00. It is 11:40 on a Thursday. Below are the three we see every week.
The Friday refill line
Dr. Hale’s office answers the refill phone Tuesday through Thursday, 8:30 to 11:00. Calling at noon on Saturday is a message that will sit until Monday. We try you inside the window.
Number 47, already called
Walk-in inspection on 4th Street stops taking numbers at 11:40. A 10:00 reminder is too early; a noon reminder is a wasted trip. We hold the ping until you can actually stand in that room.
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What the desk actually does
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Write the thing in plain language
A reminder is a sentence, a window, and a channel. “Call the water counter, weekdays before 3:00, bring the account number.” No board, no tags, no project.
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Set a window, not a round hour
Open hours, last-call times, “before they lock the lot,” “while the school office is still picking up.” We fire inside the window and stop when it closes.
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Snooze that respects closing time
Snooze does not drop a parking reminder into 2 a.m. It holds until the next window you named. Quiet hours stay quiet except for items you marked urgent.
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Share a household list
One reminder, up to three people. Whoever handles it marks it done. The other two are not still wondering who called the landlord.
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A working ledger (examples)
These are the kinds of lines people keep. They are not clever. They are the ones that used to fall off a sticky note.
| Slip | Thing | Window | Interval |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1842 | Call Hale refill line | Tue–Thu, 8:30–11:00 | Every 28 days |
| 1843 | Hamilton Street meter | 12 minutes before 2:40 p.m. | One-shot |
| 1844 | Furnace filter, basement | Any weekday, 7:00–9:00 a.m. | 90 days |
| 1845 | Library bag, 6th Street branch | Saturday 10:00–1:00, while open | 21 days |
| 1846 | Inspection, 4th Street station | Walk-ins until 11:40 | Yearly, two weeks before |
| 1847 | HOA meeting, rec room | Second Wednesday, 6:30–7:00 p.m. | Monthly |
| 1848 | Water counter, city hall | Weekdays before 3:00, checks only | The 15th, or next business day |
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Rates as of September 2026
No annual “suite.” No usage surprise. If you need more than 200 active reminders you are probably running a shop; write and we will say so plainly.
$0 keeps 20 reminders
- Email only
- Windows and awkward intervals
- Export to .ics
- Stays free; we do not age it out
$4 a month, or $36 a year
- 200 active reminders
- Up to three people on a list
- Text and email
- Closing-hour snooze and urgent exceptions
$8 a year, on Household
- One mailed sheet each quarter
- What fired, what you skipped, what is coming
- US addresses only
- Printed downstairs at Park & Sons
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How to open a desk
There is no form on this site. Email hello@remindbot.ai from the address you want us to use. Subject line: OPEN.
In the body, say email, text, or both, and the mobile number if you want texts. We reply within two business days with a one-page setup sheet (PDF) and a starter list. The first twenty reminders are free and stay free.
Texts come from a local 610 number. Email comes from desk@remindbot.ai. If a reminder fails, we try once more inside the window and then mark it missed on your sheet.
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Notes from people who use it
“I do not need another calendar. I needed someone to tell me the inspection station still takes walk-ins for eighteen minutes.”
— R. P., Fullerton
“The quarterly sheet goes on the fridge. My mother reads it. That is the whole review process in this house.”
— A. M., Bethlehem
“We share the landlord list. I used to assume my brother had called. He had not.”
— S. K., Easton
“It pinged me at 8:34 on a Thursday and the refill was done before nine. That used to take a week of phone tag.”
— J. L., Allentown
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Desk hours and mail
| Day | Eastern time |
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| Monday–Thursday | 9:30 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. |
| Friday | 9:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. |
| Saturday–Sunday | Closed |
| Allentown Fair opening day | Closed after noon |
| Week of Christmas | Closed |