Comment on How rental ‘libraries of things’ have become the new way to save money

sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

• Eximius@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  You’re literally saying you are happy paying half the price and not owning anything.

  You could have at least bought the tools new and sold them after for a net maybe 5% loss…

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  • dnu@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Time and effort to sell is also cost

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  • smort@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Yeah if I see a “used once” tool on Craigslist, I’m not paying 95% of retail for it

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  • Aatube@kbin.melroy.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Seems like renting with extra risk and steps

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  • FreakinSteve@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    You do not understand that capitalism and markets are not the best solution for everyone, do you?

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  • sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Sometimes it’s better than the alternative. If I only need a thing once and I likely won’t ever need it again (e.g. a chainsaw when I cut down trees in my backyard), I’m willing to make the trade-off. If I bought it instead, I’d still sell for half price and need to spend the time selling it.

    I’ll buy other things that I’ll use occasionally. For example, I own an angle grinder, which I’ve used a handful of times. If it was cheaper to rent, I would. But home improvement stores are in the business of selling tools, so they want to increase rent enough that people will lean toward buying instead of renting.

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  • someguy3@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    He said the exact opposite.

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