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How rental ‘libraries of things’ have become the new way to save money (www.theguardian.com)

submitted 6 months ago by Aatube@kbin.melroy.org to c/technology@lemmy.world

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The theory is simple: instead of buying a household item or a piece of clothing or some equipment you might use once or twice, you take it out and return it.

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[–] zout@fedia.io 4 points 6 months ago (8 children)

As a Dutchman, do other countries not have rental places everywhere? Over here every diy store has a rental department, I'd guess this is universal?

[–] masterspace@lemmy.ca 5 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

In North America you don't see many home improvement stores downtown where people are most likely to rent.

Most Lowe's, Home Depots, etc do have tool rental options, but they're located out in the burbs where land is cheap and everyone has space to store tools.

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