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Yeah I was trying to parse this too, if my fridge SP was awful in all the ways mentioned, wouldn't I be looking at the competition, especially now that it's eas
by rhacker 8y ago
Yeah I was trying to parse this too, if my fridge SP was awful in all the ways mentioned, wouldn't I be looking at the competition, especially now that it's easy to cancel a contract and get a better one so easily - instead of paying $1k for a new fridge.
- digikata 8y agoYou can rent fridges right now, few people elect to do it...
- asv23c 8y agoI think you mean "Few people elect to do the thing they barely know exists." The model being peddled on TV/radio/etc isn't "Rent a fridge." is it? This is just another "language war". The airwaves and communications channels are monopolized by discourse that protects the known way of doing business. It's not a law of physics it be that way.
- ashelmire 8y agoBecause it's more expensive over a relatively short period, perhaps?
- digikata 8y agoI suspect for long term goods that are below some cost, it's just cheaper for people to own them vs renting over the lifetime of the device. A corporation will tend to finance the capital cost of the good if it's renting, then needs to pass on the interest costs of those goods to the renters. On top of that a rental corp also need to maintain techs to install/remove appliances. It all adds up to higher cost to rent than own in this area.
- digikata 8y agoA company will also pay for and pass on the cost of non-paying customers in terms of repossession or loss of rented units.
- Fargren 8y agoI rent my apartment, and it comes with a fridge, so I guess I'm renting the fridge too. IS this not common? Do people usually bring their own fridge in when they rent?