My main objection to this sort of thing is the logistical overhead of living with it and dealing with the eventual returns. You have to keep track, mentally or

My main objection to this sort of thing is the logistical overhead of living with it and dealing with the eventual returns. You have to keep track, mentally or otherwise, of what's rented and what's not. You will treat the rented things differently, even if only subconsciously. When the time comes to return it, you have to deal with a website or a flurry of emails. Probably there is some boxing and taping and printing and packing and mailing. You have to verify the return is received and monies are refunded. I guess some money is saved, and perhaps reuse is encouraged, but at the expense of cognitive cycles and time. I'd rather just buy. The ecological wastefulness argument strikes me as, like recycling, operating on very, very thin margins.