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Then your mistake is just thinking you'll end up in a financially better position by renting. Companies do things because they are profitable. Also, I don't se

by pluma 7y ago

Then your mistake is just thinking you'll end up in a financially better position by renting. Companies do things because they are profitable. Also, I don't see how "being unable to sell your stuff because it's crappy and old and having to give it away for free" is worse than "being unable to sell your stuff because it didn't belong to you in the first place and is taken away as soon as you lapse a payment". Except of course in the former case some other poor person might still get some use out of the old and crappy stuff and in the other case some company is taking the (relatively new) thing and likely just shredding it.

drivingmenuts 7y ago
Honestly, at the time I was concerned with surviving the next weeks, rather than worrying if some poor person could have used it. From where I sat, merely being poor would have been an improvement. Renting means being potentially being able to ditch payments while you still have at least some money to survive on, if you can recognize that is a possibility. I’m skittish now. The moment the paycheck stops, for some reason beyond my control, I’m dropping everything unnecessary to survival and paring down to being able to live in a closet, if necessary.