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I remember that my school rented out mini-fridges to students. It was about $150 to rent a dingy, used fridge for the year. The cost to buy a similar fridge was
by dml2135 1y ago
I remember that my school rented out mini-fridges to students. It was about $150 to rent a dingy, used fridge for the year. The cost to buy a similar fridge was about $100. So of course, students would buy fridges, then discard them at the end of the year. Piles and piles of mini-fridges.
- sokoloff 1y agoThat sounds like a terrible plan on your school’s part (which is your point, I know). Rent them for $95 for the year and the school probably makes more money and definitely creates less waste and less inconvenience for students.
- dml2135 1y agoHonestly I don’t remember the exact price so I may be exaggerating the cost disparity… but I am not exaggerating the pile of fridges so the disparity was certainly there.
- SoftTalker 1y agoMy school did that too, but the rental was substntially cheaper than the cost of buying one. There was a deposit too, to encourage returning them, which may have encumbered more money than a new one cost but if you returned it clean it was cheaper than buying and you didn't have to deal with it over the summer. Mini-fridges are so cheap now it probably doesn't make much economic sense to rent one.