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Sounds like you could just sell your drill! It all comes down to how much money/headaches are you saving. Let's say the temporary drill/hole making service cos
by temuze 13y ago
Sounds like you could just sell your drill!
It all comes down to how much money/headaches are you saving. Let's say the temporary drill/hole making service costs half as much as getting a drill itself ($11 for the service instead of $22 for the drill). If you need to put another shelf in, the service would cost as much as getting the drill in the first place! Also, is it more convenient as a service? Are you sure you want to deal with getting a person to go to your place to put a hole in? Sometimes, I don't want to deal with people and I don't want to wait. Is it worth the effort of ordering on your phone and waiting a hour every time you want to use a drill? Are you saving money in the long run?
I don't think everything can be put in the fancy schmancy "sharing economy." It comes to one simple principle - is something more convenient as a service?
Maybe it is convenient at scale. Maybe renting all the power tools you need or all the equipment you need is more convenient.
- alexharris6 13y agoI believe that the author is implying, in the first two paragraphs, that they would rather spend more money in the long run than have the drill sitting around unused.