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I think it's not so simple. If someone is renting out an apartment for a month they can afford to spend time doing paper-work, receiving the renters etc, becaus
by hurin 12y ago
I think it's not so simple. If someone is renting out an apartment for a month they can afford to spend time doing paper-work, receiving the renters etc, because the turn-over per rental is large enough (and Airbnb provides guarantees for damages).
The question is how is it going to work with the $10/day power-tool. Let's say even if someone breaks my power-tool it will be reimbursed and I'm 100% sure - how much time/paper-work will this reimbursement take up?
- leereeves 12y agoI agree it wouldn't be worth the paperwork for a single item, but owners could make a living renting out many items, perhaps even buying popular items to rent. And as you suggest, the site would need to make dispute resolution as simple as possible. Perhaps automatically refunding both sides for disputes, but banning users with too many disputes. It's not simple--certainly not as simple as publishing free ads--but that's why a business that can do it is valuable.