[wbill]

Renting makes sense in specific situations. When I was travelling, my company furnished an apartment with rented stuff for me, for four months. No long-term stay places, locally. I dunno about furnished rooms, etc. I didn't ask.

It worked fine. And at the end of the consulting gig, the rental company was there to pick everything up.

But that's a pretty specific market, and certainly NOT the target for these kind of places.

What fool would pay $2,000 for a laptop that can be had for 1/5 of that? Truly, people are the sum of their bad decisions.

[ctdonath2]

What fool would pay $2,000 for a laptop that can be had for 1/5 of that?

You can get a refurbished MacBook for $769 - something considered overpriced/luxurious. For $2039 can get a screaming awesome refurbished 15.4-inch MacBook Pro 2.3GHz Quad-core Intel i7 with Retina Display - what I'm using right now, and gloating that it's the best computer in our >30-person high-tech company.

Yes, rental may make sense for particular situations. Being broke and wanting a new (!) couch isn't one.