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How rental ‘libraries of things’ have become the new way to save money
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As a Dutchman, do other countries not have rental places everywhere? Over here every diy store has a rental department, I'd guess this is universal?
In North America you don't see many home improvement stores downtown where people are most likely to rent.
Most Lowe's, Home Depots, etc do have tool rental options, but they're located out in the burbs where land is cheap and everyone has space to store tools.
Home improvement stores and autoparts stores will rent out tools for home projects or automotive projects. Looking at my library they also offer kitchen stuff, arts and crafts, 3d printing, board games and a ton more. I have no idea where you'd rent that kind of stuff here in the US.
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We do have rentals, but they're more for large things that you'd use once and never again. Paint sprayers, giant floor sanders, etc.
They don't rent things like table saws, thickness planers, etc, which would fall into weekend warrior kind of tools. They want you to buy those.
There always have been some around. Not all diy stores have one but there is always one near from what I've seen. People keep discovering them and thinking they are new.
What would you search for to find one in your area?
drive the retail areas of town and look for the rental signs. yellow pages. They want to be found by locals so look in the places locals might. hardware stores either rent stuff or will tell you if you ask.
That makes more sense to me, thanks.