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How rental ‘libraries of things’ have become the new way to save money (www.theguardian.com)

submitted 6 months ago by Aatube@kbin.melroy.org to c/technology@lemmy.world

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The theory is simple: instead of buying a household item or a piece of clothing or some equipment you might use once or twice, you take it out and return it.

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[-] FrostKing@lemmy.world 6 points 6 months ago

Our library in the last place we lived (Midwest of the US) let you take pans from their large collection of cake pans. It was actually really useful.

[-] Aatube@kbin.melroy.org 1 points 6 months ago

Of course a Midwestern library has a cake-pan collection.

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