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

submitted 7 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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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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[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

What would you search for to find one in your area?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

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.