In the US we also have places like Rent-A-Center that can be used for that. They tend to be quite predatory and usually target low income people to rent luxury goods they couldn’t normally afford, but I knew someone who’d rent their largest TV for a week for their Superbowl party, and it was a pretty good use for the service.
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Megaman_EXE@beehaw.org 6 days ago
Okay at first I was wondering “who the hell would want to do this?” But then I thought maybe its like…if you need a TV for an event? Being able to rent out a large TV might be helpful? But like thats so absolutely niche.
But its the only way I could ever see it make sense. If you needed a very large flat screen only for a few days or something you could rent it instead of paying a few thousand.
hovercat@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 days ago
B0rax@feddit.org 6 days ago
If you want to watch football (or soccer) this season with friends, and will usually not watch much else, why not.
Plenty people rent most things. There is a whole market to rent electronics, even furniture.
leftascenter@jlai.lu 6 days ago
Event companies already have ready-to-rent TVs.
Megaman_EXE@beehaw.org 6 days ago
Lol of course thats a thing. Welp there goes my big brain ideas