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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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[–] Tikiporch@lemmy.world 36 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Yeah, that's how libraries work.

[–] Eximius@lemmy.world 6 points 6 months ago (4 children)

Libraries don't cost.

[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 11 points 6 months ago (1 children)

My library has a power tools wing. Also a seasonal seeds section. They have gotten very fancy.

[–] KairuByte@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Wait for real? Free seeds? That’s rad!

[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 6 points 6 months ago

Definitely. A couple of the librarians have been like family friends for I don't know how long anymore, and they keep adding new programs. I keep hearing from them how things are not great at our library (things aren't great at libraries anywhere I hear), but then they keep spearheading projects like the tool and seed libraries, getting them added, and I can't help but think our local library is one of the better ones. We don't have 3d printing but I hope we will soon.

[–] Saik0Shinigami@lemmy.saik0.com 5 points 6 months ago

Taxes are a cost.

[–] praise_idleness@sh.itjust.works 2 points 6 months ago

Well that's just not true..

[–] lolcatnip@reddthat.com -2 points 6 months ago

You pay for them through taxes.