I was referring like I said to renting the tools. Like I said, most auto parts stores, any major chain, i.e. Pep Boys, Autozone, trash auto, napa, etc.. Have a rental policy for tools they know you will only use once a blue moon anyway. They however make you "buy" the part. Then tell you to return it. Some places now have a sign-out sheet or something to that effect. If you ask the guy how to rent a tool behind the counter he will tell you to "buy" it and return it. That is what I meant and there is no freaking moral dilema with doing that. It is their freaking policy, so anyone that says it's wrong to do that can take it up with the store owners and stop bitching at the people that suggested doing it that way. Tb ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Sentra Mailing List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, September 13, 2000 8:33 PM Subject: SML: wrong option > > > > QUOTE > "Not true at all. Most auto parts stores rent these tools out. All you > do is buy it and return it. That is what you are supposed > to do. How is that the wrong option to give?" > > RESPONSE > Renting and buying are different. When you rent something, it is understood that > you are going to use it and bring it back for someone else to use. When you buy > it, you are purchasing for your own private use to keep, not to return and let > others use it. Most people see it as dishonest when you "buy" something just to > use it and return it. It is the "Wal-Mart Syndrome". It gives you a white-trash > sorta reputation. If you honestly don't think there is a difference, open your > own business and sell things. See how you feel when people "buy" something, use > the hell out of it, then return it just because they're done with it. Then > you're stuck with a used product that you cannot sell for full price. I don't > think it's necessarily "wrong" but I couldn't do it. Hell, I have a hard time > returning things to stores because I'm dissatisfied with it let alone something > that I just used because I'm a cheap bastard. > > Look at it this way. You get a brand new power painter for your birthday. You > have no need for it so you decide to sell it. Somebody buys it from you, paints > their whole house and makes it lok sweet. Then they decide to return the painter > to you because they said they don't like it or whatever. Now you have a nasty, > dirty, used painter and he has a sweet looking house for free. Had you "rented" > him the painter, you could've kept the money for him using it. > > > > >
