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Why sell something once if they can sell it to you every month whether you use it or not?
@SJ0 @quasar
I read recently about BMW selling subscriptions for their heated seats.
Subscriptions are out of control these days. You can even get subscription running shoes lol
I'd actually consider that. It'd depend on the shoes and the price. At present, I'm running about 1,500km a year. My shoes are $260 (unless I can find them on sale) and I get around 1,000km out of each pair. That works out at around $10-15 per week on shoes.
I doubt whoever is renting shoes out is charging that much for the service.
They cost $30 (US) per month lol
That's probably too much. Even though it's roughly what I'm paying now. While the subscription commitment would encourage me to make sure I was running to get value for it, the risk of not owning my shoes and the service being timely with replacements wouldn't offset the stability I have now of just owning my shoes.
In short, I can't see who this would be better for.
They have a sustainability angle, which I guess is what would drive most to subscribe. The company would probably argue they need a subscription model to ensure people return the shoes regularly so they can recycle them, but it would be good if they could find a way to do this without removing the consumer's right to ownership.
Well you can (and I do) buy digital versions. So no sub required. Or just shop at Amazon.com.
LPT: UK is the same Blu-ray region as us. So Amazon.co.uk if your player isn't region free.
Funnily enough I have a region A player. From when Blu rays were quite new. I believe the newer ones are region free these days.
I remember I couldn't lend my disks to my friends as their players were region locked B. Region A had the thinner cases too which I liked.
The problem with those is the DRM so you can't use it if Amazon go down (or lose their licence to it) which is where DVDs and Blu-rays shine