Responses to the Guest Post: Rent or Buy?
We recently wrote a guest post for BudgetsAreSexy about the advantages of renting over buying. Specifically, the article lists why you should rent tools, prom dresses, textbooks and coffins. The article was quickly picked up by both The Consumerist and Lifehacker.com.
Both sites did a quick run-down of our argument, then asked their readers for their opinions on what else should be rented and how they felt about our suggestions. The topic elicited quite a bit of commentary, including some pretty funny ones we decided to share just in case you missed them the first time around.
On other things you should rent…
- Mail-Order Brides.
- Doors and windows. Pets. Toothbrush. Motor oil.
- Hotels…bowling shoes…canoes.
- Men.
- I’d say Wives…I’m on my third marriage.
- Women?
On the subject of coffins, death, and dying…
- I told my wife if she buys a box other than from U-Haul to put me in the ground I will come back and haunt her by spending what little money is left on Mac 3 Razors, Abercrombie clothes and expensive booze. Shouldn’t take long. I would prefer not to be embalmed either. My zombie return will be so much cooler if my flesh is oozing off! (not to mention cheaper) Death is such a scam on the living.
- Burlap sacks are cheap and an excellent place to deposit the recently deceased. So is the local watering hole – or your neighbor’s fridge.
- I used to tell [my family] they could just throw me out in the back field but I guess they have laws on that one.
- A stainless steel embalming table can be sanitized, but a padded fabric casket interior – blech.
- I want to be cremated and my ashes flushed down the toilet so no casket for me thanks, rental or not.
- I have an image of those open-ended caskets used for burial at sea.
- I’ve told my significant other that the only fitting end for me would be cremation in the first box you see, then have my remains lost somewhere in the basement.
On renting formal wear…
- If you can’t wear it to Target it doesn’t belong in your closet.
- I always wear a tux after six, What do you think I am, a hobo?
And finally, some ridiculously hilarious answers…
- Condoms.
- I agree with tools, and agree in principle with formal clothing/textbooks, but coffins?! Seriously?!
- Washer & dryer if you are weak and move frequently like I do.
While we all joke that it might be a great idea to rent a boyfriend or girlfriend, some things in life are just priceless. But it doesn’t mean you won’t be paying for it in some other way!
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