# PC Rental :bloated: **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [August 8, 2008, 10:42am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/pc-rental-bloated/52947 "2008-08-08T10:42:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Adictd2b00st](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/adictd2b00st/32/7625_2.png) [@Adictd2b00st](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Adictd2b00st)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2008, 10:42am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/pc-rental-bloated/52947/1 "2008-08-08T10:42:56Z")
So I just got off the phone with a customer who is setting up a desktop that they rented …and I was curious how much they are getting ripped off so I asked how much she is paying… $80/month , for 18 months… $1400 oh and it was an extra $20/month to get one “new in the box” lol $1400 to rent a cheap ass basic computer! wow ---
**Author:** ![Fry](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/fry/32/7284_2.png) [@Fry](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Fry)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2008, 10:43am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/pc-rental-bloated/52947/2 "2008-08-08T10:43:28Z")
This is why we can’t have nice things. ---
**Author:** ![GA2002GT2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b5ac83/32.png) [@GA2002GT2](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/GA2002GT2)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2008, 10:45am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/pc-rental-bloated/52947/3 "2008-08-08T10:45:01Z")
Some people don’t have the money upfront and need a computer right now. So they rent. But yes what a complete ripoff. ---
**Author:** ![LZ1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@LZ1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/LZ1)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2008, 10:45am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/pc-rental-bloated/52947/4 "2008-08-08T10:45:33Z")
And they use dial up… ---
**Author:** ![Paulo](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/paulo/32/7328_2.png) [@Paulo](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Paulo)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2008, 10:45am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/pc-rental-bloated/52947/5 "2008-08-08T10:45:46Z")
That’s why the poor stay poor. ---
**Author:** ![Nikuk](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/nikuk/32/7254_2.png) [@Nikuk](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Nikuk)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2008, 10:46am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/pc-rental-bloated/52947/6 "2008-08-08T10:46:23Z")
> [@Fry](#): > > This is why we can’t have nice things. . > [@LZ](#): > > And they use dial up… . > [@Paulo](#): > > That’s why the poor stay poor. . ---
**Author:** ![BuickGN](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/buickgn/32/7200_2.png) [@BuickGN](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BuickGN)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2008, 10:47am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/pc-rental-bloated/52947/7 "2008-08-08T10:47:16Z")
i rent mine ---
**Author:** ![Adictd2b00st](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/adictd2b00st/32/7625_2.png) [@Adictd2b00st](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Adictd2b00st)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2008, 10:47am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/pc-rental-bloated/52947/8 "2008-08-08T10:47:25Z")
> [@GA2002GT2](#): > > Some people don’t have the money upfront and need a computer right now. So they rent. But yes what a complete ripoff. she doesn’t “need” a computer lol basically yea what everyone is saying, thats why the poor stay poor! priorities people :fail: ---
**Author:** ![Fry](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/fry/32/7284_2.png) [@Fry](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Fry)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2008, 10:48am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/pc-rental-bloated/52947/9 "2008-08-08T10:48:07Z")
> [@GA2002GT2](#): > > Some people don’t have the money upfront and need a computer right now. So they rent. But yes what a complete ripoff. They’d be better off going to a public library than pissing away $1000 dollars when they can’t afford $400. ---
**Author:** ![BuickGN](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/buickgn/32/7200_2.png) [@BuickGN](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BuickGN)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2008, 10:48am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/pc-rental-bloated/52947/10 "2008-08-08T10:48:13Z")
seriously, where do u RENT a pc? ---
**Author:** ![sureshot](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/sureshot/32/7578_2.png) [@sureshot](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/sureshot)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2008, 10:49am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/pc-rental-bloated/52947/11 "2008-08-08T10:49:23Z")
> [@BuickGN](#): > > seriously, where do u RENT a pc? My guess is RENT-A-CENTER. But if there isn’t a specific place for this already, I’m logging off and creating something for this right now, as there is a bountiful amount of numbskulls to take advantage of :beer2: ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Stevil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/da6949/32.png) [@Dr.Stevil](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Dr.Stevil)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2008, 10:49am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/pc-rental-bloated/52947/12 "2008-08-08T10:49:24Z")
^ rentacenter edit: damnit sureshot If someone is dumb enough to buy/rent anything from a place like that, they deserve to get ripped off. ---
**Author:** ![LZ1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@LZ1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/LZ1)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2008, 10:49am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/pc-rental-bloated/52947/13 "2008-08-08T10:49:51Z")
And what worst part…you have to deal with people who rent PCs and use dial up all day :lol: ---
**Author:** ![walter](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/walter/32/7202_2.png) [@walter](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/walter)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2008, 10:51am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/pc-rental-bloated/52947/14 "2008-08-08T10:51:23Z")
You can buy a PC for a third of that. If you can’t handle saving for it for 5 months you probably shouldn’t have it. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Stevil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/da6949/32.png) [@Dr.Stevil](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Dr.Stevil)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2008, 10:54am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/pc-rental-bloated/52947/15 "2008-08-08T10:54:09Z")
> [@walter](#): > > You can buy a PC for a third of that. If you can’t handle saving for it for 5 months you probably shouldn’t have it. hell, you can even got one for 1/10th that (albeit a bit older) fuck… a kid next door/down the street/relative probably has 1 or 2 oldies laying around they could probably have for nothing but a thank you. ---
**Author:** ![sureshot](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/sureshot/32/7578_2.png) [@sureshot](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/sureshot)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2008, 10:55am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/pc-rental-bloated/52947/16 "2008-08-08T10:55:20Z")
> [@walter](#): > > You can buy a PC for a third of that. If you can’t handle saving for it for 5 months you probably shouldn’t have it. Hey, maybe they have the intentions of using the PC to make money! They’ve probably invested in every “Secret EBAY Techniques Guarantee $1000 on the dollar” book available. The internet is the _new_ land of opportunity, after all. If that’s not it, they could always pay for their rented PC by doing surveys all day. :rx3: ---
**Author:** ![Fry](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/fry/32/7284_2.png) [@Fry](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Fry)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2008, 10:56am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/pc-rental-bloated/52947/17 "2008-08-08T10:56:11Z")
THAT’S PREDATORY LENDING! IT’S NOT THE CONSUMER’S FAULT! WE NEED TO PASS ANTI-COMPUTER-RENTAL LEGISLATION! ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Stevil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/da6949/32.png) [@Dr.Stevil](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Dr.Stevil)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2008, 10:56am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/pc-rental-bloated/52947/18 "2008-08-08T10:56:53Z")
and the poor (dumb) get poorer (dumber) ---
**Author:** ![Joe](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/joe/32/7219_2.png) [@Joe](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Joe)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2008, 10:57am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/pc-rental-bloated/52947/19 "2008-08-08T10:57:12Z")
> [@sureshot!](#): > > Hey, maybe they have the intentions of using the PC to make money! They’ve probably invested in every “Secret EBAY Techniques Guarantee $1000 on the dollar” book available. > > If that’s not it, they could always pay for their rented PC by doing surveys all day. :rx3: They need to check their email because some dead guy in nigeria left them 100 million dollars and they need something to send their bank account number to his lawyer with! That should easily cover the cost of renting the PC. ---
**Author:** ![sureshot](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/sureshot/32/7578_2.png) [@sureshot](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/sureshot)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2008, 11:00am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/pc-rental-bloated/52947/20 "2008-08-08T11:00:42Z")
> [@Joe](#): > > They need to check their email because some dead guy in nigeria left them 100 million dollars and they need something to send their bank account number to his lawyer with! That should easily cover the cost of renting the PC. For a third world country, there sure is a lot of wealth in Nigeria! [Next page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/pc-rental-bloated/52947.md?page=2)