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- Elliot
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You're stranded off road, or maybe your buddy is. Either way, that winch (or those heated seats, or whatever feature you like) installed on your rig for free but unusable until you activate it for a fee, would surely come in handy, so you rent the ability to use it.
You could have paid for the winch outright, or rented it for longer period of time at cheaper rates per unit of time.
Sound crazy? I refer to BMW's renting of heated seats https://nypost.com/2022/07/12/bmw-owners-outraged-over-18-a-month-charge-to-use-heated-seats/that made news today.
What do you think of making features available this way?
My two cents: I have mixed feelings. It's nice to have features on your rig you didn't pay for but can activate as needed. That might work great every time I need an 8 pin hitch connection--which is rare.
And yet other features---I'm just use to buying them outright. Truth be told, if you took out a loan, you're paying for your features monthly anyway.
You could have paid for the winch outright, or rented it for longer period of time at cheaper rates per unit of time.
Sound crazy? I refer to BMW's renting of heated seats https://nypost.com/2022/07/12/bmw-owners-outraged-over-18-a-month-charge-to-use-heated-seats/that made news today.
What do you think of making features available this way?
My two cents: I have mixed feelings. It's nice to have features on your rig you didn't pay for but can activate as needed. That might work great every time I need an 8 pin hitch connection--which is rare.
And yet other features---I'm just use to buying them outright. Truth be told, if you took out a loan, you're paying for your features monthly anyway.
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