Whoa if true.

  • Ilandar
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    1 year ago

    Subscriptions are out of control these days. You can even get subscription running shoes lol

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      1 year ago

      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.

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          1 year ago

          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.

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            1 year ago

            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.