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From: JAB <noway@nochance.com>
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Subject: Re: I'm having fun with this latest NZXT scandal
Date: Tue, 10 Dec 2024 10:39:27 +0000
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On 07/12/2024 19:51, Spalls Hurgenson wrote:
> But NZXT also sells complete systems, and this is what's gotten them
> into trouble recently. Or rather, it's not the sales of their PCs, but
> their rental options. Now, renting a PC is never a good idea, and
> NZXT's option is possibly the worst choice, since it's not
> 'rent-to-own' but 'rent, rent, rent and rent some more and at the end
> you got nothin' to show for it.' But even that is forgivable, except
> NZXT used bait-n-switch tactics; they showed one computer for sale and
> then another -using the exact same model name- for rent... despite the
> two machines not having the same specs. The language used on their
> websites was fairly misleading too (the fine print made it clear you
> didn't own the computer in the end, but language elsewhere implied
> otherwise, even if it never said so outright). Worse, their contract
> essentially gave them carte blanche to your data on the rented
> machine, should they chose to exercise that right (there's no evidence
> they ever did so and it's likely it was just boilerplate language...
> but still).

I'm not intrinsically against the idea of rent, rent, rent but i just 
don't see how it works with a PC. In the UK leasing cars has become a 
big thing but the difference there is people like the new cars and the 
manufactures are generally taking a chunk out of the second hand market 
while adding to their own one. Where's the equivalent in the PC world?

Oh of course NXZT's rather scummy approach doesn't exactly sell the idea 
either.