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1. mike_bob · 1789666718 · focus · HN ↗

   My personal experience with this is my father, who lives in a rural area with 10+ acres, has placed several shipping containers on the property as storage for his junk. He's charged just over $500/mo for them. He's had them for 18 years. The value of property in those containers is maybe $5000.

   Consumerism is a disease, and the USA is super good at it.

   1. 0cf8612b2e1e · 1789667002 · focus · HN ↗

      I thought you could buy a used shipping container for like a grand, so that is a ridiculous rental rate.

      1. mike_bob · 1789667655 · focus · HN ↗

         These are slightly higher end, and from what I've seen they go for $2-3000. But still yes, it is ridiculous, and the company wont offer them for sale per the current contract! For convenience sake he'd rather pay the monthly fee than haul all his junk out, get them to pick the container up, buy new ones, and put all his cheap useless junk back in.

         It's maddening!

         1. [deleted] · 1789674950 · focus · HN ↗

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