• CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org
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    4 days ago

    I sure wouldn’t. If anything it sounds like these rentals will be worse than the free to look at ones. It’s only 5 bucks, but it’s 5 bucks.

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      4 days ago

      Sort of a “Cobra Problem” of rental agencies, wherein they have an economic incentive to show you a few duds before they get you anywhere near some place you’d want to live in.

      Incidentally, this is already a strategy rental agencies. Exhausting your client in a run-around means they’re more likely to settle on a mediocre choice than hold out for something better. Stapling a price tag on every new visit means further disincentivizing them to keep looking after you’ve showed them a bunch of lemons.