Comments on: Rentoid Wants To Be The Place For Renting Anything http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/04/20/rentoid-wants-to-be-the-place-for-renting-anything/ Startup and Technology News Sat, 11 Oct 2008 16:20:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Coach Designer Handbags http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/04/20/rentoid-wants-to-be-the-place-for-renting-anything/#comment-2289746 Coach Designer Handbags Sun, 11 May 2008 21:17:54 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/04/20/rentoid-wants-to-be-the-place-for-renting-anything/#comment-2289746 <strong>Coach Designer Handbags...</strong> I found your site on technorati and read a few of your other posts. Keep up the good work. I just added your RSS feed to my Google News Reader. Looking forward to reading more from you.... Coach Designer Handbags…

I found your site on technorati and read a few of your other posts. Keep up the good work. I just added your RSS feed to my Google News Reader. Looking forward to reading more from you….

]]> By: Joseph http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/04/20/rentoid-wants-to-be-the-place-for-renting-anything/#comment-2210345 Joseph Tue, 22 Apr 2008 09:11:16 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/04/20/rentoid-wants-to-be-the-place-for-renting-anything/#comment-2210345 I guess every business model has it's positive and negative opinions. Only time will ever tell. One point to note to Idiot CEO - it's a bit foolish to compare a 'decently funded' startup as you term it from the 1990's. That was why most of them failed. They had too much money and squandered it!!!! It was a gold rush of fools. A self funded web 2.0 model can be done at 1% of the cost of what startups invested, sorry wasted in the 1990's. Isn't it about return on Investment not IPO's. (Imaginary Profits Only) I guess every business model has it’s positive and negative opinions. Only time will ever tell.

One point to note to Idiot CEO - it’s a bit foolish to compare a ‘decently funded’ startup as you term it from the 1990’s. That was why most of them failed. They had too much money and squandered it!!!! It was a gold rush of fools.

A self funded web 2.0 model can be done at 1% of the cost of what startups invested, sorry wasted in the 1990’s. Isn’t it about return on Investment not IPO’s. (Imaginary Profits Only)

]]> By: Ivan Ivanobrockovich http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/04/20/rentoid-wants-to-be-the-place-for-renting-anything/#comment-2208906 Ivan Ivanobrockovich Tue, 22 Apr 2008 00:48:45 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/04/20/rentoid-wants-to-be-the-place-for-renting-anything/#comment-2208906 Oy vey! My rentoids are flaring up again. Seriously, how long does it take to quiz a few people to see if your name has a dual meaning, or worse, overtly anal connotations as is the case here. Now if you're selling a cure for anal warts, lube, etc, maybe a name like Rentoid is a good idea. I agree, send this puppy out for the Old Yeller treatment, because all that dawg does is twitch and shake and piss all over itself. Oy vey! My rentoids are flaring up again.

Seriously, how long does it take to quiz a few people to see if your name has a dual meaning, or worse, overtly anal connotations as is the case here. Now if you’re selling a cure for anal warts, lube, etc, maybe a name like Rentoid is a good idea.

I agree, send this puppy out for the Old Yeller treatment, because all that dawg does is twitch and shake and piss all over itself.

]]> By: Idiot CEO http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/04/20/rentoid-wants-to-be-the-place-for-renting-anything/#comment-2208568 Idiot CEO Mon, 21 Apr 2008 21:26:47 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/04/20/rentoid-wants-to-be-the-place-for-renting-anything/#comment-2208568 Hasn't this idea already failed like 100 times? What's different that will make this idea a success? RentAnything.com was decently funded back around 2000 and failed. It reminds me of this gas station near my home. It's been owned 4-5x in the past 15 years, always going out of business though. Then a new sucker(owner) comes along and thinks they're the ones with the plan to make it work. Then 2-3 years later they blow all their money, probably their kids college education, and their retirement, then it's time to find the next sucker(owner) This idea of renting anything sounds decent on paper but who really wants to rent my socks, my dogs chew toy, or my brothers TV? Save yourself the trouble and add these guys to the deadpool now. Hasn’t this idea already failed like 100 times? What’s different that will make this idea a success? RentAnything.com was decently funded back around 2000 and failed.

It reminds me of this gas station near my home. It’s been owned 4-5x in the past 15 years, always going out of business though. Then a new sucker(owner) comes along and thinks they’re the ones with the plan to make it work. Then 2-3 years later they blow all their money, probably their kids college education, and their retirement, then it’s time to find the next sucker(owner)

This idea of renting anything sounds decent on paper but who really wants to rent my socks, my dogs chew toy, or my brothers TV?

Save yourself the trouble and add these guys to the deadpool now.

]]> By: KillerStartups.com - Rentoid.com - Where You Can Rent Anything http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/04/20/rentoid-wants-to-be-the-place-for-renting-anything/#comment-2207115 KillerStartups.com - Rentoid.com - Where You Can Rent Anything Mon, 21 Apr 2008 12:16:28 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/04/20/rentoid-wants-to-be-the-place-for-renting-anything/#comment-2207115 <strong>Rentoid.com - Where You Can Rent Anything...</strong> I found your entry interesting do I've added a Trackback to it on my weblog :)... Rentoid.com - Where You Can Rent Anything…

I found your entry interesting do I’ve added a Trackback to it on my weblog :)…

]]> By: TechCrunch Japanese アーカイブ » Rentoid、レンタルならなんでもこいのサービスを目指す http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/04/20/rentoid-wants-to-be-the-place-for-renting-anything/#comment-2207075 TechCrunch Japanese アーカイブ » Rentoid、レンタルならなんでもこいのサービスを目指す Mon, 21 Apr 2008 11:57:20 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/04/20/rentoid-wants-to-be-the-place-for-renting-anything/#comment-2207075 [...] [原文へ] [...] [...] [原文へ] [...]

]]> By: Joe http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/04/20/rentoid-wants-to-be-the-place-for-renting-anything/#comment-2206939 Joe Mon, 21 Apr 2008 10:58:32 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/04/20/rentoid-wants-to-be-the-place-for-renting-anything/#comment-2206939 A group of Swedish guys have started a similar site for the Swedish market, www.stuffly.se. Will open soon. A group of Swedish guys have started a similar site for the Swedish market, http://www.stuffly.se. Will open soon.

]]> By: Andre http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/04/20/rentoid-wants-to-be-the-place-for-renting-anything/#comment-2206565 Andre Mon, 21 Apr 2008 07:49:27 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/04/20/rentoid-wants-to-be-the-place-for-renting-anything/#comment-2206565 Oh and I signed up with no dramas... what browser were you using Hendra? Oh and I signed up with no dramas… what browser were you using Hendra?

]]> By: Andre http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/04/20/rentoid-wants-to-be-the-place-for-renting-anything/#comment-2206563 Andre Mon, 21 Apr 2008 07:48:49 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/04/20/rentoid-wants-to-be-the-place-for-renting-anything/#comment-2206563 The advantage of rental sites over ebay from a content perspective is that the list of available items will continue to grew (i.e. the listings do not disappear upon transaction). Has a neat environmental angle for getting publicity (reuse of idle assets). Could be viable if it becomes the one-stop-shop for mainstream and quirky items... The advantage of rental sites over ebay from a content perspective is that the list of available items will continue to grew (i.e. the listings do not disappear upon transaction). Has a neat environmental angle for getting publicity (reuse of idle assets).

Could be viable if it becomes the one-stop-shop for mainstream and quirky items…

]]> By: Thomas Lewis http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/04/20/rentoid-wants-to-be-the-place-for-renting-anything/#comment-2206477 Thomas Lewis Mon, 21 Apr 2008 07:13:49 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/04/20/rentoid-wants-to-be-the-place-for-renting-anything/#comment-2206477 Hello, I think the idea is very great and could have a chance to work. However the idea is not sufficient to make it work, it will need a good site and a strong team, something that I see with Zilok.com but not with rentoid.com Thibaud Hello,

I think the idea is very great and could have a chance to work. However the idea is not sufficient to make it work, it will need a good site and a strong team, something that I see with Zilok.com but not with rentoid.com

Thibaud

]]> By: Hendra http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/04/20/rentoid-wants-to-be-the-place-for-renting-anything/#comment-2206448 Hendra Mon, 21 Apr 2008 07:04:17 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/04/20/rentoid-wants-to-be-the-place-for-renting-anything/#comment-2206448 Sign up didn't work for me, clicking the button just brought me up back to the top of the page with no message at all, what a piece of crap! Sign up didn’t work for me, clicking the button just brought me up back to the top of the page with no message at all, what a piece of crap!

]]> By: Ross Hill http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/04/20/rentoid-wants-to-be-the-place-for-renting-anything/#comment-2206263 Ross Hill Mon, 21 Apr 2008 05:38:30 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/04/20/rentoid-wants-to-be-the-place-for-renting-anything/#comment-2206263 I think the idea is great and look forward to seeing how it goes. I think the idea is great and look forward to seeing how it goes.

]]> By: Rentoid on techcrunch « Start Up Blog http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/04/20/rentoid-wants-to-be-the-place-for-renting-anything/#comment-2206127 Rentoid on techcrunch « Start Up Blog Mon, 21 Apr 2008 04:31:27 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/04/20/rentoid-wants-to-be-the-place-for-renting-anything/#comment-2206127 [...] You can check out the story here. [...] [...] You can check out the story here. [...]

]]> By: Chris http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/04/20/rentoid-wants-to-be-the-place-for-renting-anything/#comment-2206021 Chris Mon, 21 Apr 2008 03:28:07 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/04/20/rentoid-wants-to-be-the-place-for-renting-anything/#comment-2206021 This concept only works in a niche and it needs to be the right niche. I know it works with designer bags and it's begbarrowandsteal.com or something like that. Obviously DVDs with sites like Netflix. Focus on something like tools (drills, hammers, etc.) and this might work. This concept only works in a niche and it needs to be the right niche.

I know it works with designer bags and it’s begbarrowandsteal.com or something like that.

Obviously DVDs with sites like Netflix.

Focus on something like tools (drills, hammers, etc.) and this might work.

]]> By: The Little League Coach http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/04/20/rentoid-wants-to-be-the-place-for-renting-anything/#comment-2205813 The Little League Coach Mon, 21 Apr 2008 01:27:30 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/04/20/rentoid-wants-to-be-the-place-for-renting-anything/#comment-2205813 Very interesting concept, will have to watch. I have heard about companies that rent designer items like purses etc. Very interesting concept, will have to watch. I have heard about companies that rent designer items like purses etc.

]]> By: Jon http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/04/20/rentoid-wants-to-be-the-place-for-renting-anything/#comment-2205778 Jon Mon, 21 Apr 2008 01:06:33 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/04/20/rentoid-wants-to-be-the-place-for-renting-anything/#comment-2205778 Rubix cube! Who would want to rent something (and pay for shipping) for an item that costs less then a dollar at the local Chinatown? Private jets have fractional ownership schemes and I don't see this system replacing those. Nice idea but there are too many people out there who "permanently borrow" items. I would like to "rent" a full ipod with 10K songs on it though... that sounds interesting! Jon http://dreamclue.com ...get the message! Rubix cube! Who would want to rent something (and pay for shipping) for an item that costs less then a dollar at the local Chinatown? Private jets have fractional ownership schemes and I don’t see this system replacing those. Nice idea but there are too many people out there who “permanently borrow” items. I would like to “rent” a full ipod with 10K songs on it though… that sounds interesting!

Jon
http://dreamclue.com …get the message!

]]> By: Solacetech http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/04/20/rentoid-wants-to-be-the-place-for-renting-anything/#comment-2205713 Solacetech Mon, 21 Apr 2008 00:32:48 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/04/20/rentoid-wants-to-be-the-place-for-renting-anything/#comment-2205713 Not at all. They will definitely spread themselves too then in the States... Not at all. They will definitely spread themselves too then in the States…

]]> By: Chris http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/04/20/rentoid-wants-to-be-the-place-for-renting-anything/#comment-2205702 Chris Mon, 21 Apr 2008 00:26:36 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/04/20/rentoid-wants-to-be-the-place-for-renting-anything/#comment-2205702 I don't see this working in America. I don’t see this working in America.

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