Renting Pedals ?!?

JerkMoans

Got a few FX up for sale and have had a couple of queries seeking to rent, not buy, using a service called Fatlama.  It's a new one on me: showing my age I suspect.  Is renting pedals now a *thing*?  Is it, you know, 'safe'?

The times we live in.  I remember when this was all fields.  Etc...

midlifecrisis

i had a cheap squier listed on gumtrr (£95) and someone quoting fatlama aske dif i would rent it? i suspect its a real thing but i suspecte the operators are trying to get people to sign up for it. sounds a pta to me

timhulio

Renting pedals isn't a thing. Occasionally a company will set-up to rent pedals with either a monthly subscription or a pay-by-pedal scheme. But they never catch-on. The reason for this is that if you buy pedals used then flip them if they don't hit the spot, you usually get your money back.

Cols

I got the same thing on a couple of Akai pedals I had up for sale on Scumtree; agree, it's most likely a bot trying to drum up publicity/interest in Fatlama.

tampaxboo

buy used pedals on a wednesday afternoon and sell on sunday evening. renting.

Ro_S

eh.  i dont understand

timhulio

Anecdotally, you get higher prices on items on Sundays when everyone is at home browsing eBay attempting to stave-off the mind numbing boredom of conversations with the in-laws.

57Deluxe

unless you had the pedal before, renting is a silly option as it takes hours of twiddling and swapping about until you know what a pedal can and can't do... then there is the unknown 'mistake-turns-into gold' happy accident that often makes a meh pedal awesome...

midlifecrisis

also you dont know how many other peoples scabby feet have been on it

darcym

a guy on this forum (I can't remember his username ) set up this very business in Bath either early on when the forum started, or the end of the music radar days, he had some quality pedals and at reasonable loan prices (maybe a tad high) it wouldn't take off, despite him putting a lot of effort and good stock into it.

I suspect that's why no-one does it.

m_c

https://fxpedalrental.com/

They have a few pedals I'd like to try, however as for the OP and fatlama, I've never heard of them before. The fact you have to register to see what's available puts me of.

EricTheWeary

m_c said:

https://fxpedalrental.com/

They have a few pedals I'd like to try, however as for the OP and fatlama, I've never heard of them before. The fact you have to register to see what's available puts me of.

The guy who runs it is a member on here FWIW, fxpedalrental.

tampaxboo

deleted post.

Ro_S

@tampaxboo ; - my comment wasn't responding to you, but the OP

Heartfeltdawn

darcym said:

a guy on this forum (I can't remember his username ) set up this very business in Bath either early on when the forum started, or the end of the music radar days, he had some quality pedals and at reasonable loan prices (maybe a tad high) it wouldn't take off, despite him putting a lot of effort and good stock into it.

I suspect that's why no-one does it.

I remember him because he bought some secondhand gear from me and then went on to describe it as new on his website. 

darcym

Heartfeltdawn said:

darcym said:

a guy on this forum (I can't remember his username ) set up this very business in Bath either early on when the forum started, or the end of the music radar days, he had some quality pedals and at reasonable loan prices (maybe a tad high) it wouldn't take off, despite him putting a lot of effort and good stock into it.

I suspect that's why no-one does it.

I remember him because he bought some secondhand gear from me and then went on to describe it as new on his website. 

naughty, didn't know that