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Present you is happier to only pay $40/month rather than $500-600 up front. The hassle of selling used furniture should not be taken lightly, both in it's complexity and its sale p…

Awesome, glad to see this resonate. Where are you generally moving to/from? Inter- or intra-city moves?

Re differentiators: reasonable question, for sure. Check my reply to Charia above. Re established market: interestingly, Cort and most other rental cos don't have a very good hold …

Good idea. Possible we are looking too mass market at the moment. Will keep this in mind.

Not much more. If the apartment is way up a walkup and we're carrying 4 dressers, 4 tables, 4 armoires, etc, we'll generally change the $99 delivery fee to $149. Re damage: if you …

We see ourselves as competing more with "ownership" than anything else. To us, ownership of furniture (i.e. responsibility for big ticket items that tie you down) is the problem. O…

1. Data is about split. We're seeing people use us for both inter- and intra-city moves. 2. Agreed, might be a bit biased. LMK if you find a different/better source. 3. Census, unf…

The ~$100/month price is our 3 month price. So total cost to you to have either of those sofas is $300 vs the cost to buy them retail at $600, which excludes assembly. Fire sales a…

See my reply to koolba below.

Yes, rent-to-buy is something we recently starting working on. Many people have asked about this, and we agree it makes a LOT of sense for our customers to have that option at any …

Great point here. It's a bit counter intuitive, right, that Americans on the whole are moving less. To add some color: -The majority of Americans that live in rural or somewhat sub…

Yeah, it's kind of gross really. These guys prey on the inability of certain income-classes to get credit, obtain loans, etc. Rent-a-Center is the same way :(

Yep, totally. We've been approached by a number of real estate agents asking if we'll do staging. We're working on seeing of and how this might fit into our business model.

Happy to jump in here to talk about pricing, as it seems to be a big topic of conversation (and rightfully so). - The $338 bed that you linked to is on a massive, one-time sale rig…

We plan to differentiate ourselves by offering better quality items, a more modern storefront/interface, a superior customer experience with top notch support, and most importantly…

Agreed - scrapping furniture just because you're moving is not a great idea. This will, however, occur often when we buy IKEA furniture (or items of that quality level) that we oft…

Yep, it's difficult to find fully furnished apartments in a number of cities, especially at a reasonable price. Oftentimes landlords will put significant premiums on apartments the…

That's exactly what we're working on now. we should have more information about rent-to-buy options on our site soon, but in the meantime we're discussing it directly with anyone w…

All great points re Feather vs Cort. To add to the conversation, we see ourselves as different from Cort in 2 key areas: 1) Price: compare our prices and, across the board, you'll …

Well, you're right - it's not "new". Rent-a-Center has been around since the 70s, but are completely predatory, offering lease to own options that gauge customers (ie. a $700 sofa …

Thanks for the thoughts! Curious to hear what type of furniture you would be purchasing that would break even to our furniture at 3 months? The breakeven price for our customers is…

You're exactly right. There are a number of other costs associated with getting the furniture, assembly, and selling or scrapping costs that are sometimes difficult to quantify. Wo…

Feather ( https://rentfeather.com ) is a furniture rental company, setting out to provide stylish, affordable furniture to people and startups that move frequently. I've moved 5 ti…