Alphane Moon@lemmy.worldM to Hardware@lemmy.worldEnglish · 28 days agoNZXT hit with civil RICO suit in California over controversial PC rental biz — class-action lawsuit alleges PC Flex Program is a 'bait-and-switch-scheme' that included used and inferior hardwarewww.tomshardware.comexternal-linkmessage-square4fedilinkarrow-up126arrow-down10
arrow-up126arrow-down1external-linkNZXT hit with civil RICO suit in California over controversial PC rental biz — class-action lawsuit alleges PC Flex Program is a 'bait-and-switch-scheme' that included used and inferior hardwarewww.tomshardware.comAlphane Moon@lemmy.worldM to Hardware@lemmy.worldEnglish · 28 days agomessage-square4fedilink
minus-squareAlphane Moon@lemmy.worldOPMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·27 days agoEven if you don’t want to build one yourself, you can probably find someone (family, friends, friend of friends) who build for some beer. Leasing PC sounds like a scam by definition. Even in developing countries, people are able to scrape $700-$900 for a modest build. If you can’t save up this sort of cash living in the US (cost of living is higher, but components are cheaper), leasing is not a good idea.
Even if you don’t want to build one yourself, you can probably find someone (family, friends, friend of friends) who build for some beer.
Leasing PC sounds like a scam by definition. Even in developing countries, people are able to scrape $700-$900 for a modest build.
If you can’t save up this sort of cash living in the US (cost of living is higher, but components are cheaper), leasing is not a good idea.