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Re:A man feeding a remote Alaska town with a Costco card and... by EE84M3i on Sunday May 03, 2020 @10:54PM (#23064100)
What causes a town not large enough to support a grocery store to have a U-Haul rental?
Re:A man feeding a remote Alaska town with a Costco card and... by dx87 on Monday May 04, 2020 @08:38AM (#23067198)
It's probably not actually a U-Haul, I just couldn't think of the name of the type of truck and figured enough people have seen big U-Haul trucks that they'd be able to picture the size of truck I'm talking about.
Re:A man feeding a remote Alaska town with a Costco card and... by elipsey on Monday May 04, 2020 @12:42AM (#23064629)
Juneau has U-Haul. Maybe they take it back after delivery.
Re:A man feeding a remote Alaska town with a Costco card and... by Cthulhu_ on Monday May 04, 2020 @04:20AM (#23065680)
Long-term rental? I'm sure you can get a good deal on it, and since they don't own it, they can swap it out every week for another model, and if it breaks down it's not their problem. Or well it is, but it won't cost them much.
Re:A man feeding a remote Alaska town with a Costco card and... by klipt on Monday May 04, 2020 @12:20AM (#23064516)
U-Hauls don't have to be rented, you can buy them: https://trucksales.uhaul.com
Re:A man feeding a remote Alaska town with a Costco card and... by njarboe on Monday May 04, 2020 @02:03AM (#23065003)
After you buy them with the logos removed, it is just a box van/truck.
Re:A man feeding a remote Alaska town with a Costco card and... by toast0 on Monday May 04, 2020 @02:54AM (#23065259)
I mean when you buy a Penske truck with the logos removed, it's just a yellow box truck. A u-haul is always going to have the distinctive shape, and they usually don't do a great job at removing the logos... They might have scraped off most of the logo, but they don't paint over it.
Re:A man feeding a remote Alaska town with a Costco card and... by klipt on Monday May 04, 2020 @12:40PM (#23070182)
Not much incentive - the logo is essentially free advertising.