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So if someone borrows your socket and decides to keep it that's o.k. under your set of morals right
Gus

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Did you miss the part where you have to leave a deposit to rent the tool and the deposit is enough to cover the cost of the tool (in this case a socket)?

If a person buys a socket from the parts store uses it once and then returns it for a full refund it's no longer a new item and can't be sold a such.

If they have a rental tool and someone rents it once they've paid for the tool in most case (a socket especially).
The next time it's rented it's pure profit.
If the tool renter decides it's better to keep it for the deposit price (which is usually enough to cover it's replacement at the parts store) the store simply replaces it with one off the shelf.

The store essentially sold a used socket and got paid for a new one.

It's not a hard concept to grasp.

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The "concept" some of you can't seem to grasp is a verbal or written agreement that you are renting a tool with the understanding that you will return it when you are done.
Thieves are too ignorant or unskilled to make the money to buy the tool they need, either that or they lack the moral compass to honor a contract ,which category do you fall into?
Gus

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If you've borrowed (not rented) a tool and don't return it then you've stolen it.
If you take a tool out of the someones truck or trailer without permission, you've stolen it.

The auto parts store know full well up front that the tool may not be returned when they rent it.
They took a deposit large enough to cover the cost of it's replacement.

As has been stated, they don't really care if you bring it back.
They got paid for it by the deposit you made on it!

A friend is a Store Manager at an Autozone and he said that's how it works.


BTW, I don't rent tools from auto parts store or anywhere else.
I just understand what they are saying about how tool rentals work at auto parts stores.


I have my own 36 year collection of tools some of which Chrysler supplier me with.
My toolboxes are probably older than alot of the people on here.

Gus, if you're posting from work aren't you essentially stealing from your employer by being on Moparts when you're supposed to be working?