Let me clear this right up!
After have been a manager at both Autozone and Advance or over 10 years, the tools in question are to be used or kept by the person who rents them it is called a rental for the reason that most people will only do the job 1 time and have no need for the tool, so,
You can go in and buy these same tools for the same price as a rental just know that you may not be able to return it once used!
If rented or loanedit can be returned at anytime given a certain time frame after that the tool can not be returned unless the manager on duty allows it.
To even consider someone who rents these tools as a thief knows nothing of how or why companies do loaner rental tool programs , some are just confused souls.
and would argue the sky is black not blue!