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Gamers Nexus claims NZXT’s Flex PC rental program is a ‘scam’ - The Verge

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Gamers Nexus claims NZXT’s Flex PC rental program is a ‘scam’

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Now, now, they didn't prove it's a scam. They just proved it would be cheaper and potentially safer to take out an illegal, maybe mafia backed payday loan to outright buy the equivalent computer. And you'd own the machine at the end of the day
- Also that they will raise prices, offer a very consumer unfriendly contract, apply false advertising through influencers and try to bait you into a worse PC by switching specs as soon as you hit rent instead of buy. Also the claimed fps numbers you'd hit remain the same on those lower specced PCs apparently and even then they're not consistent.
  
  Not to mention advertising as rent to own but have explicit language in the contract saying this is not rent to own.
- And they proved it was a bait and switch
- Not a scam per se, just tricksy and false.
  
  Lying about FPS with the bait-and-switch parts is a scam. Implying it's rent to own when it's not is a scam. Lying to get money is a scam, period.
Used to like NZXT and suggested them to others. Won't be buying another product from them ever again. This program is pretty outrageous. So tired of this "you'll own nothing".
- I tend to sit in the "a fool and his money" camp, but yeah, they aren't anywhere even near the budget brand they were in the 2010's. Competition has eaten a lot of that away. Must be desperation.
Not surprising. My gut reaction when I heard about renting gaming PCs was "that can't work", and it's so much worse than I expected. The pricing alone should be enough to turn any informed person away. Easily more than double what would be reasonable. If you know anyone considering this, be sure to steer them away. Friends don't let friends rent from NZXT.
The video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0pomC1CfpC0
I actually hope the "influencers" who parroted NZXT's lies get harassed for it, just absolute scum

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