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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 3525187, member: 19463&quot;]In cars, they call that a lease.&nbsp; You have to return it in their definition of good shape.&nbsp; Software for computers is now moving toward the same concept with Office 365.&nbsp; I regret the modern move to online books because of what it does to used book stores.&nbsp; I once lived to go to used book stores.&nbsp; Libraries today are cutting back on non-fiction reference books because you can get the information online.&nbsp; What is left is recreational fiction (I read little fiction and hate the concept of historical fiction).&nbsp; If I want fantasy, I&#039;ll watch TV where being mindless is expected. Books donated to a library here are scanned to see if that bar code is on the used book want list (things Amazon sells for high prices) so what is left is that material not worth the postage.&nbsp; Local brick and morter used book dealers stopped coming to the library sales because they could not find good material. </p><p><br /></p><p>Perhaps we are moving toward time limited entertainment rather like HBO available as long as you pay the monthly subscription.&nbsp; This could include pay for play book libraries like the ANA (&#039;free to members&#039; is not free but rented).</p><p><br /></p><p>The question is what you buy when you buy something.&nbsp; Increasingly purchases are not fully &#039;yours&#039;.&nbsp; Do you get the rights to the item of just a hard or soft copy to hold while the ownership remains with the seller.&nbsp; Here is a business model for you to consider.&nbsp; We will call it a coin club.&nbsp; Every month you pay a fee and they send you coins (in bar coded slabs of course) which you have to return when you stop paying the fee or wish to trade them in for different coins.&nbsp; You can select from several levels ranging from Late Roman Bronzes at $50 a month to Museum Specimens level at $5000 a month allowing you temporary custody of Eid Mar denarii,&nbsp; Colosseum sestertii and assorted aurei.&nbsp; It is the hands on version of the Athena Funds where they sold shares of coins you could never see.&nbsp; Obviously the real winners here would be the post office and insurance companies but it would save us wondering who we should tell the kids to contact when we die.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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