Peloton adds $95 activation fee for used equipment

Submitted ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨BrikoX@lemmy.zip⁩ to ⁨technology@lemmy.zip⁩

https://techcrunch.com/2024/08/23/peloton-adds-95-activation-fee-for-used-equipment/

The move is an effort to squeeze additional revenue from second-hand products, over concerns that cheaper, slightly used bikes, treadmills and rowers could cannibalize used sales.

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eee@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
I hope this makes less people buy used Pelotons which in turn makes Pelotons less desirable.

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- davidgro@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  I certainly wouldn’t want to buy something like that which is guaranteed to be hard to sell later.
  
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EstraDoll@hexbear.net ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
costs you zero dollars to just throw it in the dumpster

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- UlyssesT@hexbear.net ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  There’s got to be a way to make use of the old stuff in a way that doesn’t pay the fees. You know, where it seems to be broken and thrown away, but it isn’t. pirate-jammin
  
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Chee_Koala@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
How to tell my customers I hate them 101. Also, obstructing second hand sales like this with a bogus charge might well be illegal in the eu zone.

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