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Why aren't there more rental apps for renting personal items?

I have some DJ equipment sitting around that I would like to rent out to fellow DJ's. I did some googling, and only came up with peerrenters (which I cannot find the US App Store) and Zilok (which has no app, and is online only). Then I found frntal which seems promising. Then this article (with a clickbaity title), but has some good information on why renting personal items isn't a thing.

https://www.fastcompany.com/3050775/the-sharing-economy-is-dead-and-we-killed-it

Thoughts?

Will Amazon ever replace your local convenience store? By convenience store I am referring to:

1. your local grocery store (US urban areas call them bodegas) 2. your local independently owned gas station (Sunoco, BP, etc...) 3. your local pharmacy (CVS, Joe's Pharmacy, etc...)

Places where you can buy gas, candy, smokes, odds and ends items that you don't feel like going to a big box store.

The reason this question came up is because my friend works a job where the company he works for purchases bulk cell phone accessories from China, (cases, chargers, adaptors, cables, etc...) and sells them to convenience stores (to resell to their customers) at a markup. I wrote down in my notes "Amazon will never replace the convenience store". I hate saying the word never... Thoughts?

Edit: A word in title