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.
I hope this makes less people buy used Pelotons which in turn makes Pelotons less desirable.
I certainly wouldn’t want to buy something like that which is guaranteed to be hard to sell later.
costs you zero dollars to just throw it in the dumpster
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.
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.
I’m not gonna tell people just to bike or run and that it’s nearly free, bc that’s not easy for everyone.
But c’mon, you can get a used dumb exercise bike or treadmill for less than that activation fee.
