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It started with a simple realisation: people don’t need to own most of the things in their home.

From wallpaper strippers to camping kit, much of it is used once or twice — then shoved into cupboards or storage, never to be seen again. As with Spotify or Lime, owning doesn’t always make sense. WhyBuy was created as a better alternative to unnecessary ownership.

We kept seeing friends and neighbours struggle with the same thing: buying cheap gadgets for one-off needs, borrowing mismatched equipment, or giving up and doing without. Renting from traditional companies felt clunky and impersonal. Peer-to-peer platforms?...