Buy Nothing for Last-Minute Holiday Gifts.Business Editors OAKLAND, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 19, 2000 `Tis the night before Christmas n. 1. The popular name for a poem by Clement Clarke Moore erson> titled A Visit from St. Nicholas ltname>, a popular poem with the theme of St. Nicholas erson> (Santa Claus) coming to bring gifts to children on Christmans eve. , and the clock is ticking. Your pockets are nearly empty, but your gift list is brimming brim n. 1. The rim or uppermost edge of a hollow container or natural basin. 2. A projecting rim or edge: the brim of a hat. 3. A border or an edge. See Synonyms at border. . All you're hearing is buy, buy, buy from every retail store and every shopping web site, and all you want is for the holidays to be over. This year, there's a company that's saying something different: BUY NOTHING for the holidays. rentanything is the web site suggesting that you give your friends and family a special rental this holiday season, a product that can be used and enjoyed or a service that can't be obtained easily anywhere else. In fact, rentanything believes so strongly in this environment-friendly way to celebrate the holidays that the company is letting suppliers list for free through March 31, 2001 and renters never have to pay any extra fees for renting. "Imagine the surprise on your boyfriend's face when instead of giving him the usual aftershave aftershave Noun a scented lotion applied to a man's face after shaving aftershave , aftershave lotion after n → Rasierwasser nt you give him the gift of a Jaguar convertible. Sure, it's only for the weekend, but who wouldn't want to tool around the countryside, pretending to be a millionaire, if only for a little while?" asks Julie Gupta, chief operating officer Chief Operating Officer (COO) The officer of a firm responsible for day-to-day management, usually the president or an executive vice-president. of rentanything. Gupta is taking her own advice and giving her parents a service off the rentanything site: hand-drawn caricatures of her family. "rentanything is a new dimension in community commerce, connecting people and helping them earn money as suppliers or save money as renters in ways never thought possible." Using rentanything to make the connection, people can rent items from sports cars to a neighbor's snowboard, services from voice lessons to dog sitters and experiences from mountain climbing mountain climbing, the practice of climbing to elevated points for sport, pleasure, or research. Also called mountaineering, it is practiced throughout the world. Types There are three types of mountain climbing. to ski trip Ski Trip is an episode from That 70s Show. Jackie invites the gang on a ski trip then un-invites Kelso after learning he made out with another girl behind the gym. Plot summary January 13, 1977 Thursday afternoon. packages. "Renting anything is quick and easy, with everything on one convenient site. Everyone -- those who supply the goods and services In economics, economic output is divided into physical goods and intangible services. Consumption of goods and services is assumed to produce utility (unless the "good" is a "bad"). It is often used when referring to a Goods and Services Tax. , and those who use them -- gets something out of the deal," Gupta continues. Gupta urges Bay Area residents to use their imaginations this holiday season and try a new, stress free way to celebrate the holidays. She notes, "www.rentanything.com went live on December 18th, just in time for the holidays and those last minute gift givers who want to buy nothing." |
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