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My colleague Eadan forwarded me the new BestBuy Buy Back Program: "Introducing the Buy Back Program -- Buy any phone, laptop, tablet or TV and when you're ready to upgrade, we'll buy it back at a set price. Once you've purchased the Buy Back Program for your item, upgrading is easy. Just bring it back and get up to 50% of the original purchase price on a Best Buy® Gift Card to use toward the next big thing."

He thinks this is the beginning of "subscriptions" for electronics, as we transition away from an ownership society to a disposable rental society.