Temporary Use: Why Ownership Doesn't Make Sense?

Introduction: The "Access to Benefit" Revolution in Saudi Society

Imagine you open your home storage door now and look around carefully. What exactly do you see? A huge tent you bought for 3,000 riyals for one trip two years ago and haven't used since? A new electric drill that cost you 400 riyals just to drill one wall in the house? Or perhaps accumulated party and graduation decorations collecting dust for long years? This familiar scene isn't just "clutter" or ordinary mess, but a living and direct embodiment of what we call costly ownership and the phenomenon of freezing cash liquidity in dead items with no real value.

In modern Saudi Arabia, and with the fundamental and deep transformation toward the ambitious Vision 2030 that strongly promotes concepts of spending efficiency, quality of life, and sustainability, the concept of temporary use has begun to gradually overshadow the traditional ownership obsession. Financial and social success is no longer measured by how much we own in material possessions, but has become primarily measured by how agile and smart we are in quickly accessing real benefit only when actually needed.

This shift in consumer mentality isn't just a passing trend or intellectual luxury, but a qualitative leap in understanding the relationship between money, happiness, and luxury. The conscious Saudi society has begun to realize that real value doesn't lie in owning and accumulating things, but in the ability to use them efficiently when needed without bearing long-term ownership burdens.

In this comprehensive and detailed guide, we'll analyze in depth and accuracy why permanent ownership of temporary and seasonal items has become an economically illogical decision, and how smart purchase alternatives open wide new horizons of real money savings and reaching higher levels of luxury and comfort without burdening your budget with unnecessary financial commitments.

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1. The Psychology of Ownership: Why Do We Insist on Buying Things We Need Only Once?

The human mind by its natural nature tends instinctively and strongly toward what's psychologically known as the "illusion of control." We deeply believe - even unconsciously - that owning the material item necessarily means we're more ready and prepared to face the future and its challenges. We buy fancy and expensive camping equipment because we imagine ourselves mentally as professional adventurers going to the desert every week, and we buy a professional camera for tens of thousands because we imagine ourselves as creative photographers producing daily content.

This strong emotional impulse and desire for "ownership for ownership's sake" completely blinds us to the harsh economic reality: that limited temporary use (once or twice a year) never justifies - from any rational financial perspective - paying the full purchase value plus all the hidden costs associated with it.

Economic psychology tells us that humans prefer ownership over rental even if ownership is much more costly, due to what's called the "Endowment Effect," where we value things we own at much higher than their real value. This cognitive bias costs us thousands of riyals annually.

Changing this deeply rooted traditional consumer mentality and consciously transforming to smart consumption based on logic and accurate calculation is the first real and essential step toward achieving wealth and financial stability; real wealthy people and smart investors don't buy items that decrease in value quickly and consume their liquidity, but rent their actual benefit only when needed, and invest the remaining cash in real items and assets that grow in value and generate continuous returns.

2. The Hidden Cost of Ownership: The Ongoing Bill That Never Ends

The average consumer - unfortunately - sees and calculates only the apparent price on the sticker, and thinks this is all they'll pay. But the professional "financial expert" and conscious investor sees much beyond that; they see three real financial monsters silently and mercilessly devouring your budget over the years.

A- Depreciation: The Silent Cash Loss You Don't Feel

This is the first and most dangerous enemy. Any technical or electronic product or modern equipment loses on average about 30% to 40% of its original market value as soon as it leaves the store and the package is opened and used for the first time. This isn't an exaggeration, but an economic fact supported by market studies.

If you buy, for example, a new "PlayStation 5" device for a full price of 2,500 Saudi riyals, and use it only for one weekend to try a new game, then decide to park it and leave it aside for several months, you practically and actually lost about 750-800 complete riyals from its market value immediately and directly, without noticing or feeling this real loss in your bank account.

This is the deep and real meaning of money waste resulting directly from ignoring smart temporary use options. If you rented the same device for the weekend for only 100-150 riyals, you would have saved yourself more than 2,300 riyals in real cash liquidity.

The same principle strongly applies to: professional cameras, drones, high-performance laptops, professional sound equipment, and all rapidly evolving technical products.

B- Ongoing Maintenance and Repair Burdens: Hidden Financial Bleeding

Owning items - any items - always carries unavoidable continuous and recurring financial obligations. Batteries deteriorate and need replacement, mechanical parts rust or corrode, software needs paid updates, internal parts break down and need repair or replacement.

Continuously paying huge amounts for maintenance and repair for an item or device you rarely use (perhaps once or twice a year only) is simply clear and explicit poor financial management. This money could have been invested in something much more feasible.

When choosing smart renting as an alternative, the complete and comprehensive maintenance responsibility is on the lessor or equipment owner, giving you a completely worry-free usage experience and unpleasant financial surprises. You receive the device or equipment in excellent and ideal condition, and return it in the same condition, without any responsibility for its maintenance or repair.

C- Storage and Space Trap: The Hidden Cost of Wasted Space

Space in large and crowded cities like Riyadh, Jeddah, Dammam, and Khobar is very expensive. Every square meter in your home, apartment, or office has real and tangible rental or purchase value that can be accurately calculated.

When you dedicate a complete room of your home, or a large part of the warehouse, or precious space in storage for storing neglected items you use only once or twice in the full year, you are literally and figuratively paying "monthly rent" for "dead items" with no real value and no return.

If you calculated the value of space used for storage (for example, 10 square meters), and multiplied it by the rental price or purchase value per meter in your area, you'll discover you're losing thousands of riyals annually just to store things you don't use.

Saving home and office space from clutter and accumulated items is the first practical step toward a more agile, organized life and psychological comfort. An organized spacious home has tremendous psychological and health value that's priceless.

D- Lost Opportunity Cost: What Did You Miss?

This is a very deep and extremely important economic concept. Every riyal you spend buying something is a riyal you didn't spend on something else that might be more beneficial and profitable. If you bought travel equipment for 10,000 riyals and used it only 5 times a year, you could have rented the same equipment for 2,000 riyals and invested the remaining 8,000 riyals in an investment fund achieving annual returns of 8%-10%, about 640-800 riyals additional annual return.

Important Message for Companies and Professional Organizers: Your upcoming commercial event, exhibition, or conference never needs to buy huge items and assets that will become outdated and decrease in value quickly. Use the reliable and advanced [Estajer platform] to smartly convert your budget from fixed capital expenditures (CapEx) to flexible and adjustable operating expenses (OpEx), which guarantees you fast and sustainable growth and complete focus on event success and achieving goals.

3. Why is Temporary Use the Only Logical Choice in 2026?

Complete Flexibility in Change and Keeping Up with Rapid Development

In our modern fast-paced world, especially in the world of technology and innovation, "the amazing new" becomes "old and outdated" within just a few months. This is an undeniable fact that cannot be ignored.

Smart temporary use of technical devices and equipment ensures you always and forever use the newest and best model available in the market, without the painful and costly need to sell the old model at a devastating loss (perhaps 40%-50% of its value) then buy the new one at full price.

Real Examples from Daily Life:

1. Want to try new virtual reality (VR) glasses before deciding to buy them? Rent them for the weekend for only 100-200 riyals.
2. Need to shoot professional video with an 8K drone for a special project? Rent it for the day or two you need for 300-400 riyals.
3. Want to try a new gaming device before committing to buying it? Rent it for a week and test it thoroughly.

Don't be a prisoner to outdated, slow, or old devices and equipment. Flexibility is the real competitive advantage in the modern era.

Freeing Cash Flow: The Real King of Money

Available and ready cash liquidity is the real king and foundation in the world of money and business. Instead of freezing and locking a full amount of 10,000 riyals in buying travel and camping equipment that will remain neglected and abandoned in storage 350 days a year, you can simply rent them when needed only for a cost of 400-600 riyals per trip (4-5 trips a year = only 2,000-3,000 riyals).

Now, the remaining freed 7,000-8,000 riyals, you can smartly invest in:

1. A small or medium project that generates continuous monthly profit
2. Training courses and new skills that increase your monthly income
3. An investment fund achieving good and stable annual returns
4. Emergency savings that protect you from sudden financial crises
5. Your children's education, which is the best long-term investment

Smart and conscious purchase alternatives are the real and effective engine for long-term personal, family, and institutional financial growth.

Ability to Try Before Committing: Reducing Risks

One of the biggest risks of traditional purchasing is that you commit financially completely before knowing if the product is actually suitable for you or not. How many times have you bought something then discovered after a week that it doesn't suit you or you don't need it?

Renting gives you a golden opportunity to try the product deeply before making the big final purchase decision. This hugely reduces financial risks and ensures that when you buy something, you're 100% sure it's suitable for you and worth the investment.

4. Sectors and Industries Where Smart Temporary Use Clearly Shines

A- Events, Conferences, and Occasions: Fancy Equipment Without Warehouses

Large family graduation ceremony, huge Ramadan iftar for the company or extended family, fancy ghabqa for major clients, or important business conference. Do you really and actually need to buy 100 fancy French chairs for a cost of 5,000-7,000 riyals, giant LED screens for tens of thousands, professional sound systems for huge amounts, and fancy decorations used only once?

This case is one of the clearest and biggest examples of limited temporary use that never justifies purchase. Smart renting gives you very high "prestige" and VIP-level fancy equipment for a fraction of the cost (perhaps only 10%-15% of the purchase price), and without any storage hassle or worry about maintenance or cleaning after the event.

Imagine the difference: paying 50,000 riyals to buy equipment you'll use once, or paying only 5,000-7,000 riyals to rent the same equipment (or even better) for the same event. The huge difference (43,000-45,000 riyals) can be invested in other more important aspects of the event or party.

B- Electronics and Advanced Technology: A World That Never Stops Evolving

The advanced gaming world, creative artistic production, and digital content require very expensive equipment (professional cameras for tens of thousands, specialized lenses, advanced studio lighting, high-quality sound equipment).

Smart renting provides creators, photographers, and content producers immediate access to the best and newest cameras, lenses, and equipment available in the market, without bearing huge debts or burdensome loans for purchase. This is the basic essence on which the leading [Estajer platform] is built; enabling the creator and artist to access their professional tools only when they actually need them, at a very reasonable and calculated cost.

A photographer needs a specialized lens for 8,000 riyals for one project only? Instead of buying it, he rents it for a week for only 400-600 riyals, completes his project, and returns it. This is real financial intelligence.

C- Seasonal Travel and Camping: Smart Enjoyment of Nature

Winter season in Saudi Arabia is relatively short (about 3-4 months) but very beautiful and full of wonderful opportunities to enjoy stunning nature and go out to the desert, mountains, and wilderness.

The simple logical question: Why buy a huge fancy tent for 4,000-6,000 Saudi riyals, a powerful electric generator for 2,000-3,000 riyals, fancy floor seating, complete outdoor cooking equipment, to use all this perhaps only 5-8 times in the full year (total 20-30 days maximum), then this huge equipment remains neglected and abandoned occupying half your warehouse or storage space throughout the long hot spring, summer, and autumn months (about 270 days)?

Smart seasonal renting gives you the best and newest clean and sterilized equipment (from current year models), and completely saves you the hassle of deep cleaning after the trip, regular maintenance, and proper storage that preserves equipment from damage.

Imagine the peace of mind: you go on your trip with clean and completely ready equipment, enjoy your time, then return it without any worry about cleaning, storage, or maintenance. This is the essence of modern smart life.

Golden Opportunity for Suppliers and Equipment Owners: Do you own neglected and abandoned equipment you don't use continuously? Don't let it be a financial burden and wasted space! Turn it today into a passive and continuous income source through the reliable and safe [Estajer platform]. Be the smart "lessor" and make your neglected items earn for you and generate fixed monthly income!

D- Home Tools and Maintenance: The Shocking Statistic You Should Know

This is an amazing and shocking piece of information from global consumer behavior studies: The average home electric drill is used for an average of only 13 minutes throughout its entire life.

Yes, only 13 minutes! Most people buy an electric drill for a price ranging between 200-500 Saudi riyals, use it once or twice only to hang a family picture or install a shelf in the bathroom, then the drill stays in the drawer or toolbox for long, long years without any actual use.

If we divide 400 riyals (average drill price) by 13 minutes of actual use, we find that each minute of use cost you about 30 riyals! This is completely illogical.

The Smart Solution: Daily or weekly rental of home maintenance tools (electric drills, electric saw, sander, long safe ladders, professional painting tools, specialized cleaning equipment) for a cost of only 20-50 riyals per day is the optimal, smartest, and most financially efficient decision.

The same economic principle applies exactly to: seasonal gardening equipment, specialized deep cleaning tools, high-pressure car and facade washing devices, carpet cleaning machines, and many other tools we need very few times a year.

E- Sports and Fitness Equipment: Try Before Committing

How many people bought an electric treadmill for 3,000-5,000 riyals with great enthusiasm at the beginning of the new year, used it for only two weeks, then it turned into a "fancy clothes hanger" in the corner of the room? This is a very common scenario unfortunately.

Renting allows you to try sports equipment (treadmills, stationary bikes, weights, home training equipment) for a month or two before deciding to commit to buying them. If you actually commit and use them regularly, buy them. Otherwise, return them and save thousands of riyals.

5. Sharing Economy and Vision 2030: Estajer Platform's Leading Role

Saudi Arabia - leadership, government, and society - believes that efficient use of available resources and environmental and economic sustainability are the real and basic fuel for a prosperous and sustainable future. This isn't a slogan, but a clear strategic vision supported by specific implementation plans.

We at the leading [Estajer platform] work as an advanced and safe digital infrastructure to enable individuals, families, and companies to apply the concept of smart temporary use with complete safety, absolute trust, and complete ease.

How Does Estajer Platform Contribute to Achieving Vision 2030 Goals?

Reducing Material and Environmental Waste: Recycling and using existing items among community members instead of manufacturing new products for each person hugely reduces waste and refuse.

Enhancing Trust and Legal Security: Through the reliable national authentication system "Nafath" that decisively ensures every transaction is official, documented, legal, and completely protected.

Complete Financial Guarantee: Through the safe electronic payment system "Waffy" that keeps your precious money in a completely "safe digital vault," and isn't transferred to the lessor until you receive the item yourself, inspect it, and verify its quality and conformity to agreed specifications.

Enabling Entrepreneurship: The platform provides a wonderful opportunity for owners of neglected equipment and items to turn them into a real and continuous income source, creating new work and income opportunities.

Improving Quality of Life: Accessing high levels of luxury without needing to bear ownership burdens significantly improves the quality of life for Saudi families.

6. Smart Decision Matrix: When Exactly to Buy and When to Rent?

Use this comprehensive and detailed table as a quick reference to help you make your financial decision in your next purchase process:

Basic Criterion

When is Buying the Better Choice?

When is Temporary Use Smarter?

Frequency and Intensity of Use

Daily, intensive, and continuous (more than 200 days a year)

Intermittent, seasonal, and rare (less than 30-50 days in the full year)

Speed of Technological Obsolescence

Very slow or non-existent (like basic furniture, traditional hand tools)

High and very fast (like technology, electronics, games, technical equipment)

Storage Condition and Available Space

You own wide, cheap, and easily available storage spaces

You live in an apartment or house with limited and precious space

Financial Situation and Available Budget

You have huge and stable surplus financial liquidity you don't need for other investments

You prefer to maintain cash liquidity and invest it in opportunities with more return and growth

Expected Resale Value

Increases or remains stable with time (like real estate, rare classic cars)

Decreases very quickly (electronics, technical equipment, household appliances)

Purpose of Use

Basic permanent and continuous need in your daily life

Temporary, trial, seasonal need, or for a specific special occasion

Simple Golden Rule for Decision Making:

Buy if you'll use the item daily or almost daily, and its value won't decrease much, and you have enough space to store it, and surplus budget you don't need for other investments.

Rent if use is seasonal or rare (less than 50 days a year), or if the product becomes outdated quickly, or if space is limited, or if you prefer to maintain your cash liquidity.

When hesitating, try renting first for a few days or weeks, then decide based on actual experience and not on imaginations or expectations that may not materialize.

Conclusion: Don't Be a Slave to Your Possessions, Rent Your Financial Freedom

In the end, after everything we discussed in precise detail, the decision to choose smart temporary use instead of costly traditional purchase is in reality a decision to achieve real financial freedom. Freedom from burdensome consumer debts, freedom from cramped space and home clutter, and complete freedom in using the best and newest products and equipment the world has produced with superior financial intelligence and calculated planning.

In the new developed and conscious Saudi Arabia, the real future undoubtedly belongs to those who know how to use available resources with maximum possible efficiency, not to those who accumulate and gather them in warehouses and storage without real use or tangible benefit.

Real financial intelligence isn't measured by the size of your possessions, but by the size of your freedom in making correct financial decisions that serve your goals and dreams. Every riyal you save today through renting instead of unnecessary purchase is a riyal that can be invested in your education, health, project, or your children's future.

Make your budget more agile and flexible, your home more spacious and organized, and your financial decisions always smarter, more conscious, and enlightened.

One smart decision today = financial freedom and stability for coming years

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