YBuy lets you test gadgets before buying them
A new online service called YBuy launched today allowing users to test new gadgets and kitchen electronics before purchasing them for good.
In the site’s About Us section, the mission statement explains how consumers should feel and handle the products they plan to buy online. “ybuy solves that problem by allowing you to get familiar with the item for 30 days before committing to buying it,” it goes on to say.
Members pay $25 a month for the service, and shipping is free both ways. If members decide to keep a gadget, the $25 applies toward the item’s purchase price. You can only test new items at the beginning of each month and if an item is bought, you must must wait until the first of the next month to try out a new product.
YBuy doesn’t have hundreds of products available, only a few dozen so far. Those products include the iPad 2, the Kindle Fire, the Roomba 562 and a WiFi Body Scale. Kitchen appliances available to test out include blenders, mixers, coffee makers and bread makers.
Based in California, YBuy has raised $750,000 in funding from angel investors, AllThingsD reports.
So far, joining YBuy is via an invitation-only request.