united-states contract-law rental-property rent antitrust-law
Is it legal in the US to bundle renting a car parking space and buying insurance for the content of the car?
<p>Is it legal in the US for a company that rents out car parking spaces, to bundle the renting of a parking space to buying insurance for the content of the parked car?</p>
<p>I.e. the company refuses to let a customer rent a parking space, unless he/she also purchases insurance for the content of the car, even if the car is empty, or is full with junk.</p>
<p>(In general, it is not mandatory in the US for car owners to insure the content of their car.)</p>

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<p>Is it legal in the US for a company that rents out car parking spaces,
to bundle the renting of a parking space to buying insurance for the
content of the parked car?</p>
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<p>Yes. Honestly, I'm a little surprised that I've never see this practice in real life.</p>
<p>All things not prohibited are allowed, and there is nothing, <em>per se</em> illegal about bundling services and requiring them to be purchased as a package deal (there may be some licensing issues for insurance sales involved, but those would probably be easily overcome).</p>
<p>Sometimes bundling gives rise to an anti-trust violation, but neither the parking lot operation business nor the car insurance business are so consolidated that this would fairly be viewed as some kind of anti-competitive practice.</p>
