Do you use provided spices/oils, etc. when renting VRBO?

I’d bring my own stuff, but if I forget something I’d probably use from those available.

If I can get a decent assessment of what is there, in that it appears to be fresh and used often, especially if reviewers mention it specifically, then usually yes. I have definitely done it when I know I am actually home sharing and the owner uses the rental for their own personal use at times. But I have also seen provided condiments, oils and such that definitely appear to have been abandoned and just there for show. If it is important to me and I am suspicious of the quality, I will pack it or buy it there.

The butter and eggs is weird IMO. I've never seen that type of thing in a VRBO. I'll use the spices - salt, pepper, garlic powder type thing. But that's about it.

bring my own but use something provided if I forget

they're providing butter & eggs? thats weird. I would never use those because freshness is not guaranteed

In some of the fancier vrbo places they have been quite stocked to include eggs, milk and butter. On perishables I would check the date. If something looks fairly new, I use it. I also travel with some spices because many times I've been caught with nothing.

I've only rented two airbnb places-one in Poland and one in Munich, Germany. The one in Poland was pretty much bare and you could tell it was a fairly new rental place. The one in Munich I was packed with things (I think the owner lived there occasionally but had his stuff packed out of the way) so the kitchen was well stocked, even with booze. I only used what he suggested I use since I was new to this-renting airbnb's I only felt comfortable doing that-so that was the coffee and sugar. 

Still I was there 4 days, there wasn't much coffee left and I replaced it with a small bag of coffee before I left since I used it up. Mostly because I felt bad that I'd ruined an old skillet of his leaving it on the burner (yikes!) which I confessed to and we agreed to a sum for me to replace it. He gave me a great review though. 

Idk I don't go on vacation to cook.

Vinegar probably. Butter and eggs no. We use olive oil to cook everything so I would pick a small bottle up at the grocery store. Spices probably not, unless they looked pretty new... spices lose their flavor after a period of time so if they are old then I probably wouldn't want to use them, but I try to plan meals that don't require a lot of powdered/jarred spices so that I don't have to worry about it.

We don't do much cooking on vacation, but I have used salt, pepper, coffee, and some spices on occasion. I would use vinegar or oil if they looked/smelled okay. I would not use anything perishable/from the refrigerator.

Unless I know that the eggs and butter were fresh I wouldn't use them. I would use spices olive oil etc.

I wish more would stock non perishables like basic spices etc.

this. I don't think I've ever cooked while on vacation.

Eating out is just my lifestyle, I think. It would probably be different if I had a family, but if it's just me and my guy or me and a friend, we're definitely eating out. I love cooking, but it just isn't something I would want to do on vacation, except maybe for a cooking class perhaps. I would rather be out wandering and looking for the next best place to grab a bite.

We used air bnb in Maui and we used what was provided, even beyond the basic spices - some local beer, Hawaiian jam and cold soda. There was an explanation of what was left and why. We paid it forward - we didn't use everything we bought so we left some liquor, another type of local jam and some flavored waters.

When we have used VRBO at the beach, only the very basics are provided - salt, pepper, red pepper flakes, etc. When we've used it in other locations like at a ski resort or a remote recreation area in West Virginia, they have provided a lot more (keurig pods, popcorn kernels, etc.) and it always seems to make sense based on where the property is located, what you are likely to have brought with you and what types of stores are in the immediate area.