When is it cheaper to rent a Genie Scissor Lift by the week than by the day?

From day 3. 3 days at the $200 day rate would be $600, but the weekly rate caps it at $504.

When is it cheaper to rent a Genie Scissor Lift on the 28-day rate?

From day 15. At that point the week-and-day composition reaches the $1,020 28-day rate, and the price stops climbing for the rest of the cycle.

Break-even duration

Equipment rents on three rates — a day rate, a week rate and a 28-day rate — and the cheapest one changes as the job runs long. This finds the two days where it changes, on a real listing’s real published rates.

Genie Scissor Lift

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Bulb Daddy · Lifts - Scissor - Electric

Day: $200
Week: $504
28 days: $1,020

Daily stops winning on

day 3

3 days at the day rate would be $600. On the week rate it is $504.

Weekly stops winning on

day 15

15 days at the day rate would be $3,000. On the 28-day rate it is $1,020.

The working

Whole weeks bill at the week rate; the leftover days bill at the day rate but never add up to more than one extra week; and a whole 28-day cycle never costs more than the 28-day rate. That is the rule, applied one day at a time.

Rental price by duration for Genie Scissor Lift, days 1 to 35
Days	At the day rate	On the ladder	Difference	Rate in play
1	$200	$200	—	day
2	$400	$400	—	day
3	$600	$504	you save $96	week
4	$800	$504	you save $296	week
5	$1,000	$504	you save $496	week
6	$1,200	$504	you save $696	week
7	$1,400	$504	you save $896	week
8	$1,600	$704	you save $896	week
9	$1,800	$904	you save $896	week
10	$2,000	$1,008	you save $992	week
11	$2,200	$1,008	you save $1,192	week
12	$2,400	$1,008	you save $1,392	week
13	$2,600	$1,008	you save $1,592	week
14	$2,800	$1,008	you save $1,792	week
15	$3,000	$1,020	you save $1,980	28-day
16	$3,200	$1,020	you save $2,180	28-day
17	$3,400	$1,020	you save $2,380	28-day
18	$3,600	$1,020	you save $2,580	28-day
19	$3,800	$1,020	you save $2,780	28-day
20	$4,000	$1,020	you save $2,980	28-day
21	$4,200	$1,020	you save $3,180	28-day
22	$4,400	$1,020	you save $3,380	28-day
23	$4,600	$1,020	you save $3,580	28-day
24	$4,800	$1,020	you save $3,780	28-day
25	$5,000	$1,020	you save $3,980	28-day
26	$5,200	$1,020	you save $4,180	28-day
27	$5,400	$1,020	you save $4,380	28-day
28	$5,600	$1,020	you save $4,580	28-day
29	$5,800	$1,220	you save $4,580	day
30	$6,000	$1,420	you save $4,580	day
31	$6,200	$1,524	you save $4,676	week
32	$6,400	$1,524	you save $4,876	week
33	$6,600	$1,524	you save $5,076	week
34	$6,800	$1,524	you save $5,276	week
35	$7,000	$1,524	you save $5,476	week

Rental rates only. Protection and the marketplace service fee are added on top — see the checkout figure below.

What checkout will quote you

Our pricing service couldn’t be reached just now, so there’s no checkout figure to show. The rate table above is unaffected — it’s the operator’s published card.

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Where these numbers come from

The rates are the operator’s own, read live from their listing. The arithmetic is the same best-price billing engine that produces 2Quip invoices — not a second copy written for this page — run on the industry-standard terms: a 28-day cycle, whole weeks at the week rate, leftover days at the day rate capped at one more week.

An operator can agree different terms on an individual rental, and a long rental bills per 28-day cycle rather than in one lump. So treat this as what the rate card says, and the operator’s quote as what you are agreeing to.