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.

USB 3.0 to Dual SATA Adapter with Offline Clone

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Annie’s Equipment & More Sales & Rental Shop · DIT Carts / Drives

Day
$6
Week
$38
28 days
$144

Daily stops winning on

day 7

7 days at the day rate would be $42. On the week rate it is $38.

Weekly stops winning on

day 26

26 days at the day rate would be $156. On the 28-day rate it is $144.

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 USB 3.0 to Dual SATA Adapter with Offline Clone, days 1 to 35
DaysAt the day rateOn the ladderDifferenceRate in play
1$6$6—day
2$12$12—day
3$18$18—day
4$24$24—day
5$30$30—day
6$36$36—day
7$42$38you save $4week
8$48$44you save $4week
9$54$50you save $4week
10$60$56you save $4week
11$66$62you save $4week
12$72$68you save $4week
13$78$74you save $4week
14$84$76you save $8week
15$90$82you save $8week
16$96$88you save $8week
17$102$94you save $8week
18$108$100you save $8week
19$114$106you save $8week
20$120$112you save $8week
21$126$114you save $12week
22$132$120you save $12week
23$138$126you save $12week
24$144$132you save $12week
25$150$138you save $12week
26$156$144you save $1228-day
27$162$144you save $1828-day
28$168$144you save $2428-day
29$174$150you save $24day
30$180$156you save $24day
31$186$162you save $24day
32$192$168you save $24day
33$198$174you save $24day
34$204$180you save $24day
35$210$182you save $28week

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

What checkout will quote you

Rental · 26 days
$144
Rental protection (RPP)
$21.60
Service fee
$14.40
Estimated total
$180

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The numbers come from one operator’s published rates, so the tool needs to know whose.

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.