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

From day 4. 4 days at the $95 day rate would be $380, but the weekly rate caps it at $335.

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

From day 22. At that point the week-and-day composition reaches the $1,010 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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Juan Carlos Hoyos · Lifts - Scissor - Electric

Day: $95
Week: $335
28 days: $1,010

Daily stops winning on

day 4

4 days at the day rate would be $380. On the week rate it is $335.

Weekly stops winning on

day 22

22 days at the day rate would be $2,090. On the 28-day rate it is $1,010.

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	$95	$95	—	day
2	$190	$190	—	day
3	$285	$285	—	day
4	$380	$335	you save $45	week
5	$475	$335	you save $140	week
6	$570	$335	you save $235	week
7	$665	$335	you save $330	week
8	$760	$430	you save $330	week
9	$855	$525	you save $330	week
10	$950	$620	you save $330	week
11	$1,045	$670	you save $375	week
12	$1,140	$670	you save $470	week
13	$1,235	$670	you save $565	week
14	$1,330	$670	you save $660	week
15	$1,425	$765	you save $660	week
16	$1,520	$860	you save $660	week
17	$1,615	$955	you save $660	week
18	$1,710	$1,005	you save $705	week
19	$1,805	$1,005	you save $800	week
20	$1,900	$1,005	you save $895	week
21	$1,995	$1,005	you save $990	week
22	$2,090	$1,010	you save $1,080	28-day
23	$2,185	$1,010	you save $1,175	28-day
24	$2,280	$1,010	you save $1,270	28-day
25	$2,375	$1,010	you save $1,365	28-day
26	$2,470	$1,010	you save $1,460	28-day
27	$2,565	$1,010	you save $1,555	28-day
28	$2,660	$1,010	you save $1,650	28-day
29	$2,755	$1,105	you save $1,650	day
30	$2,850	$1,200	you save $1,650	day
31	$2,945	$1,295	you save $1,650	day
32	$3,040	$1,345	you save $1,695	week
33	$3,135	$1,345	you save $1,790	week
34	$3,230	$1,345	you save $1,885	week
35	$3,325	$1,345	you save $1,980	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.