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.

Progressive International Grill Basket

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Annie’s Equipment & More Sales & Rental Shop

Day
$9
Week
$36
28 days
$108

Daily stops winning on

day 5

5 days at the day rate would be $45. On the week rate it is $36.

Weekly stops winning on

day 18

18 days at the day rate would be $162. On the 28-day rate it is $108.

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 Progressive International Grill Basket, days 1 to 35
DaysAt the day rateOn the ladderDifferenceRate in play
1$9$9—day
2$18$18—day
3$27$27—day
4$36$36—day
5$45$36you save $9week
6$54$36you save $18week
7$63$36you save $27week
8$72$45you save $27week
9$81$54you save $27week
10$90$63you save $27week
11$99$72you save $27week
12$108$72you save $36week
13$117$72you save $45week
14$126$72you save $54week
15$135$81you save $54week
16$144$90you save $54week
17$153$99you save $54week
18$162$108you save $5428-day
19$171$108you save $6328-day
20$180$108you save $7228-day
21$189$108you save $8128-day
22$198$108you save $9028-day
23$207$108you save $9928-day
24$216$108you save $10828-day
25$225$108you save $11728-day
26$234$108you save $12628-day
27$243$108you save $13528-day
28$252$108you save $14428-day
29$261$117you save $144day
30$270$126you save $144day
31$279$135you save $144day
32$288$144you save $144day
33$297$144you save $153week
34$306$144you save $162week
35$315$144you save $171week

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.