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.

Yamaha electric bass guitar

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Chad stilson · Drills - Electric

Day
$17
Week
$59
28 days
$177

Daily stops winning on

day 4

4 days at the day rate would be $68. On the week rate it is $59.

Weekly stops winning on

day 18

18 days at the day rate would be $306. On the 28-day rate it is $177.

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 Yamaha electric bass guitar, days 1 to 35
DaysAt the day rateOn the ladderDifferenceRate in play
1$17$17—day
2$34$34—day
3$51$51—day
4$68$59you save $9week
5$85$59you save $26week
6$102$59you save $43week
7$119$59you save $60week
8$136$76you save $60week
9$153$93you save $60week
10$170$110you save $60week
11$187$118you save $69week
12$204$118you save $86week
13$221$118you save $103week
14$238$118you save $120week
15$255$135you save $120week
16$272$152you save $120week
17$289$169you save $120week
18$306$177you save $12928-day
19$323$177you save $14628-day
20$340$177you save $16328-day
21$357$177you save $18028-day
22$374$177you save $19728-day
23$391$177you save $21428-day
24$408$177you save $23128-day
25$425$177you save $24828-day
26$442$177you save $26528-day
27$459$177you save $28228-day
28$476$177you save $29928-day
29$493$194you save $299day
30$510$211you save $299day
31$527$228you save $299day
32$544$236you save $308week
33$561$236you save $325week
34$578$236you save $342week
35$595$236you save $359week

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

What checkout will quote you

Rental · 18 days
$177
Rental protection (RPP)
$26.55
Service fee
$17.70
Estimated total
$221.25

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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.