When is it cheaper to rent a QSC GX8 Professional Power Amplifier by the week than by the day?

From day 7. 7 days at the $75 day rate would be $525, but the weekly rate caps it at $473.

When is it cheaper to rent a QSC GX8 Professional Power Amplifier on the 28-day rate?

From day 27. At that point the week-and-day composition reaches the $1,800 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.

QSC GX8 Professional Power Amplifier

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Day: $75
Week: $473
28 days: $1,800

Daily stops winning on

day 7

7 days at the day rate would be $525. On the week rate it is $473.

Weekly stops winning on

day 27

27 days at the day rate would be $2,025. On the 28-day rate it is $1,800.

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 QSC GX8 Professional Power Amplifier, days 1 to 35
Days	At the day rate	On the ladder	Difference	Rate in play
1	$75	$75	—	day
2	$150	$150	—	day
3	$225	$225	—	day
4	$300	$300	—	day
5	$375	$375	—	day
6	$450	$450	—	day
7	$525	$473	you save $52	week
8	$600	$548	you save $52	week
9	$675	$623	you save $52	week
10	$750	$698	you save $52	week
11	$825	$773	you save $52	week
12	$900	$848	you save $52	week
13	$975	$923	you save $52	week
14	$1,050	$946	you save $104	week
15	$1,125	$1,021	you save $104	week
16	$1,200	$1,096	you save $104	week
17	$1,275	$1,171	you save $104	week
18	$1,350	$1,246	you save $104	week
19	$1,425	$1,321	you save $104	week
20	$1,500	$1,396	you save $104	week
21	$1,575	$1,419	you save $156	week
22	$1,650	$1,494	you save $156	week
23	$1,725	$1,569	you save $156	week
24	$1,800	$1,644	you save $156	week
25	$1,875	$1,719	you save $156	week
26	$1,950	$1,794	you save $156	week
27	$2,025	$1,800	you save $225	28-day
28	$2,100	$1,800	you save $300	28-day
29	$2,175	$1,875	you save $300	day
30	$2,250	$1,950	you save $300	day
31	$2,325	$2,025	you save $300	day
32	$2,400	$2,100	you save $300	day
33	$2,475	$2,175	you save $300	day
34	$2,550	$2,250	you save $300	day
35	$2,625	$2,273	you save $352	week

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

What checkout will quote you

Rental · 27 days: $1,800
Rental protection (RPP): $270
Service fee: $180
Estimated total: $2,250

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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.