When is it cheaper to rent a Genie GS-1930 Scissor Lift by the week than by the day?

From day 6. 6 days at the $90 day rate would be $540, but the weekly rate caps it at $473.

When is it cheaper to rent a Genie GS-1930 Scissor Lift on the 28-day rate?

From day 27. At that point the week-and-day composition reaches the $1,890 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 GS-1930 Scissor Lift

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Equipment Rental SATX · Lifts - Scissor - Electric

Day: $90
Week: $473
28 days: $1,890

Daily stops winning on

day 6

6 days at the day rate would be $540. On the week rate it is $473.

Weekly stops winning on

day 27

27 days at the day rate would be $2,430. On the 28-day rate it is $1,890.

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 GS-1930 Scissor Lift, days 1 to 35
Days	At the day rate	On the ladder	Difference	Rate in play
1	$90	$90	—	day
2	$180	$180	—	day
3	$270	$270	—	day
4	$360	$360	—	day
5	$450	$450	—	day
6	$540	$473	you save $67	week
7	$630	$473	you save $157	week
8	$720	$563	you save $157	week
9	$810	$653	you save $157	week
10	$900	$743	you save $157	week
11	$990	$833	you save $157	week
12	$1,080	$923	you save $157	week
13	$1,170	$946	you save $224	week
14	$1,260	$946	you save $314	week
15	$1,350	$1,036	you save $314	week
16	$1,440	$1,126	you save $314	week
17	$1,530	$1,216	you save $314	week
18	$1,620	$1,306	you save $314	week
19	$1,710	$1,396	you save $314	week
20	$1,800	$1,419	you save $381	week
21	$1,890	$1,419	you save $471	week
22	$1,980	$1,509	you save $471	week
23	$2,070	$1,599	you save $471	week
24	$2,160	$1,689	you save $471	week
25	$2,250	$1,779	you save $471	week
26	$2,340	$1,869	you save $471	week
27	$2,430	$1,890	you save $540	28-day
28	$2,520	$1,890	you save $630	28-day
29	$2,610	$1,980	you save $630	day
30	$2,700	$2,070	you save $630	day
31	$2,790	$2,160	you save $630	day
32	$2,880	$2,250	you save $630	day
33	$2,970	$2,340	you save $630	day
34	$3,060	$2,363	you save $697	week
35	$3,150	$2,363	you save $787	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.