Need Help GS 750plus Rental

[Family monuments]

I rented a GS 750 Plus plotter and feel the price of rental is very high! What would one rent one for per hour/day or weekly?

 

[I sell Roland's]

People normally purchase and do not rent vinyl cutters..

 

[GaSouthpaw]

Since Gerber equipment is often pricey to buy, I'd imagine they do charge premium prices. The trade-off for the price is a very good machine. Honestly, though, the only time I've ever heard of anything like a rental unit is when I've sent one in for service and the repair outlet gives me one to use in the meantime.
Depending on what you need why not have someone who has a plotter do the cutting for you?

 

[bannertime]

I'd say if you're paying more than $100 a day, then it's time to buy.

 

[Family monuments]

My plotter broke down and I'm in the monument business, it broke down 2 weeks before memorial day (my busy time)! I did not rent from Gerber it was from a small local sign company and was curious if anyone had an idea of what one might charge.

 

[CanuckSigns]

in that case, you are at the whim of the other sign company. I would never rent out my equipment to a competitor, if I have a good relationship with the other shop I might lend them a piece of equipment for a short period of time no charge or I would refuse.

 

[Billct2]

Yea, that's an unusual arrangement. Usually I would think the company would be willing to cut material for a fee rather than rent out a piece of equipment. You can buy a decent used one for a few grand.

 

[Family monuments]

I'm not in competition as I am in the monument business and he was not using this plotter and had not for quite some time and the amount of material I needed cut would have been multiple days. So I was just looking for a price that if someone were to rent how much would you charge to use a 1989 plotter for 4 days $100/day?

thanks for your input

 

[Family monuments]

In my case if I could have bought a used or brand new one and got here in 2 days I would have, but it 2 weeks to get a new from Gerber I didn't have that much time.

 

[bannertime]

There's no such pricing schedule for this situation. You pay as much as the other guy says.

 

[hcardwell93]

So how much did you pay?

 

[Family monuments]

I have not paid it all, he's trying to charge me 45/hour including the weekend or 360/ a day with no contractual agreement.

 

[Family monuments]

Along with a sub par working plotter that would mess up 1/8th of time

 

[Billct2]

Nope, in your neck of the woods that would be the hourly charge if they did the cutting too.

 

[CanuckSigns]

Yeah that's too much, Like Bill said, that would be closer to the charge if you were providing the material and they cut your files, with their employees.

There really is no "standard" charge for this as your predicament is extremely rare, you are at the whim of the shop renting you the equipment, but did you not discuss pricing before you agreed to borrow the machine?

 

[Family monuments]

My mistake by not discussing pricing ahead of time (we were in a major predicament), we had a great working relation with this company and have done things for them at little to no cost many times. Never had any issues until now!

thanks

 

[CanuckSigns]

well in that case, I would return the plotter, pay them for the time used, and remember this next time they need something from you, next time they order something from you and forget to ask for a quote, charge them the same price they charged you.