[jim etchells]

Does anybody lease or hire machines. Is it a viable option and if so. Which companies do reasonable prices? If bad idea will cross it off my options? Thanks

[JandS]

I lease and it was viable to me.
Enabled me to not only buy a new top spec machine but
all new accessories with it.
I did the deal with Ashbys.

John

[robert meldrum]

Leasing and Hiring are completely different............one is a perfectly viable option the other is NOT.

If you Lease.........you get a brand new fully warranted machine with the full specification you want and it becomes yours at the end of the Lease period. You can have a machine with all the bells and whistles that might cost around £3000 at  retail.

If you Hire...........you pay someone else to use their property which probably won't be top spec' or have the tools / hoses you need and it might be " well used " before you get it. You will have to collect  / return everytime you need it and it will NEVER be yours.

Some suppliers will supply on a lease / purchase or you can arrange it yourself.

Why gamble ?

[murky]

I bought all my portys from Altec on lease or was it lease/hire. Not sure which, as above it was a perfectly viable way of getting a good machine for a small amount per month.

Not sure if they still do it to be honest, dont think its been mentioned on their sites recently.

If I remeber it was a firm called British Linen Leasing, probably been swallowed up now. All you have to do is ring and ask, I suppose. The thing is there are so many Finance Co's around now.

 Look at the way you can buy a van these days its probably the same thing.

Murky

[Colin Day]

It saves putting all your eggs in one basket and frees up cash for marketting and getting your business off the ground....

Good luck with whatever you decide