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Gabe Strong · February 6th, 2009, 04:31 PM

Does anyone know if any of the boards sponsors (or anyone else if none of the board's sponsors do this) lease/rent out EX-1's on a little longer term basis? My situation is that
I am in a remote location in Alaska and as far as I know, the closest rental location would be close to 1000 miles away and shipping/mail takes about 2 days longer to get here than most places....even Fed Ex won't honor their normal guarantees here....understandably I suppose. Anyways, renting for couple days is hard because of shipping, and the project I will
be working on will be a bit longer term anyways...somewhere from 2 weeks to a month or so. Of course at some point it just becomes cheaper to buy, the client wanted to know if
anyone does longer term rentals or something similar.

Ian Planchon · February 6th, 2009, 05:07 PM

I can poke around for you, but I know a friend who works for sprocket heads in anchorage who says thats all they do is rent gear from the lower 48. I bet there is a rental house in seattle that does this on a regular basis for AK.
I will see what I can dig up.

edit,

forgot to add, if this shoot is taking a month, it seems like it would make way more sense to buy, but thats just me.

Jay Gladwell · February 6th, 2009, 05:11 PM

Ian has a good idea--buy the camera for the shoot, then sell it when you're done. As long as you take excellent care it, you'll come out ahead on the other end.

Dean Sensui · February 7th, 2009, 03:18 AM

I'd have to agree with Jay.

Rental day rates are generally set at about 5% of the actual value of the equipment. If you're renting more than 20 days it makes a lot more sense to buy, keep it in excellent condition, then sell.

February 6th, 2009, 04:31 PM	#1
Gabe Strong Major Player Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Juneau, AK Posts: 814	Leasing ex 1? Does anyone know if any of the boards sponsors (or anyone else if none of the board's sponsors do this) lease/rent out EX-1's on a little longer term basis? My situation is that I am in a remote location in Alaska and as far as I know, the closest rental location would be close to 1000 miles away and shipping/mail takes about 2 days longer to get here than most places....even Fed Ex won't honor their normal guarantees here....understandably I suppose. Anyways, renting for couple days is hard because of shipping, and the project I will be working on will be a bit longer term anyways...somewhere from 2 weeks to a month or so. Of course at some point it just becomes cheaper to buy, the client wanted to know if anyone does longer term rentals or something similar.

February 7th, 2009, 03:18 AM	#4
Dean Sensui Inner Circle Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Honolulu, HI Posts: 2,054	I'd have to agree with Jay. Rental day rates are generally set at about 5% of the actual value of the equipment. If you're renting more than 20 days it makes a lot more sense to buy, keep it in excellent condition, then sell. __________________ Dean Sensui Exec Producer, Hawaii Goes Fishing

February 6th, 2009, 05:07 PM	#2
Ian Planchon Major Player Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: an Alaskan living in Des Moines, Iowa Posts: 513	I can poke around for you, but I know a friend who works for sprocket heads in anchorage who says thats all they do is rent gear from the lower 48. I bet there is a rental house in seattle that does this on a regular basis for AK. I will see what I can dig up. edit, forgot to add, if this shoot is taking a month, it seems like it would make way more sense to buy, but thats just me.

February 6th, 2009, 05:11 PM	#3
Jay Gladwell Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 1,244	Ian has a good idea--buy the camera for the shoot, then sell it when you're done. As long as you take excellent care it, you'll come out ahead on the other end.