Office copier rental pros and cons

Office copier rental…what does this mean?

You may think this is a silly question, but an office copier rental is when you pay for to use an office machine on a month to month basis, for a certain amount of time.  Please don’t confuse a copier rental with a copier lease, because this is comparing apples and oranges.

Really, who cares.  What’s the difference???

Copier Lease vs Office copier rental

An office copier lease usually gives you a cheaper monthly payment, because you are locked in for 36-63 months..Sometimes a copier lease feels like a lifetime.  If this is you, a copier rental may be the way to take your Tampa Bay business.

This option is good for:

1. Risk averse customers
2. Startup businesses with little or no credit history
3. short term gatherings, say at the Tampa convention center
4. Construction sites

So…what does this mean for me?

It is much easier to change to a different copier or printer, with an office copier rental, because the payment is financed AND copier is serviced by the vendor(Akita Copy Products).

Copier leases usually save you a decent amount of money over office copier rentals.  On average, we see a savings around thirty to forty percent.

But keep this in mind with copier and printer leases.

1.  Your business will be committed to a legal agreement.  99% of the time, a separate leasing company handles the copier lease, and the vendor does all of the machine repairs and service.
2. Don’t expect to change copiers out 12 months into a 60 month lease.  You will be penalized big time.  If anyone tells you different, let us know and we’ll set you straight.
3. You can save a lot of money with copier leases, if you play your cards right.  With Akita, we want your repeat business, so you better believe you’ll be happy with us.

Copier rental Tampa-other questions from our customers

Over the years, we have had many copier machine rental customers, and even in 2017 the questions are still quite similar to 5 years ago:

1.  What is the bottom line for the copy machine rental cost?  Well, it all depends on what you will be using it for.  How many prints, copies, scans, or faxes are you going to make?  Do you want a color copy machine rental or just black and white? For example: Renting a copy machine that has color will cost you more than a black and white rental, because the cost to do color copier service, buy color toner, and color machine parts is higher.  Let us sit down with you and evaluate your current color print, scan, fax, and copy usage, as well as black and white.  You will be amazed at how much, or little you will need for your copy machine rental.
2. What if I need to rent a copy machine for 1 or 2 months?  What if my printer rental only lasts 1 day? At Akita, copier and printer rentals can be for years, or even 1 day.  If you need a copier tomorrow, we should be able to help you.  We have many office machines (in our Tampa office) dedicated only to our copy machine and printer rental program.  These color and black copier printers are ready for quick deployment to you.

So, if you are already confused, you are quite normal.  If you would like, give us a ring or an email, and we will give you free, no obligation, friendly advice on any of your office copier rental questions or bottom line copy machine rental costs.