Rant: everyone here says never sign a 3 year term, but my 36 month lease in Dayton saved me $4,800 | Contract Clause Check - Freelance Forum - The Community for Independent Professionals
Rant: everyone here says never sign a 3 year term, but my 36 month lease in Dayton saved me $4,800
Tbh the crowd on this board always pushes month to month as the safe play, but a 36 month copy machine lease I signed in Dayton ran me $133 a month instead of $267 for the same box. The part nobody talks about is the buyout clause: mine was 10% of the original price in writing, so ask for that number before you sign off on the short term.
$133 vs $267 for the same box in Dayton is a wild gap, so your point about the buyout number makes sense. Here's the sarcastic part though: the board acts like a 36 month paper is a death sentence, but a lot of those month to month deals are quietly priced to punish you for the freedom. Get the 10% buyout in writing and the scary long term turns into a pretty boring math problem. The real joke is how many people sign the short deal without ever asking what the buyout runs. You did the one thing that actually matters here.