Some of the bigger companies do their own leasing. I suppose they can set the length of the lease to whatever but the standard lease options are
-12 months
-24 months
-36 months
-48 months
-60 months
A lot of smart people have said to never include service in the lease but I honestly don't understand the rational. In fact, I see it just the opposite.
The only argument (in my opinion) against doing this is that toner/supplies could increase over the life of the lease and the service contract becomes unprofitable. However, in most service contracts there's usually a clause that says the service contract will not increase above a certain level. Also, I've never had toner/supplies to increase to the point that it made a difference in profits. Not really.
Just to wrap this up, I think it's always better for the money to sit in my bank account than that of the customer. Anything could happen and you never collect that money. But if you get it upfront, no worries.
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