Any one get any tips or tricks for getting discounts or cheaper hire fees at places like Hirepool or Kennards Hire? Need to do a bit of tidy up around the house and hiring some tools would be useful, but the prices are just too much.
Found the discount code 20FORYOU for Kennards on OzBargin, while the code is accepted and the discount is applied the payment fails.
Depending on what tools you need, sometimes it can be more economic to actually buy the tools rather than hire them.
As Alan6984 mentioned above, you could look at second hand tools or even buy new.
Some tools like the Bunnings XU1 range are relatively cheap to buy new and mean you will have the use of the tool again for other jobs that inevitably crop up after you have returned the hire item.
Yes these tools are at the budget end of the market but worth taking a look.
Hi,
If you are flexible about the timing of your hire, and it is worth the time / effort, then you can go into HirePool or whatever is near you, and talk to them.
Tell them you need an XYZ for, say, a couple of day, and that you are flexible as to timing, then ask them if they can do you a deal, based on when it would not otherwise be hired out for them.
You will likely get have more chance if you get the owner / manager / franchisee as they will be more switched on to the fact that it will be close to 100% real profit to them (no opportunity cost - some wear and tear of course), and more likely to offer you a deal.
Again, depending on what it is, if you need it for a longer hire period (say, ten days, for example), then you could also offer to take it anytime that suits them, but also you could return it if they have another customer that wants it, and then pick it up again when it comes back, and still have it for the ten days (or whatever works) albeit not continuously.
Another option to consider is to buy whatever it is second-hand, use it for a week, month, or whatever, then sell it second-hand again. Often you can sell it for exactly the same amount that you bought it for (especially if it is still essentially the same age and condition) - you might even make a few dollars if you get a good deal up front.
Personally, I would go for the second-hand buy / sell, but it depends on what you need, how much you can afford to outlay (regardless of whether you get it all back), and your space to store it for as long as required, including the time to on-sell it afterwards.
Alan.