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Container Sales – Should You Hire or Buy?

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Container sales companies now offer a range of services which include hiring or buying shipping containers. In the past container sales companies were much more limited in the range of services that they offered.

You can choose to hire a container if your needs are short term or buy a container if you would like to make use of it over a longer period of time. Second hand containers are also an attractive choice for people who want to modify them to turn them into an affordable space for offices, storage or even housing. Nowadays sales are well and truly booming as people are finding innovative and exciting ways to use shipping containers.

Container Sales – Weighing Up Whether to Hire or Buy

When considering whether you should hire or buy, you need to weigh up the pros and cons of each option and compare them to your needs.

Hire:

  • Competitive rates
  • Very cost effective solution for storage needs when compared to other storage hire
  • Flexibility – you can hire for short or long periods of time
  • Easy delivery and removal at the end of the rental term
  • High quality containers provided

Buy:

  • Competitive prices
  • One off price
  • More cost effective for long term needs
  • A wide range of containers and prices available
  • Container buy back option available

If you are still unsure about which option is best for you, you should contact container sales staff to speak in more detail about the benefits of hiring or buying. Australia is quite a hub for shipping containers, which means that prices here are very competitive and works in the customer’s favour. Contacting second hand container companies close to where you live is the best option to minimise the cost of delivery of the container.

If you are planning to use the container for shipping overseas, then you are most likely going to have to purchase a unit. Very few container sales companies will hire for overseas moves as the costs that are required to get the container back are prohibitively high. In most cases shipping container hire is for a minimum term of 28 days – even if you only need the container for a short period, you will have to pay the month rental fee.

Posted on November 1, 2011
By Mark FinneganContainer SalesLeave a comment
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