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Re: Leasing, Insurance, Padded Rates, Buy Out Price
In my opinion, what the dealer was funded is not material. That is between the dealership and the leasing company. If it truly is insurance to cover just the device you either insure for the amount necessary to cover the debt should something happen which would be sum of payments plus the residual value or insurance to cover the replacement cost. However, most office equipment is covered under a blanket policy covering all building contents.
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Re: Leasing, Insurance, Padded Rates, Buy Out Price
To be on the safe side, I always give my clients the MSRP on the equipment as the number they should provide to their insurance company.
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Re: Leasing, Insurance, Padded Rates, Buy Out Price
txeagle seems you may have the best answer, just quote them MSRP and we should be safe. We just went through one of these where the copier was damaged by fire and was covered under the BOP policy. The insurance company paid the stream of payments plus the residual. I'm always somewhat concerned when I have to quote a price to the customer and then that customer uses that for the value of the equipment to the leasing company. If you sell at MSRP and the equipment is leased, then you need to...
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Re: Leasing, Insurance, Padded Rates, Buy Out Price
If you sell at or above MSRP due to significant GP or because a buyout was involved, I would quote the Stream of Payments of the hardware + the buyout, excluding the portion of the monthly payment attributable to Service/Supplies in the case of a bundled lease/service agreement.
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Re: Leasing, Insurance, Padded Rates, Buy Out Price
Tx, ty for this this. I don't bundle MA/Supplies. I just don't want my customer to get jammed in case there is a loss. We've had quite a few losses here in NJ with the storm from a few years ago. I'm just looking for the right thing to do for customers who opt out of the leasing companies insurance. I'm somewhat skeptical of giving them stream of payments plus residual, may open up a can of worms.
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Re: Leasing, Insurance, Padded Rates, Buy Out Price
I've had the question come up a few times over the year and I simply give them full MSRP for the machine and all accessories as the amount.
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Re: Six Reasons Why Copiers Leases Can Cost You More Than You Signed For
Seriously? Which side are you on? Let's recognize that the dealer never pats for a lease return, it's just baked into the new lease. In this era of low margins, there is no room to offer these things for free. Additionally, there is no reputable dealer that would uplift 25% a year.
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Re: Six Reasons Why Copiers Leases Can Cost You More Than You Signed For
Cheryl Thanx for the response! I'm on the side of transparency. I want companies to recognize that there are some dealers that, well, they should not be doing business with. Here in the North East we're seeing some down right dirty tactics when it comes to moving product. You're right, no reputable dealer would uplift 25%, however we do have at leas one dealer that I know of that has the kind of uplift. Not sure what you meant here, can you clarify? "Let's recognize that the dealer never...
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Re: Six Reasons Why Copiers Leases Can Cost You More Than You Signed For
I didn't understand Cheryl's response either. Another important question is the length of the automatic renewal. At least the "renews for like term" seem to have gone away but I still see some 12 month renewals. In my opinion, a customer should never agree to Automatic Renewal Terms of more than 3 months with the 30 day renewal being the obvious best choice. For me, it's more about the integrity of the leasing company or the dealer pushing that particular lease company. Nobody plans on going...
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Re: Six Reasons Why Copiers Leases Can Cost You More Than You Signed For
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Re: Six Reasons Why Copiers Leases Can Cost You More Than You Signed For
I received the below message via email yesterday. It's from Kevin Clune (President of Clune & Company LLC). I've known Kevin for years and appreciate his insight with leasing. Art, we haven’t talked in years but I still follow p4p. I liked your article about copier leasing but I thought I’d show you the attached marketing piece which shines a spotlight on some of the leasing industry’s most effective/injurious revenue enhancers. It’s a constantly evolving landscape as our industry is...
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HP/Xerox merger update
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How Much Do I Insure My Leased Copier For?
How much do I insure my leased copier for? Was a discussion I had with one of the sales rep in our office yesterday. From time to time, we will field calls from the clients asking how much to insure the leased copier for. The client then needs to submit that information to their insurance agent in order to produce a rider for the leasing company. Let me back up a moment. When a copier is leased, whether it's a dollar buy-out option or Fair Market Value, all of the leasing companies require...
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Data-as-a-Service Provider Captricity Raises $35M in Funding
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New Xerox Workflow Solutions Automate Paperwork & Process Burdens in Insurance, HR
The insurance industry and human resources departments share at least one thing in common: Both are data-heavy environments that include a number of time-consuming, manual workflows. Xerox has announced solutions to automate and simplify those processes. For insurance companies, it means faster claims and new business processing. HR departments can speed the management of employee paperwork and data such as tax forms, and policy and procedures administration. "The new offerings are the...
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Leasing, Insurance, Padded Rates, Buy Out Price
I recently had an email from a customer asking me for the purchase price for the leased equipment. The customer needed this for the insurance certificate for the leasing company. It's easy, we take the monthly price and divide by the rate...
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Six Reasons Why Copiers Leases Can Cost You More Than You Signed For
When you signed your last copier lease, did you happen to take the time to read that lease? How about the maintenance agreement? If you're like most lessees, you probably skimmed over the verbiage on the lease and then signed the maintenance agreement without reading the T's & C's. Not reading those T's & C's could lead to some problems in the future, because there are clauses in those agreements that will increase your costs. 1) Maintenance included with the lease: Some leases have...
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Insurity Partners with MPX to Improve Mail, Print, and Digital Fulfillment Across .
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Why Cyber Insurance? Because SMBs Are A 'Priority For The Bad Guys
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Todays Hacked!
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Cybersecurity: The Week in Review
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Rhodian Group Partners with LIBRA Insurance Partners
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Re: Cyber Risk Insurance App
thought this would be helpful for those of us involved with managed IT and cyber security. An app I picked up while cold calling
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