Why would anyone get into a lease purchase????

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  1. haz-matguru

    haz-matguru Road Train Member

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    But but but... you get to be your own boss!

    And.... you get to run 70 mph!

    And all the other reasons.
     
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    And you get to go home and stay home as long as you want!!!
     
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    he's been paying for that truck, for 4 years.... $350,000..??? was that the price of the truck..???

    wow, where can i get that great a deal...???

    this is why one should really just be a driver for say about 5 years. build up a savings, and BUY a truck out right.

    as well as, at the very least, have "some" business education, not just, "wannabe" education.

    the video at over 2 hours, was just too long to watch, i got the gist of it, in a fee minutes.

    too many think that just cuz they are drivers, they can be o/o's with the snap of a finger.
     
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    You can actually make a lease work as long you dont mind not going home .
     
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    Alterations made to auto carriers moves the price up. Fellow I know ordered new auto carrier tractor, paid $250K CDN for truck. Did quite well for the 5 years he ran it, then decided he preferred his wife cooking daily.
     
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    doesn’t sound like this guy went home much at all. I think I heard he was going from SLC to grand junction to like Virginia for 4K while paying 3k(?) a week for the truck.

    sad video honestly dudes crying with his wife right there and two guys come out on top with the truck, looking for their next victim.
     
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    Yeah that's why I always stayed company. I never wanted to live iij n my truck full time
     
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    I'm thinking the 300k is not only payments, it has to include other fixed costs over the years he's been there. I cant imagine the truck itself is 300k...that's 2 brand new trucks
     
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    could be. I thought those car haulers got expensive, especially in a fleece purchase so it sounded about right..