Mountain View Medical Supply

Tuesday, May 4, 2010

Rental vs. Purchase

Yesterday, we had a very nice lady inquire about purchasing a knee walker/rolleraid. She said she priced rentals locally and decided to purchase, and then resell the rolleraid for a fraction of the original cost to recoup her expense. She needed the rolleraid for about 8 weeks while recovering from surgery.

When we informed her we also rented knee walkers/rolleraid, she said she found it was cheaper to purchase since rental rates of these fun little knee walkers was so high.

Little did she know that OUR rental rates were so low!

We often have customers come to us needing wheelchairs, walkers or knee walkers for temporary reasons and feel that they should just go ahead and purchase. Our suggestion is to always shop around because prices for rentals and purchases vary greatly.

For example, our knee walker/rolleraid costs $416.67 brand new. Our rental rate for this item is $85/month. So if you only need this item for a two month recovery, you can save yourself almost $250!

Transport wheelchairs start at about $150, but you can rent one from us for $50 per month!

Our rental fleet includes wheelchairs (both transport and dual axle), folding aluminum walkers, knee walker/rolleraids and tri-fold ramps.

For rental rates or more information, call us at 800-873-7121 or visit our website

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