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Originally Posted by Dazzler
That's not a bad idea Kayce, obviously a little more administration for the club, but does offer the regular racers a way of obtaining a pt in an affordable manner if buying one outright isn't an option. Also, if it gets damaged, at least there's something in the pot towards paying for it.. (from their hire, and other one time hires).
Furthermore, most regulars would eventually have one. The only thing that may be required is to agree on a number of hires in a set period, as I doubt we'd want someone demanding their pt in a couple of years time when they've eventually hired it for say the tenth time..
What has been your clubs stance on damaged pt's?
Have you had any go missing? One suggestion has been holding car keys as a deposit... You're going nowhere without handing back the pt! PT's easy to forget about...
Thanks for your input.
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As I said initially, it seems most "regulars" would or should have their own already.
But, any regular (say if they get a new car, that they don't have one for yet) could "rent/borrow" one for the day as anyone else.
The idea being, if you're going to race you have to have your own transponder, yet we still want to be able to facilitate the new guy getting with the program and not feeling like he's not welcome.
But our policy has been, say if you've rented it twice, you do have the option of paying it off at any time and taking immediate fulltime possession.
The "rent to own" plan is really intended for the new guy, that shows up every week (or for every race) and will pay if off in due time -
otherwise, they're told upfront that if they're just an occasional competitor that their "rental fee" will just be a donation for upkeep and repairs and having PTs on hand.
We haven't had a problem, yet, with damaged PTs - but we do keep a list of who is renting each unit (and try to keep them using just that one each time, and so we know if one gets damaged with rough handling who's to blame). But the compact ones don't seem to get damaged as easily as the old rechargables, and we give strips of sticky-back velcro to attach them inside the cars.
We haven't had a problem with them disappearing, either, as we hold a driver's license/permit (car keys would work too) as a deposit.
I wasn't too sure about it when we first started it, as we'd always had the rechargable (old school) ones along with charging stand that just turned into a pain to keep up with over time - but our new rental plan has worked out well, better than I thought, for over a year now, and all we have to keep track of is a small box for their transport.