If all three vans are equipped the same, wouldn't you be equally productive with any one of them? The answer is: You certainly should be. Perhaps in the past, before there were so many full featured alternatives, one brand may have outperformed the others. You may even want one brand more than another - but the all important question is: Which mobile grooming van will enable you to keep more of what you earn? Let’s look at the bottom line:

Grooming is a joy – but do you really want to groom an extra 263 pets each year for the “privilege” of owning Brand X - or an extra 284 pets per year for the “privilege” of owning Brand Y? At $50.00 per pet, that’s how many extra pets you will have to groom just to cover the additional costs associated with Brand X and Brand Y. Here is another way to look at the same set of facts: When compared to Brand Z, the extra costs associated with Brand X mean that you must work over 8 weeks each year for free? Brand Y is even worse. You will have to work over 9 weeks each year for free.

Our original question was: "Does the price you pay for your new mobile grooming van really matter that much?" Here is the answer: Brand X is priced about $7,500 higher than Brand Z, and it costs an extra $13,135 dollars each year to operate. Brand Y, is priced almost $14,000 higher than Brand Z, and costs an additional $14,187 each year to operate. What does that mean to you, over time? In the first five years of ownership, Brand X would cost $67,166 more, and Brand Y would cost $73,702 more, than Brand Z. Wouldn’t it make more sense to put that money in your bank account? We believe the answer is a resounding, “Yes!” We offer the alternative that will allow you to do just that.

Let's not stop yet. Let's take this savings idea a couple of steps, further. First, it's easy to see that Brand Z will save more than enough money each month to make its own payment. That's right! In the example, above, the payments for Brand Z are only $972.74 per month, or $11,672.88 per year. However, when compared to Brand X and Brand Y, Brand Z saves $13,000 to $14,000 per year.

But what would happen if you actually invested the money Brand Z saved you? Could you do that? Think about it. If you purchase Brand X or Brand Y, you will have to give up that much money each day, anyway. So, why not purchase Brand Z and invest those savings? If Brand Z saves you $52.54 per day, when compared to Brand X, and if you invest your savings in a CD that pays you 5% interest - at the end of 5 years you could walk into the bank and pick up a check for $122,809.26! That's not bad, but It gets better. If you choose Brand Z over Brand Y, and if you invest the $56.75 Brand Z saves you, you could cash in a $132,649.90 CD!! So, what is a groomer to do if he/she really wants to purchase Brand X or Brand Y? Purchase Brand Z, instead. That's right. Resist the urge to buy Brand X or Y for five years. At the end of that time, you should have saved enough money to buy almost two Brand X vans or two Brand Y vans - for cash!