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REVIEW OF FACTS

Rock Creek Golf Club is a public golf course owned by a private company and managed by Lee Jeffries. The case entails a debate about the golf carts used to take players around the course instead of walking around. The carts they already owned were old and there was a need for new golf carts.
Approached by two salesman, Lee Jeffries was forced to chose to make a deal with one of them. Salesman A offered carts at $2,240 each and at the end of five years the expected salvage value was going to be $240 each.
Salesman B proposed to lease the golf carts for $500 dollars per cart per year. This was payable at the end of the year for …show more content…

Recommendations and Conclusions

In conclusion of this case, we learned that leasing and purchasing items for the purpose of business has different implications on the financial status of the company. This is especially true when the terms for each are different.
Another point to consider is the future impact of either buying or leasing a piece of equipment has on the future of the company. Does the company hope to depreciate the value of a purchased piece of equipment and then gain some salvage value at the end. Could any salvage value come from taking this approach? Would there be any potential buyers for the used equipment if it was yours to sell at the end of a useful life? These are all questions to consider along with the NPV and terms and payments and financial stability of the company when determining whether one should buy or lease something.
I would recommend that Mr. Jeffries take all the analysis he can consider into account before making his decision keeping in mind that the revenues and expenses he will generate will be the same regardless of whether he leases or buys the carts. I would then pick the option with highest NPV and with the payments for both principal and interest that make sense for his company.

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