Bit of an unusual situation here. We landed a short term contract to unload and stage equipment for an exhibition at Dubai World Trade Centre, the job runs about two weeks and then we are done. Our normal work is IT installation so we do not own any warehouse gear at all. Renting sounds logical but the rental quotes I got are honestly not that far off from just buying a basic unit outright, which seems mad. A colleague said if we buy, we can resell it after the job and probably recover most of the cost anyway, so it might work out cheaper than renting. I am just not sure how easy it is to resell something like that quickly without losing a chunk of money. Also the exhibition hall has carpeted floors in some zones and I have no idea if a hydraulic hand pallet rolls properly on carpet or if it just sinks and becomes useless. Anyone done event work like this before? Would you rent, buy used, or buy new and flip it after?