sentences:  An agreement was made with the customer allowing for an initial payment followed by a series of installments, usually sixteen, paid at quarterly or half yearly intervals with interest usually charged at 6% and on occasions 7.5%, the total terms of repayment usually being 3 or 4 years.Failure to maintain regular payments meant repossession and the equipment was offered for sale.There are a number of documented cases of these repossessions occurring.