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Related Party Costs and Expenses (Table Text Block) | 9 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2012
Related Party Cost and Expense [Abstract] |
Related party cost and expense | Related Party Costs and Expenses
|  | Quarter Ended December 31,
|  | 2012 |  | 2011
|  | (Unaudited)
|  | (In thousands)
U-Haul lease expenses to SAC Holdings | $ | 655 | $ | 636
U-Haul commission expenses to SAC Holdings |  | 9,142 |  | 9,764
U-Haul commission expenses to Private Mini |  | 575 |  | 592
| $ | 10,372 | $ | 10,992
|  | Nine Months Ended December 31,
|  | 2012 |  | 2011
|  | (Unaudited)
|  | (In thousands)
U-Haul lease expenses to SAC Holdings | $ | 1,971 | $ | 1,762
U-Haul commission expenses to SAC Holdings |  | 32,531 |  | 31,146
U-Haul commission expenses to Private Mini |  | 2,082 |  | 1,998
| $ | 36,584 | $ | 34,906
We lease space for marketing company offices, vehicle repair shops and hitch installation centers from subsidiaries of SAC Holdings, 5 SAC and Galaxy. The terms of the leases are similar to the terms of leases for other properties owned by unrelated parties that are leased to us. At December 31, 2012, subsidiaries of SAC Holdings, 4 SAC, 5 SAC, Galaxy and Private Mini acted as U-Haul independent dealers. The financial and other terms of the dealership contracts with the aforementioned companies and their subsidiaries are substantially identical to the terms of those with our other independent dealers whereby commissions are paid by us based upon equipment rental revenues These agreements and notes with subsidiaries of SAC Holdings, 4 SAC, 5 SAC, Galaxy and Private Mini, excluding Dealer Agreements, provided revenues of $23.5 million, expenses of $2.0 million and cash flows of $152.7 million during the first nine months of fiscal 2013. Revenues and commission expenses related to the Dealer Agreements were $158.4 million and $34.6 million, respectively during the first nine months of fiscal 2013.

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