Would you feel comfortable at work with second hand furniture?
A new trend seems to be emerging, as the San Deigo Used Office furniture company sends its website live, allowing companies to purchase top name office brands such as Herman Miller for a fraction of the price it is to buy it new.
Do you find second hand office furniture ok? EBay has proven that one person’s junk is another man’s treasure, and the second hand market has boomed ever since its introduction. The real question should be why not have second hand furniture. Once the furniture is received, it is rebuilt if necessary and cleaned by the companies repair team, ensuring its just as good as new. If you want to see the condition of the items for yourself go down to the showroom, just to ensure the quality.
Keep quiet abou the furniture being second hand and they wont even notice, the ‘placebo’ effect, you could say. The maintenance crew repair and clean the items, so why wouldnt your staff assume that they were new unless you told them? Be careful, as staff could start accusing you of being ‘cheap’ and staff refusing to use it. There has been a stigma about buying second hand goods for years -making you look too cheap or the product might not work properly. EBay has slowly eroded this image, but some people will still choose paying extra and getting a new copy rather than go for a good quality second hand version. If youd rather have new office furniture, then fine, but dont rule out a good condition second hand product.
Has a new niche market popped up for offices buying second hand furniture for their offices? As the credit crunch starts to really take effect and cut companies spending in half, we could see more of them going second hand on their office furniture. If furniture leaves in a great condition, then having second hand furniture could become ‘trendy’.
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