Second hand furniture in our offices -is it really that bad?
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.
Would you beable to live with second hand office furniture? 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 question here is not why have second hand office furniture, but why not have second furniture. When the company receive the furniture they rebuilt it if thats required and clean it to ensure it is in top quality condition. If you still have doubts about the quality visit the showroom and see for yourself.
Keep quiet abou the furniture being second hand and they wont even notice, the ‘placebo’ effect, you could say. The repair crew makes sure the item is in top condition when it goes for re-sale, so why wouldnt your staff assume it was new furniture unless you told them? Then you might have the problem of staff members refusing to use second hair furniture and accusing the management of being ‘cheap’. 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 thats what makes you happy, then fair play, to dont rule out a top condition second hand product entirely.
So is buying second hand office furniture a new niche market? 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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