Thursday, February 6, 2014

Always Use Quality Used Optometry Equipment

By Eliza Mendoza


Buying used optometry equipment can be correlated to driving up a narrow and twisting road. It can be a nice experience if you are attentive, but it can mean big trouble if you are not careful. This article will give you advice on buying second hand ophthalmic equipment so that you can get significant savings and not have any regrets.

The brilliant news for people who purchase previously owned tools is that the shady dealers who have popped up with the development of the Internet have mostly been removed in the last couple of years. Now, there are maybe six to ten of the bigger dealers in the country. They themselves have audited the business to prevent dealers who are unethical.

Many dealers have also put together an informal chain of decent and capable dealers who will more often get together to help a client to locate a piece of equipment that they will need. All practices are checking their bank balances and trying to improve their profits. Practices are hunting for pre- owned tools that are of the same quality as if it was bought brand new.

Companies that get the highest quality mechanical and optical second hand pieces that are very durable can get a saving of at least twenty percent particularly when compared to the prices of new equipment. But having said that, you must not buy old computerized tools, because the technology is always improving and it will probably be antiquated before it will be worth the price you paid for it. It's the same as buying an outdated computer, it is just not done.

Satellite Businesses that are being opened and then equipped is a very big part of why there is a large demand for second hand ophthalmic utensils. Most companies would choose to help keep their initial charges down until it can be proven that there is a demand for them. Getting pre- owned tools can be a wonderful way to keep those first costs low.

Most of the time they will get up with a combination of new and old tools because the pieces they want to get can't be found. The finest sources of pre-owned tools for the dealers are practices that have gone into foreclosure, retiring practices and the trading-in of tools. Business has been good recently for second hand dealers because the need for these tools has far exceeded by the current supply.

There is a lot of evolving with the next generation tools which has made more demand in tools like optical coherence tomography (OCT). Many businesses think that they have to have the most recent in OCT tools. This means that they will trade in or sell a good machine that has absolutely nothing wrong with it. There are a lot of other practices that would be so happy with their "old machines".

Even though OCT is a very quick selling part of the used optometry equipment business, there is also a great demand for the traditional, durable products with very long life cycles. A lot of these tools can be made use of for years without being made obsolete. Because they are durable, they will hold their value longer, which makes them less of a bargain than the high-tech tools.




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