Monday, January 27, 2014

Obtaining Used Optometry Equipment Is A Big Money Saver

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.

Businesses that buy the most durable, best quality optical and mechanical pre- owned tools can make a saving of about twenty or thirty percent especially when you look at the prices of new tools. However, you shouldn't purchase such computerized equipment because technology is always changing and it will become antiquated quite quickly. It would be like procuring an old computer; people do not do this.

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.

Mostly they will end up with a mixture of pre- owned and new tools because the second hand pieces they require aren't always available. The best sources of such tools for dealers are foreclosures, doctors that are retiring and trade-ins. Business for these second hand dealers is good as lately the demand for these tools has exceeded what can be supplied.

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".

Although OCT is an exceptionally fast selling item of the used optometry equipment field, there is a huge demand for the more traditional, longer lasting tools that have long life spans. These tools can be used for years without them needing to be replaced. Because they are enduring, they will retain their value for longer, which makes them less appealing as a saving than the more hi-tech tools.




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