Compassionate Consumers

The last time that our company had to replace the poweredge servers, it cost way too much. I think that we really thought that they would last for at least ten to twenty years. I believe that it has only been about seven years that the dell repair guy has suggested replacing them, or the repair costs could be really high.

I would love to find some used servers that have been refurbished, the kind that have been cleaned up and are like new, but not with a new price tag. If the dell repair man is correct, those kinds are out there but you have to do some searching to find them. I decided to call around and see if any of the many local computer shops had some used poweredge servers and I could not find any that did.

I turned to the internet, which I had put off because I did not want to wait on the poweredge servers to be shipped, I wanted them now. I was so happy to find an online company that had the poweredge servers, refurbished at great prices and they would ship them overnight, for a little extra charge. I am hoping that since I ordered servers that were bigger than the last ones, they will last more like the ten to twenty years that we need them to.

I wanted to find a good store to buy everything I needed for the front end of my boutique. I needed the latest up to date equipment to handle any form of payment from my customers. I had heard of a store across town that sold used pos equipment for a good price, but I was not sure if I should buy used stuff, I thought that it might be like buying someone else’s problems.

I decided to just check out the used point of sale equipment store because they might also have some new items, or at least they might be able to tell me where to get some new stuff. I walked in the door and thought that all of the used pos equipment looked like it was brand new. I asked them how old the stuff was and they told me that most of their inventory was what the newest models were.

They bought all the used point of sale equipment from companies, refurbish it and then resell it for a discounted price but that it all worked like it was brand new out of the box and if I ever had any problems, they would come out and service it for me.

My parents were busy with their business of buying and repairing used servers. My father had taken computer classes as soon as computer were introduced and he now knows the insides and outs of pretty much every brand of server ever made. The newer ones are constantly changing but the older used servers are easy for him to fix.

My father spends most of the day out in his shop fixing used poweredge servers and other brands while my mother is the person who puts them on the internet and loads the information about them for people to see. They have been supporting themselves this way, for about ten years. I have always gotten great deals on used servers for my friends from my parents.

I myself was able to get some used poweredge servers for my own company for just the cost of parts and the shipping and handling of having them sent to me. I was very happy with that, since it actually saved me about five thousand dollars from what any other company that sold used servers would have charged me.

Also, whenever I have an issue with one of them, I can always just call my dad and he flies out to fix them and also gets to visit with me and my family at the same time.

My sister was interested in running a business from home and I knew of a really good website that sold used proliant servers for good prices. According to all of my calculations, this site was about thirty percent less than the other used hp servers distributers on the web. All my sister would have to do is to add ten percent to the price and the only thing she would be doing was buying the used proliant servers and reselling them for a small profit. The amount of work involved was very minimal and she would be making a couple of hundred dollars on all of the transactions.

I gave her the name of a really good website company that would not make her pay too much. She contacted them first and then called the used hp servers company to order a few of the servers to make sure that they were in good shape and to see how long the delivery time would possible be. The website people gave her a fantastic deal and the used hp servers were shipped overnight, which was a big surprise to my sister who was thinking that it would take at least a week for them to come in.

I attended a swap meet last year and bought ten used cisco routers. I was not sure if any of them worked, but I took them to the local cisco repair shop to have them tested. The man at the counter asked me how much I had paid for all the used cisco routers and I told him eight hundred dollars. He let me know that I had gotten a very good deal. He said that if they did not work, the parts alone would be worth thousands. This is what I was thinking when I got them, but I was not sure.

Two weeks went by and the gentleman from the cisco repair shop called me back to let me know that all but two of the used cisco routers worked and that he was willing to make a deal with me to purchase all of them. When he offered me eight thousand dollars for all ten of them, I took the deal. This way I would not have to try and find any buyers for them and I will have made seventy two hundred dollars very easily. I know what I will be looking for at the swap meets from now on.

As an avid marketer and customer you will never settle for the second best in the market. So when you are going for the used Cisco products you will have to look at several aspects that may have impact on your product and purchase.

The first thing you do is to get a warranty from the Reseller or the dealer. Any of the quality reseller will always offer you with warranties. Normally you are eligible to get 90 days warranty on the used Cisco products from any of the Resellers. If someone offers more than that you may gladly accept it. However, never settle for anything below the 90 days mark so far as warranty on used Cisco products is concerned.

Never hesitate to ask questions. If on viewing the articles that is provided or you are about to buy some questions appear in your minds put them straightaway for your Reseller to answer. Find out whether the reseller has Cisco certified technical personnel. Ask them about recertification by Cisco.

This step is more essential when you are having some item that has undergone Cisco repair and you have some doubts about its genuineness. It is always better to have the used Cisco articles you are buying recertified by the authenticated Cisco technicians. This will ensure that the repair works were genuine and the product you are offered is the real Cisco product.

The used ibm printer that I bought four years ago is still going strong and no one at work can believe it. I purchased my used ibm printer from my neighbor who was moving. I paid her ten dollars for it, and hoped that it would make it at least a year. Every other printer in our office has had to repaired at one time or another over the last four years, except for mine.

I remember her offering me a used iseries server too, but I did not take it. I would bet that if I would have bought it, that the used iseries server would also be working without any issues today too.

The funny thing is that the iseries server that was installed last week in this office has already needed to have someone come and fix it. I was laughing when I heard that. All of the girls in the office tease me now that if I had only known that four years into the future we would need the used iseries server, I would have bought it.

Every time one of my neighbors has a sale now, the girls tell me that if there is a used ibm printer in the sale, they want it for their desk.

When my dad told my brothers he was putting the pseries servers into his family practice office, they told him that they knew where he could get a great deal on one. The company that was located above my brother’s office was closing and they were selling off all of their computer equipment and they were selling it dirt cheap.

My dad was intrigued and was always looking to save a dollar or two. He met with the owner of the company that was going out of business and purchased the pseries servers that he had, in addition to a bunch of used ibm equipment. I think that he came back with a trunk load of used ibm computers, printers and keyboards.

He used most of the things he purchased in his office but had lots of stuff that he did not need. I organized a garage sale for him and helped him with selling off everything that he did not need or want. He donated all of the proceeds from the sale of the used ibm products to a local charity. It was a huge success.

My brother’s always talk about the time they helped dad to save a ton of money on the used computer equipment. They are very proud of that. I am not sure why though.