| If you're looking for second hand office furniture, there | | | | results. |
| are several places that you can find some good deals. | | | | Another website much like eBay is Craigslist. And it |
| Knowing what you're buying is important, no matter | | | | has the advantage of most of the stuff offered on it is |
| where you find it, since you need to be able to | | | | being sold locally, so you'll be able to inspect the good |
| determine whether it's still functional or if it has been | | | | before you buy them and you won't get stuck with a |
| worn out by the previous users. Let's look at some | | | | big shipping charge. |
| places to find good deals. | | | | You can also keep an eye out for office furniture |
| The first place is local auction houses. Many auction | | | | sales in your local classified section. Sometimes when |
| houses sell liquidation furniture from businesses that | | | | companies are moving to a new location, or upgrading |
| have either upgraded their office equipment, or maybe | | | | their existing offices, they will refurnish them. They |
| gone out of business. These auctions often have | | | | often have clearance sales for the stuff they're |
| excellent deals on furniture that's almost as good as | | | | replacing, and these generally get advertised in the |
| new. | | | | local newspapers. |
| Sometimes it might even be new. After the dot-com | | | | These sales can be particularly good places to find |
| bubble burst in the late 1990's, many of the companies | | | | deals as they near the end of the sale. The selection |
| that went out of business were liquidated through | | | | may not be as good, but they're usually highly |
| these auctions, and a lot of their office furniture had | | | | motivated to sell whatever's left so they don't have to |
| never even been unpacked! | | | | move it again. You can pick up stuff for a steal at this |
| Another good place to find deals on used office | | | | point. |
| furniture is on eBay. You can find almost anything on | | | | Buying second hand office furniture can be a big |
| eBay, and office furniture is no different. It can be a | | | | money saver, and it's usually every bit as good as |
| little trickier, since you'll have to deal with shipping and | | | | what you would buy new. Why not let someone else |
| the fact that you can't inspect it in person if it's not | | | | pay the depreciation and buy your next desk or office |
| being sold locally, but as long as you do your due | | | | chair used? |
| diligence before buying you should be happy with the | | | | |
