Specialist supplier, DES, has launched an online site where industry buyers will be able to buy a wide range off late-model wide format printers with confidence throughout Australia.
The website <www.secondhandprinters.com.au> is aimed at introducing a new level of confidence as well as cost efficiency to the wide format equipment sector. Continuing sales success in the sign and graphic industries has built up the number of trade-ins in the DES warehouse across a wide variety of leading brands, including industrial strength UV solvent printers. This poses an opportunity and a challenge for the company. While it is good to get the runs on the board, it also means a continuing accumulation of printers that are still in good condition. Some of the machines accepted as trade-ins and trade-ups are still under the original manufacturers’ warranty.
- "We can help:" Russell Cavenagh, DES
Russell Cavenagh, DES sales director, knows that businesses from both the signage and commercial printing sectors are searching the internet for used equipment. However, the lack of transparency as to ownership and the condition of machines on trading sites gives many a cause for concern. The new website aims to allay those concerns by leveraging the reputation of DES as a recognised and trusted business in the industry.
"There is nothing to beat 'clicks and mortar' when buying capital equipment, " said Cavenagh. “We at DES are a real business. People know us and recognise that we can help with expert advice about the suitability of different machines.
“We want this to become a reference site for people looking for good used wide format printers, same as any other online reference site such as Wotif for booking hotels. It’s a location people will want to check out first before going anywhere else,” said Cavenagh.
As with all second-hand purchases the machines are bought and sold ‘as is’ but because DES is in the position to offer late model machinery buyers can be confident they’re not buying obsolete technology. Buyers are able to search for all types of late model machines from wide format up to grand format, taking advantage of the scope of the DES bsuiness. They can even pinpoint the exact location of the machine they are interested in.