(And legally rip you off!)

Did you see part one of tricks copier leasing companies play? This continues where we left off discussing how to prevent being ripped-of by copier leasing companies and copier maintenance service providers. If you are not careful your copier lease will end with you shelling out more major bucks for a copier printer that you could have owned for $1!

The old saying what the goose does not know is good for the gander (or is it the other way around?).  In other words, the more you are kept in the dark by the office copier leasing company then more they profit from you.

More things you need to know before you sign a copier printer lease maintenance agreement:

Know your contract. We just received a call from a client who leased a copier printer from Toshiba of Florida.  This is a client who didn’t make sure the copier printer lease buy-out was specified in dollars amounts in their lease.  Toshiba copier leasing said $5000 – the client said, “You got to be kidding!

This is what happened:  First they did not check the contract before they signed (see Tricks Copier Leasing companies play Part I).  Second they waited too late to ask them the buy out amount of the copier MFD lease.  The copier printer lease required a 90 day notice so since their request for the copier lease buy-out was 60 from the lease expiration the leasing company could charge them anything the wanted.

Also, check the expiration date of your lease of your copier printer scanner equipment way, way before expiration.

Guess what happened next?  They told the leasing company they do not want to renew the copier printer lease agreement.  Toshiba said fine and told the client to ship the machine back to Toshiba in Georgia.  Client reaction,” What???”  The leasing company of the copier printer wanted the client to spend several hundred of dollars to ship via a freight company (this is a large copier printer).

Result: They called our office, Advanced Business Computers Inc and we help them review the contract and proved that Toshiba copier leasing company was responsible to pickup the machine. The client lost the chance to get the copier MFD machine for pennies on the dollar; however, they did save big time on shipping costs.

Now they are reviewing leases from copier printer companies armed with information so they will not get hooked into another bad digital copier printer fax lease.

Never Get a Chance to See Other Offers: This is a sales gimmick or trick used by all major copier leasing companies.  The gimmick, “Do not give other copier leasing companies a chance and screw the clients!” This is how the leasing tricks works:

A. You sign a copier lease and maintenance agreement fro a period of 3 or 5 years.

B.  Half way into the copier lease agreement the leasing company comes to you and says, “Why don’t we upgrade your copier printer at no charge?” You say, “That sounds great”.

They deliver an upgraded copier printer and have you sign an agreement that REPLACESS the older agreement. The new agreement is for ANOHTER 3 or 5 years.

What did they just do?  They just got you for another bunch of years. The copier leasing companies do this again and again. The lease never ends. You never get a chance to own the equipment. Plus, you never get to get a competitive offer from a different leasing company because your current leasing company keeps locking you into long copier lease over and over again!

There are other tricks leasing companies play. If you need somebody who knows the tricks to review your current or proposed lease agreement contact us.  Get a clear English copier lease agreement with everything spelled out.

If you need to know faster how to prevent getting hooked into an expensive lease and ticks copier leasing companies play contact me now  through our blog or go ahead to our website for a quick response. I hope this article was helpful.

Sincerely,

Your Friends at Advanced Business Computers Inc.

http://www.abctechsolutions.com

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