Does your company lease or have a maintenance agreement for copier printer scanner multi-function office equipment from Sharp, Xerox, Canon, Minolta, Toshiba, Ricoh or other company?

Do you know your options at lease end can greatly reduce costs while improving efficiencies of your office?

First let’s be realistic: Leasing companies are interested in one thing and one thing only Lock you into a 3 to 5 year lease so nobody else can offer you better equipment, pricing or service.  They want to move new hardware and lock you for several years because they have quotas to meet from Canon, Sharp, Ricoh, Minolta or they loose their dealership.

Point One: How do you know?

Do the following:  ask your dealer what brands they offer new.

If they only  offer one brand or a brand series all made by the same company then you know they have quotas to meet and they have an agenda to move hardware whenever they can.

“…they, the copier printer leasing companies such as Canon, Sharp, Toshiba, Minolta, Xerox and Ricoh, have an agenda to trap you for years”.

If this is the case, be careful! Just because it’s a well known brand does not mean it’s the most cost effective or efficient equipment for you!

Point two:  Bugging you to upgrade your copier printer way before renewal time. This is another copier printer leasing company tactic to trap you even longer and to move more equipment again. If your equipment is functioning well and it meets your needs then why are they bugging you?  If it’s not working well or meeting your meets whey did they offer it in the first place? Why repeat the same mistake with people who only have one interest – sell more copier printers to get big fat commissions  and trap you again for a longer period.

Simple: They need to keep moving equipment to meet quotas and they do not want to take a chance that another company may offer you better equipment at a competitive price.  This is a tactic to lock you up for many years.

Ask quotes first.  Get the right copier printer scanner lease the first time.  Look at the copier lease agreement and make sure it spells out the exact cost to buyout the equipment before you sign. Do not let them have a 90 or even 60 advanced notice period for cancellation or buyout – it should be no more than 30 days!

Filed under: Copier Printer Purchasing Leasing Advice

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