Why buy pre-owned, refurbished or used IT equipment

The used IT equipment market, which was once considered an alternative way of trimming IT expenses, is now mainstream. Why? Because buying used makes sense. According to a CIO.com survey, more companies than ever are looking to refurbished computer equipment to help stretch their IT dollars. Once considered an alternative means of cutting IT costs, the secondary market for refurbished IT equipment is now mainstream.

Refurbished equipment from Link Waves allows companies to acquire their ideal IT equipment via purchase, lease, rent, or trade, while drastically reducing costs. Other benefits include:

Quality Assurance of Used Computer Networking Equipment

• Increased ROI: Refurbished equipment often costs 70-80% less than new equipment. Think long-term: because used equipment offers the same quality product at a discounted price, you achieve a better overall Return on Investment (ROI).
• Availability & Variety: We maintain millions of dollars in inventory to provide same day solutions for a large variety of models and options. Because we keep our own stock, we don't have to wait for merchandise to be shipped out from the manufacturer, which translates to quicker ship times and bigger savings for you.
• Purchase flexibility: Unlike new equipment, used equipment provides purchase options such as financing, lease, or rental.
• Performance: Get the identical performance of new equipment with more configuration options such as larger hard drives, higher capacity memory, etc.
• Maintain value: While new equipment quickly depreciates, refurbished equipment has already depreciated, and will retain more of its remaining value.
• Reliability: Refurbished equipment is continually tested, and Link Waves Certified. meaning it is fully tested, refurbished and guaranteed before being released for sale.
• Value: Used/refurbished systems have already depreciated and will retain their remaining value, whereas new systems lose their value within 1-3 years.
• Choice: We have many available models, from versions you currently have up to the latest and greatest versions.
• Quality Assurance: The general industry timeline for a server to fail is within its first 48 hours of operation. With used or refurbished computer equipment, this risk is greatly reduced because it has already been tested and used.