| If you're wondering whether all woodworking | | | | trust a used car salesman who couldn't back up his |
| machinery dealers are the same, the answer is no. | | | | claims with hard evidence, you shouldn't trust a used |
| However, determining the difference between | | | | woodworking machinery seller whose sales approach |
| dealers begins with separating dealers that sell new | | | | is pure persuasion. |
| machinery from dealers that sell used machinery. | | | | After determining that the seller has a trustworthy |
| Buying a new woodworking machine is similar to | | | | reputation, it's time to determine the dependability of |
| buying a new car. Because you're buying a new | | | | the machine that you need to buy. As is the case |
| product, you don't have to question its past. If you | | | | with evaluating a used car, the efficiency and |
| end up purchasing a lemon, it's not because the sales | | | | dependability of a used woodworking machine |
| team pulled the wool over your eyes; it's because | | | | depends largely on how its previous owner cared for |
| the company didn't design a quality machine. | | | | it. The best way to determine a machine's previous |
| Therefore, purchasing a new woodworking machine | | | | maintenance quality is to request an official coy of its |
| consists mainly of evaluating customer reviews and | | | | maintenance record. Companies that value the quality |
| finding the best deal. Purchasing used woodworking | | | | of their machines will always keep a logged service |
| machinery, on the other hand, is like purchasing a | | | | record for each machine. If you encounter a seller |
| used car. Even if the machinery has a good | | | | who can't produce a maintenance record, it might be |
| reputation, you have to question its past, which | | | | because the machine doesn't have one. Even |
| involves requiring certain "proofs" of the seller. | | | | industrial grade machines that aren't properly |
| As you shop for used woodworking machinery, you | | | | maintained can end up costing you time and money in |
| should begin by determining a seller's reputation | | | | repairs. If you're purchasing a machine that you'll be |
| before you show interest in their products. | | | | using on a regular basis, never put your money on |
| Determining a seller's reputation involves two steps. | | | | the counter without first seeing an official record of |
| First, you should contact the Better Business Bureau | | | | maintenance. |
| (BBB) to see if the seller has unresolved customer | | | | When you buy a maintained machine from a |
| complaints. If the seller has unresolved complaints, it | | | | reputable seller, you'll be buying dependable machinery |
| could be a sign that the company places business | | | | from a company that values its customers. If you're |
| before customers. The second step in evaluating a | | | | shopping for used industrial woodworking machinery |
| seller's reputation is asking the seller for customer | | | | online, you'll find multiple opportunities to purchase |
| references. If the seller can't produce references of | | | | your machinery at a great price. As long you |
| satisfied customers, there's a good chance that many | | | | purchase a dependable machine from a dependable |
| customers are either dissatisfied with the products or | | | | seller, your savings will remain the defining element of |
| had a bad buying experience. Just as you wouldn't | | | | your purchase. |