Read our overview below or for more in depth used office furniture details read our second hand office furniture information section.
At The Barn Office Furniture we have Australia's largest and widest selection of used, second hand, factory second and refurbished office furniture. If you are looking for used desks, chairs, filing cabinets, lockers or indeed any type of office furniture then look no further.
Second Hand and Used Office Furniture from The Barn Office Furniture
With the apparent recession now not only looming but potentially deepening used and second-hand office furniture makes more and more sense for many of our customers. At The Barn Office Furniture we still carry large quantities of our regular stock items, however with increased demand for second-hand stock, we now hold more second-hand than ever. Some of our most popular items of late include used plan drawer cabinets, second-hand filing cabinets and used and factory second desks. To provide an indication of the savings available in purchasing second-hand you could conceivably find products for between 10% and 40% cheaper than the products' original value.
If purchasing less than five desks for example, we will usually have desks of matching colour. If however you require desks in quantities of between five and 50 desks we would recommend contacting us as we have a sourcing department that can usually find such products in quantities of matching colour.
The Barn Office Furniture currently has three Sydney showrooms of which two of them hold second-hand stock. The first is located at Castle Hill in the north west of Sydney. The largest amount of stock however is held in at our Granville showroom. Our Granville superstore has actually been Sydney's largest supplier of used and second-hand office furniture for over 25 years.
Recently we have also begun showing second-hand products online Via our website. Products are catalogued online allowing users to purchase safely and directly from this online source. Obviously though due to the nature of second-hand having differing levels of quality we recommend that our clients come and view the furniture first, to accommodate this we are open seven days a week at our Granville location, six days a week at our Castle Hill showroom. For larger second-hand items we can deliver between Monday and Friday and for those items that can easily fit into a car we are more than happy to load the items for you directly from our loading dock.
If you do not see the office furniture products in-house second-hand area that you require do not despair, there is a chance that we simply have not catalogued the item online. If you are aware the type of product you require simply contact out friendly sales staff on 1300 002 276.
Buying Second Hand – Used Office Furniture Bargains
Equipping an office is not cheap: there are so many different items of furniture that are absolutely necessary that any budget adds up very quickly, and the least important items can often become heavy hitters in budget terms. This is where the beauty of buying second hand furniture comes into play, for it can help reduce the expenditure in many areas.
The appeal of second hand office furniture
Second hand office furniture may not seem like an appealing idea at first, but why not? Consider that office furniture is built for heavy duty use, and is generally well looked after, and it becomes a better option with just a little thought; desks are very well designed these days but can be the item of furniture that is most often updated.
It is common practice for The Barn to take old furniture as part exchange for new, leading to an influx of second hand furniture at the very same suppliers who will be selling the brand new items. Given that they would not want to sully their reputation by supplying sub-standard items it follows naturally that the used furniture will be an acceptable standard, and will in many cases have been considerably refurbished before sale.
The scope for buying second hand is vast, for all items of office furniture can be bought in this manner. It could be a company is moving to bigger premises and refurnishing at the same time, or possibly a business that has had to close down and is selling nearly new furniture. These and other reasons lead to a good quantity of second hand office furniture on the market.
Looking online is an advised way of finding this furniture, but it will unlikely be seen in the supplier’s online catalogues; this is because availability changes regularly. The best way to source used office furniture is to decide upon your requirements and send them to the supplier, who will then look carefully at what they have in stock before advising you on the possible items that meet your needs.
Buying used office furniture
Buying used office furniture requires a flexible brief, for restricting yourself to a specific size or item reduces the likelihood of availability and, therefore, restricts the possibility of you finding what you need. Take a wider look at what may do the job, and make this the information that goes to the supplier, and you will more than likely find a selection of goods that will suit your needs at very low prices.
Second hand furniture is of particular interest to those equipping a small office on a budget: if you need simple and usable furniture that is more to do with function than looks then there is bound to be something out there for your needs. A highly restricted budget can become one that is easily met when looking to the option of buying used furniture. There are many suppliers out there, and all will be more than happy to help you find the furniture that best suits your requirements.
Used Office Furniture – There is so much about!
If you’re planning to furnish an office, have you considered buying used office furniture? The likelihood is that you haven’t, but there are plenty reasons why you really should.
Save money
The thing about furniture is that it eats big holes in the budget; whether you need an office for one or a hundred, the furniture budget will be far more than that put aside for many other aspects of the business. This is no surprise, for furniture needs to be well built and long lasting, and well built and long lasting office furniture is not going to be cheap!
So how does used office furniture come about? It’s simple, and can take many forms: it could be that, sadly, a company has failed, or it could be that one is expanding and moving up. One very common source of used office furniture comes from those organisations that are not in the private sector – local government and such. Very often they will be left, with a few weeks to go before the end of the financial year, with some money to spend: they will do so by refurbishing the office!
The old office furniture – and it may be relatively new – will be sold to a supplier as part exchange, and that’s why suppliers of new office furniture will be the same who supply the used variety.
Now this plays into the hands of the buyer, for no reputable office supplies company will want to be seen selling sub standard goods: this is why only the best used office furniture, and very often refurbished items, will be found at the suppliers.
Turnover
You need to look, however, for the used items will not appear in the catalogue alongside the regular supplies. This is because it does not come into the premises by the normal way, and will simply be given an area of its own on show, from where it will sell.
This is not a problem, however, for if you work out what you need – size, quantity, style and so on – and send that information to the supplier, they will check available stock and see if there is anything that might fit your needs. It pays, of course, to keep things broad and not specifically defined, thus giving you a much greater chance of finding bargain used office furniture that suits your needs.
Buying used office furniture makes great sense as it could be that you get hold of desks, chairs, tables and more that may be less than a year old. Office furniture is, after all, built to last, and will have emerged relatively unscathed from the general day to day wear and tear that comes with office life.
Very often a polish and a clean can render a somewhat care-worn looking desk as good as new, and also provide you with a major saving on the cost of a similar new item. Look around for the used bargains and you will find them, and just think what the savings can enable you to do with the rest of the office!
The above second hand sections show samples of the type of
second hand office furniture that we have available. The categories however do not show all the stock which is available. If you have any specific requirements we will usually have the item or have access to sourcing it. Call us for more details.
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