Buying new office furniture can be expensive as I am sure you will know if you have looked at an office supplies catalogue but this does not have to be the case if you are thinking about furnishing an office at home or for a larger company. 2nd hand office furniture can be cheaper than even the cheapest discount office furniture on the market but you have to be careful that the company that is performing the office furniture clearance is doing so for the right reasons. Here are a few reasons why someone might sell office furniture:

They might have a company policy of replacing used office equipment (mainly chairs) after a certain amount of time because of legal reasons. The chair may be in perfect working order and not even a quarter of a way through life span but in order to avoid any law suits they make sure that none of the furniture in the their building is older than a certain amount of time so that if a chair does go wrong and cause an injury they can bring this up in court should they need to. This is great news for the 2nd hand office furniture buyer especially if they are self employed as they are not going to sue themselves and they can benefit with a great chair.

Another good reason why second hand office furniture might be on sale is that some office space is furnished and some is unfurnished. If a company is moving to a rare space that is partly furnished (say the cubicles are up from the previous company that let the building) then they might want to get some money for theirs.

When buying 2nd hand office furniture be sure to check every piece you buy. Check that the used office desk drawers’ work and that they are even, check that the used office chairs are in good order and the wheels on the bottom roll properly and that the used office cubicles come with all the relevant bindings so they do not fall on anyone. Take all this into account and you should have all the second hand office furniture that you need.