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When I was younger, I used to work for a commercial furniture company. Most of our work was to go into closed down companies and dismantle their furniture. Take
by jpetersonmn 12y ago
When I was younger, I used to work for a commercial furniture company. Most of our work was to go into closed down companies and dismantle their furniture. Take it back to the warehouse, refurb it and then resell it. Typically used cubes would cost $1-$5 cube (plus labor costs to retrieve and refurb) but then re-sold for several hundred and sometimes thousands per cube.
- jyu 12y agoThat's very interesting. Those are are walls of a cubicle right? Anecdotally cubes seem to be falling out of style. Did you get a chance to see the negotiation process for either buying or selling the cubes? Seems like negotiations would be pretty one-sided in both cases. For sellers, they are so busted up from having a failed business, getting a good price and terms are not at the top of mind. For buyers, they need office equipment pronto to get their people productive in a way that price is a secondary factor.
- smeyer 12y agoI doubt that all buyers are in a position where they "need office equipment pronto." I'm sure many are, but building out a new office can take months, leaving plenty of time for negotiation with multiple sellers. Some purchasers likely need equipment immediately and others are likely planning several months ahead of time to predict future needs.