PURCHASING LASERS
BUY USED LASERS
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The best lasers From Austin’s #1 Laser Services and & Sales, Merit Laser Services. Purchasing Lasers
The cost of purchasing new equipment can be very high. Every piece of equipment we sell is well-serviced in-house by Merit Laser Services before being sold. To ensure a high level of quality, we make sure that the equipment meets or exceeds manufacturer specifications. We understand that today's market demands efficiency. And we are here to help you achieve it. We believe in providing our customers with machines that are new and at a fraction of the cost of the new machine.
Never buy something new, unless there is a very good business reason to buy it new. Example: There are so many examples of systems that are sold new for $100,000 and then drop in value to $25,000 the moment the invoice has been paid in full. The Cynosure SmartLipo is a classic example of this. Since the start of the six watts, there have been seemingly endless revisions to that platform. Today, the SmartLipo TriPlex with Cellulase is the “big dog” in laser lipolysis. No one knows what this retails for, but we know that the Actual Sales Price (ASP) a customer pays is somewhere from $140,000 to $250,000. Even so, a day-old TriPlex with Cellulase would have a tough time selling on the secondary market for $50,000.
Can you imagine buying a car that depreciates from $140,000 to $50,000 the moment you drive it off the lot? How about a house? A boat? Your retail space? Anything at all? The argument is that the warranty makes it worth buying new – but how much service would you need to offset the $90,000 loss?
Buy New Devices
Never buy something new, unless there is a very good business reason to buy it new. Before we cover the key reason not to buy new, Let us address the few times you should buy new.
For example: If you are providing hair removal services from 7 am to 9 pm seven days a week, you have several considerations that will affect your profitability. Labor costs, system uptime, rep rate, spot size, and service costs outside of a machine’s warranty period will all play a role in determining your ultimate margin. When you combine these factors with a significant patient flow, there is a business argument to buy new in this example.
Unless you are coming from a similar position, do not buy new. Our reasoning for advising this is depreciation.
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