Purchasing furniture for an office can be a real odyssey if you do not know the most important and essential criteria to consider. In the current commercial market, there are countless companies that offer products at a low price but with poor quality and without any warranty to support the customer.
There is a group of characteristics that each client should consider when looking for office furniture, the combination of these can guide the person to find the ideal furniture that suits the type of company and needs that they expect to cover. We share what you should take into account when buying office furniture on this blog.
Quality + price + warranty = a good purchase
When purchasing or changing the furniture of an office it is important to choose one that offers a reasonable price, a quality and considerable durability and, above all, a warranty provided not only by the product, but also by the distributor from whom we make the purchase.
Price
The price of furniture is decisive for a purchase, as we mentioned at the beginning, there are many products with an extremely low price and attractive but with an unreasonable quality.
Another important factor that will define what price ranges to take into account on a purchase, is the budget that the company is granting. This information can define which stores to visit, which brands are best suited to the resources, and the amount of furniture that can be purchased.
Limited budgets and savings on company’s resources, influence much when purchasing furniture of quality, since in many occasions it is preferred to buy products at a low price, without taking into account the issues that could bring in the long term.
Quality
In office products, quality has to do with the levels of efficiency, functionality and furniture design. A client will look for a product that adapts not only to their budget, but to the style and personality of their company, and they are interested in providing functions that help workers to achieve better results.
Some of the factors to consider when looking for quality in a product are:
- Design
- Ergonomic functions
- Materials with which the product was made
- Performance
- Durability
- Reparability
The Cetelem Observatory, a Spanish institution that is dedicated to conducting studies on how people acquire and use products for consumption, indicated in its publication "Keys to consumer confidence", that 51% of the respondents said quality analysis of the products is the first factor they take into account when they are in their search. 36% takes into account the price and only 13% is credited to other factors such as the installation and the quality of the service of the suppliers.
Quality – price relation
This relation works both ways, meaning that the quality of the product influences the development of expectations about the price, at the same time that the price is used as a reference in the perception of the quality of the product. However, there are times when the price of a product is extremely high but does not have the quality standards that support the amount of money to be paid.
Warranty
The last of the reasons that influence a customer to make a purchase is to obtain a warranty and an endorsement from the furniture supplier. More and more people are seeking to know what kind of warranty the company provides prior to the acquisition of a product, since that has been established as a determining factor for the purchase decision.
Both the warranty and the service that the company gives after a purchase, are important factors, because every customer wants to feel and make sure that the supplier is selling quality furniture and, if at the time of any failure, after-sales service will cover it without any problem.
With these factors fully identified, the search and purchase of furniture for the organization will be much easier and will save inconvenience that low quality furniture will give you in the future.
