Why Should You Buy a Used Commercial Espresso Machine?
You may wonder why someone would choose to purchase a used commercial espresso machine as opposed to buying a new one. In fact, you might be wondering why buy a commercial machine at all rather than a larger volume home unit?
For one thing, the commercial units are designed to be more robust and are designed to brew more cups at one time. The most important thing to note here is that it allows the employee who is making the espresso or cappuccino to concentrate more on the job at hand and not tending to the machine. The net result there is that the customers that are in the shop are going to be attended to in a manner that will instill a desire to return. People like to spend money at a place that makes them feel welcome and special and a commercial grade espresso machine will get more attention focused on the customers and not the machine.
The other reason that a commercial machine is a great buy is that you are going to get a longer overall life out of the better built commercial grade espresso maker than you will out of the more flimsily built smaller units. That means less wear and tear, less repairs and potentially less down time while you wait on a repair or a part to be shipped and installed. The bottom line here is that time is money and if you're waiting for your machine to be fixed, you're not only losing money today but you may well be losing future custom from the people you're turning away. This alone is one strong reason for buying commercial grade gear.
The other upside of the commercial grade units is the fact that they are much easier to clean than the standard consumer grade ones. The commercial grade espresso machines are made from stainless steel so they stay nicer looking for longer, they wipe clean with less effort and are more sanitary so they are going to please the health inspector when he pays you a routine visit.
The used commercial grade units often look surprisingly close to new and therefore purchasing used can save you a lot of precious business investment capitol while providing you with a unit that is good looking. Let’s face it, after you use it and then clean a new one a few times it is going to get some little marks on it. With the costs of these machines, it often makes a lot of sense to save the wear and tear depreciation and just buy a machine that is already used.
The biggest thing that you, as a business owner might have to overcome is the stigma that many of us have about buying used items for a business. But as we outlined above the amount of savings that you can realize by doing things this way often can be significant and well worth looking into. And, many times, larger businesses will get new machine for tax reasons and you can often pick one of these up for very little money.