Purchased photocopier and duplicator after escaping ridiculous leases that cost $50,000 over a 5 year period. Installed printers with proven cost of ownership and stopped the trend toward cheap-to-buy, expensive-to-own ink jet printers.
Of course the fear mongers were ready to defend the status quo. What if it breaks leaving us with no way to make copies and a repair bill that will bankrupt us? We put it into perspective. For the same price we are currently paying we could buy a used Riso duplicator every other month and throw the old ones away! If our photocopier goes down it would be cheaper to have Office Max make copies for us – including daily pickup and delivery to the church – then what we now pay.
The cost per copy is a fraction of what we were paying. All decisions were based on a total life cycle cost model which can be used for future similar decision making.
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