The IT Equipment Secondary Market is a great place to look when you are looking for Cisco Equip
ment without a the large price tag that usually accompanies it. What is the Secondary Market you ask? Well, it’s not the scary black market filled with counterfeit equipment that your Cisco Rep warns you to stay away from. The Secondary Equipment Market is actually a network full of reputable Resellers who buy and sell both new and pre-owned networking equipment at 50-90% off the original OEM prices.
Now, I am not saying that there are not illegitimate dealers out there, or that there are not people manufacturing counterfeit equipment, because there are. Fortunately, there are a number of ways that you can safeguard yourself from ever coming into contact with them. To start, you need to educate yourself on the Secondary Market and how it works.
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Before you venture into the world of Cisco Secondary Market equipment, here are a few things that you need to know.
The first thing that you need to know about the Cisco Secondary Market; There are organizations, like the United Network Equipment Dealer Association (UNEDA) that police the IT aftermarket. Members of UNEDA, most reputable network equipment dealers are members, are held to strict ethical standards and do everything that they can to prevent the sale of stolen and counterfeit Cisco Products.
On average buying networking equipment on the Secondary Market will cost you between 50%-90% less than if you bought the product directly from the Manufacturer.
Not all of the Equipment for sale on the IT aftermarket is old. In fact, many resellers can provide new equipment, that is still sealed in the box just as it was the day it left the OEM.
Almost all equipment purchased on the Secondary Market has a warranty. If a dealer does NOT offer any type of warranty, STAY AWAY!
All Pre-owned Equipment should be thoroughly tested before it is made available for sale.
Buying Equipment From an Aftermarket Reseller will cut the delivery time of your product from 3-5 weeks to 1-2 DAYS!
