Used Machinery Dealer

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For many shop owners, there are plenty of reasons to buy used equipment:

� The machine you want is prepped and ready for shipment
� Delivery times and lead times are short
� The cost may be as much as 30 to 70% less

Machinery Dealer Networks

The Machinery Dealers National Association is an international, nonprofit trade group whose mission is the promotion of the used-machinery industry. Established in 1941, the MDNA sets standards that are there to assure buyers of the integrity and reliability of the used machinery dealers they are dealing with.

Buying used equipment from an MDNA member assures the buyer that the sellers:

� Are specialists
� Have a great pool of knowledge and technical expertise that the buyer can depend on
� Know the value of used machine tools on the contemporary market
� Can arrange to finance, lease, mortgage or rent used equipment and machinery
� Abide by the associations Code of Ethics

MDNA members will ...
... proudly display their emblem, which identifies dealers who concur with the MDNAs high standards of business practice, reliability and integrity. MDNA membership also recognizes dealers who can help customers improve their efficiency and productivity with a wide range of technical experience and data. The MDNAs Code of Ethics underwrites the emblem with provisions that deal with how the machine is advertised, and lays out what information has to be included for a sale. Some things that must be included are:

� Name of Manufacturer
� Serial Number
� Condition
� Specifications
� Must use Standard industry terms and definitions

The Internet has, of course, made the buying process much easier for dealers and buyers both. Sites like Machinery Values offer buy-sell services and searches by category, machinery class, manufacturer, alphabetical and keyword searches. Sellers regularly add machinery to the sites directory, and shop owners can explore the site to find the machinery that dealers want to buy. Used Machinery sites like these typically stock more than 25,000 items at any given time, giving buyers plenty of options to choose from. A potential buyer can even simply submit information on the machines they want to buy, and the brokers at the website will distribute it to their network of sellers.

Dealers will commonly carry automatic screw machines, CNC machines, metal fabricating and tube or wire equipment. The inventory for a dealer might include:

� benders
� boring mills
� broaches
� chucks
� drilling machines
� furnaces
� gear machines
� grinders
� lasers
� mills
� turning centers
� roll formers
� shears
� saws

An MDNA member will happily accommodate the buyer when it comes to inspection and negotiation over the machinery.