How to avoid overspending on office supplies

Do you often think that you are spending too much on your office supplies on furniture?

Chances are that’s probably the case, whether you’re a consumer or a large business. Many companies buy products from stationery companies and pay much more because they are buying OEM products instead of the same product made by the supplier. In many cases, there is little or no difference. As an example, a box of lever arch files made by Leitz might be priced at £62.00, but the same product made by a generic manufacturer would cost £10.00. Both products do the same job, so why pay five times as much for a product that will do the same job just as well?

Similarly, a box of staples supplied by Rexel would cost £2.00 and the generic product around 0.25 pence, an even higher pro-rated saving.

Office furniture is slightly different in that you want a certain style for your environment, and there may not be an opportunity to make a huge percentage of savings, but there will almost certainly be several vendors with similar products and there will still be a good variation in price, so look around you.

Many stationery suppliers will offer certain products at a special sale price that, at first glance, will seem like a good buy. However, if you’re buying a basket of products, the savings on that deal will almost disappear, as you’ll be paying more for the rest of your products.

So, look at a vendor that may not have a lot of deals, but has a consistently low product basket and has free overnight delivery.