Ways To Save Money on Buying Office Furniture

Small businesses and growing companies are aiming to save on money since their expansion would mean that their income will be cultivated for other uses. However, let us not forget that you can still save money and still be able to purchase some office furnitures. Here are a few helpful tips on how to do it:

Create a plan. Buying the right office chairs, office desks does not need to be done within a day's time. Even if it is on sale, do not rush to cash out and purchase these items. Spend a lot of time on planning instead. Assess what your office needs, and the spaces that are to be used.

Start shopping around. Start by checking out the advertisements published by local office furniture retailers. But do not just confine your choices with those, for there are other stores that sell furnitures with great value. Compare and contrast prices according to your budget and weigh every feature available.

Keep comfort in mind. When you planned this shopping beforehand, you should have taken into consideration the needs of the employees because they are the ones who will greatly suffer with all the wrong office furnitures. Ergo, it will help a lot to put yourself in their shoes while you shop. Make sure that you get highly ergonomic office furnitures that will not take too much space.

Ask colleagues for referrals. Ask some advice from your friends in the same local industry if they know a good office furniture retailer that could satisfy all your needs. Ask other customers if they were satisfied with the products.

Consider Shipping Costs. If you ordered these furnitures online, consider the delivery and shipping charges. Calculate this before you purchase so that you will not be shocked when the delivery arrives.

Look for refurbished office furniture. Refurbished furnitures have become reliable nowadays. Their quality is no longer being questioned since they are refurbished to fit in with your needs. This is almost like customization, so this can be a good way to save on money.

And lastly, ask for additional discounts. It will never hurt to ask fro discounts, it is not like you will haggle your way to getting 70 percent less---that is just too much. When you are buying large quantities of furnitures, it is most likely that they will give you discounts, so do not be afraid to ask.

It has begun. With the release of iTunes 8.2.1 (via TiPb), gut46 tells us, Palm Pre syncing with iTunes is indeed kaput. At least on this Pre user's Mac, iTunes sync isn't working after the 8.2.1 update.* According to Apple's surprisingly forthcoming release notes:

iTunes 8.2.1 provides a number of important bug fixes and addresses an issue with verification of Apple Devices.

We were wondering if this day would come after the back and forth between Apple and Palm on the issue. It's as-yet unclear exactly what method Apple is using to block Pre sync, but we suspect is wasn't easy. ...Which means we also suspect it might not be easy for Palm to turn it back on.

Well, webOS developers, a hard choice is in front of you. We already know you're awesome, now you just need to decide whether you direct your awesomeness at this cat-and-mouse game or focus on other things (like custom notification sounds).

For me, this news doesn't actually hit all that hard -- I already use doubleTwist for Palm Pre Media sync and recommend you do too until this issue gets sorted out. It may just be a long time, though. As noted in our comments - you also have the option of just not updating iTunes.

Update 1: plugging the Pre in does bring iTunes 8.2.1 to the front as though it wanted to work, but then iTunes simply doesn't show the Pre in the sidebar.

Update 2: Brent reminds us that Mac users may also want to check out The Missing Sync for Pre.