subject: Buying Office Supplies Finding Best Value More Than Just Rice [print this page] Buying Office Supplies Finding Best Value More Than Just Rice
Many purchasers of office supplies think finding the absolute lowest price for a binder, carton of copy paper, or box of staples is simply about finding the store with the lowest price. For office products, this is far from the truth.Most companies single greatest operating cost is employee salaries and benefits. When a valuable employee spends time scouring websites or shopping at various office products' retail stores looking to save a dime on a post-it note or legal pad, you're paying them for their valuable time, and quickly that perceived dime savings turns into dollars of added cost.At Zuma Office Supply - www.Zumaoffice.com , we offer low, competitive prices everyday and work to gain trust from our customers that our prices are low, our service is great and there is no need to waste time - and money - shopping around to find the absolute lowest price. We shop all the mega superstore's like Office Depot, OfficeMax and Staples every week to guarantee our pricing meets or beats the Big Box retailers. The biggest thing for office supply customers to consider is the True Total Cost for buying office supplies. There is no better example than looking at a typical order from a small office shopper, and comparing the cost of buying online from Zuma, who ships orders that are over $75.00 fast and free, or driving to the local office products store.A typical small business order will include:1 box Sanford blue ball point pens1 dozen Tops canary legal pads1 box Smead 1/3 cut letter size file foldersHP #69 black ink cartridge1 box ACCO paperclips1 box Swingline staples1 carton Universal copy paper1 bag Lifesaver candy to put on the deskAn order like that can run to about $80, which is just over the free delivery order value from Zuma Office Supply of $75.Now, let's suppose that Office Mega Depot is running a sale on ink cartridges and paper, and while the everyday low prices from ZUMA gives you an order total of $80, the cost from Office Mega Depot is $74. That looks like a $6 savings by shopping at the nearest superstore. But let's look at the true total cost of going to that big box retail store.Let's say the store is close by - only a quick ten minute drive. The drive there and back takes twenty minutes. Shopping a large office products retail store is very confusing. There's aisle after aisle of products, many that look the same, and finding what you need takes time. Let's be generous and say the shopping time takes only 15 minutes. When added together, (and the time estimates are very conservative) it's about one hour of time out of either your work day, or one of your employees. Let's conservatively say your employee is making $15.00 per hour - low for most white collar employees. Added cost for shopping alone is $15.00. Because our website is so fast and easy to find what you want, click and order, shopping for this typical order takes less than 10 minutes online, (a cost of $2.50).Now, let's add gas - with the government reimbursement is about $0.52 per mile for 15 miles, (that's another $7.80) We won't include it here, but there's also the added insurance risk of having an employee accident on the job while running to the store. Last, as an internet only retailer, Zuma does not charge sales tax in most states. A $74 order from Mega Office Depot receives a sales tax of about 8%, or $5.92.So now, let's take a look at who has the lowest true total cost for this typical office supply order - one where the big box retailer looked to be priced lower:Zuma Office Supply Mega Office DepotOrder Total: $80 Order Total: $74Free delivery: -0- Gas to retail store: $7.80Time to shop online: $2.50 Time to go to store: $15.00Sales Tax: -0- Sales tax: $5.92Total True Cost: $82.50 Total True Cost: $102.72Savings: $20.22 or 20% So, an order that looked to be $6.00 cheaper by going to the nearest superstore actually is a far better value - $20.00 cheaper, or a full 20% - by ordering online through Zuma. That's the smart way to shop for all your Office Supplies, Office Technology, Break room and Beverage, Janitorial Supplies and Office Furniture Needs. For everything from the boardroom to the break room, think Zuma for the lowest True Total Cost!ZumaDo Good Work!!! www.ZumaOffice.com
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