Selling Ricoh Aficio 3045; should I offer repair tech a % of selling price?

[BWB8771]

When we acquired our last small company, a Ricoh Aficio 3045 came with it.

It was running fine until the rent-a-bubbas manhandled it during the move.

The device needs some TLC from a Ricoh-savvy tech to get the various components back in alignment, but I can't convince my bean-counters to give me an open P.O. to get it in salable condition

I had the idea to call around to find a tech and offer him/her a percentage of the selling price to get it ready for us to sell. Google Shopping lists 3 or 4 used 3045s for $2500 - $3k.

Would that be insulting to a tech? If not, how might I go about it - offer one percentage level to just fix, and/or another (higher) percentage-to-fix-and-find-buyer?

FYI, yes, I had already considered trying to sell it "as-is", but I looked at it from the potential buyer's position, and thought otherwise.

[sandmanmac]

Re: Selling Ricoh Aficio 3045; should I offer repair tech a % of selling price?

When we acquired our last small company, a Ricoh Aficio 3045 came with it.

It was running fine until the rent-a-bubbas manhandled it during the move.

The device needs some TLC from a Ricoh-savvy tech to get the various components back in alignment, .

"Back in alignment" you say? That leads me to think it may have been dropped? If so, I'd suggest offering it to the boss for an anchor for his boat. Copiers seldom (to never) live through that type of thing.

Otherwise, if it's a only matter of being shaken up a little, why not call a local dealer, and see what you can work out with them? Ultimately, what's "fair" is up to them.
You're at least going to have to spend a certain amount of money for the initial service call, just to have him/her look at it, and do an appraisal to see what it needs, and if it's even worth fixing.