Paper Sales

Every office uses paper.  Paper is used for printing, photocopies, faxes and writing.  We’ve been promised a paperless office for over 20 years now but it hasn’t happened.

So when is the best time to get paper? 

Look for paper sales and buy more then.  It sounds simple but many offices don’t do this.  They place their usual stationery paper order and don’t think about looking around for saving money because it’s almost a fixed expense like rent for the office.

However, looking for sales can be a big saver for office expenses.

A ream of paper might cost $5.00 and you might use 100 reams a year.  That’s a total cost of $500.00 per year.  However, if you can buy a ream for $4.00, you have saved $1.00 per ream.  That doesn’t sound much but over a year?  That’s $100.00 dollars saved if you only buy when there are paper sales.  What if your office uses 1000 reams a year?  That’s $1000.00 that can be used for the office in other ways.

The old days of paper going bad are over.  The days when paper had to be stored in heated cabinets or special cabinets just doesn’t happen.  In most offices the paper is stored in the boxes they were delivered in sitting in cabinets, under benches or desks or in the stationery cupboard or room and they sit there until they are used.  Printers and photocopies are not the delicate machines they used to be.

So buy extra 20 reams when there is a paper sale.  Buy as much as you need based on what you use in a couple of months and save money.  Repeat each time there is a sale.

You can save money in the office by using some common sense and buying paper during a paper sale.

Tania Shipman

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