I have invested a lot of money in used cisco routers and firewalls. It seems to be the two things that my clients call for most often. I have found that by having the used cisco parts in stock, my clients seem to come back to me when they have a problem. They have let me know that other cisco repair companies in our town do not keep parts in stock and they have to order them. I know as well as anyone, that when a customer needs something fixed they do not want to wait on the part to be ordered.

A few of the cisco repair shops that I am in competition with have called to see if I have parts sometimes when their customer needs it right away. I always do business with them, because I never want to see anyone not make it in this business. I have more work than I can handle anyways, so I almost need them to pick up the extra customers so that I do not have to turn anyone away.

My brother has thought about getting into this business with me and if he does, then we would be able to service more people. He has been asking me about the used cisco parts business for years, but I think he may be getting more serious these days.