Air Compressors Sale: How Seriously Should You Take This?

With the possible exception of some of the very small and inexpensive models found for sell at box stores or on television ($19.99!), most air compressors are serious machines meant for long term use. That is, for the most part there is no such thing as a “disposable” air compressor. Further, since compressed air is obviously fairly dangerous, all air compressors have to undergo rigorous testing and meet various safety standards, meaning that they are not something that can just be mass produced and thrown on the market. Air compressors are mass produced, but they still have to meet a series of standards and pass a number of inspections, meaning that there is no such thing as a brand new “junk” air compressor.

Like other large appliances and serious machines, there really is no such thing as a “surplus” air compressor (not counting the small, cheap models that can do little more than run an airbrush or fill up your bicycle tire). Indeed, even if a retailer is going out of business, air compressors are treated like other heavy machines and either returned to the wholesaler for a refund or sold as a group to another retailer at something much closer to wholesale prices. This means you will never really see air compressors on “sale” per se. Some retailers may mark down the price of an air compressor a little bit to promote sales on occasion, but these will not be major price differences. Like other big machine sales, most retailers only make a small profit on them in the United States (though this may differ in other countries).

When it comes to any sort of serious air compressor, from a two gallon, one horsepower compressor and larger, finding them on sale is not a common thing. Further, even when you do find an air compressor on sale, it is not likely to be a brand new one. Instead, these “sale” air compressors are frequently refurbished used compressors. Technically after they have been refurbished they should be like new, but you can always test this by seeing what kind of warranty is offered with the air compressor. If the seller is selling it strictly “as is” and with no warranty, it means they do not have much confidence that the refurbishment was very good. Of course some manufacturers handle their own refurbishments and do offer a limited warranty, so if they have enough faith in the refurbishment to offer a warranty; it can probably be safely assumed that they did a good job.

You may also see air compressors offered online as being “for sale” with the implication that the price has been reduced, though as noted above, this is never really the case. In that an air compressor is a durable product, it can be sold back to the manufacturer or to other retailers at a better price than it could be sold to the public “on sale”. Therefore you should always be skeptical if you see an air compressor being offered as being “on sale”. Chances are, once you get the specifics of the machine in question, you will probably be able to shop around and see that the “sale price” is in fact the basic value of the compressor or higher.


Click here to see more Air Compressors For Sale!