Shopping smart for your next power wheelchair

Look for more than just a low price

While it may seem prudent to begin your shopping excursion for a new power wheelchair by searching out the retailers with the best prices on their products, there are some other things to keep in mind when doing your shopping. These guidelines are applicable whether you are doing your shopping in person at a brick and mortar retail location or online at an online mobility aids retailer.

Reliable manufacturer

Are the power wheelchairs that you are looking at and considering for your purchase ones that are produced by a manufacturer noted for making a quality product? Or, are they instead making chairs that seem to leave a long line of unhappy, dissatisfied customers? Today, it is so much easier to find out how the various different wheelchair manufacturers rate and compare when it comes to the quality of their product; there are many sites out there offering consumer reviews of a variety of both manual and power wheelchairs and even personal mobility scooters, moreso than ever before, and each year more of these kinds of resources are showing up (such as Wheelchair Chic.com, for example), making information and feedback gathering even easier for you. So if you are considering the purchase of a wheelchair such as the Invacare m41 power wheelchair, for example, you can likely find a fair amount of consumer feedback before making a purchase.

Price guarantee

It is one thing to find the lowest price for a power wheelchair or any other type of mobility aid, but what if you find abetter, lower price shortly after making your purchase? A relaible retailer is one that is willing to offer the customer a comprehensive price matching guarantee, one that allows for you to receive a refund on the price difference if you find the same product for less somewhere else even after purchasing it from the retailer with the price guarantee. A typical price guarantee will offer the consumer a refund in the neighbourhood of 110% of the price difference between the lower and higher price found.

Reliable warranty and after sale service

So you have found a retailer offering reliable wheelchairs for sale and they are also offering a comprehensive price matching guarantee. Now you need to find out just what kind of warranty is being offered with the chair yoyu wish to buy and you also need to find out who is offering the coverage for the chair: the retailer or the manufacturer? If the warranty and ater sales service for the wheelchair is being offered by the retailer, it might mean that it is easier to have your chair serviced by returning it to the retailer as opposed to relying on warranty coverage from the manufacturer which might require you to transport or send the chair off somewhere further away for servicing. This could easily result in incurred shipping costs for the consumer. Keeping this in mind, it might justify paying for an extended warranty from the original retailer.

In summary

In summary. there is more (indeed much more) to shopping around for a new power wheelchair than just seeking out the lowest price. Knowing that you are going to be making your purchase from a respectable retailer who offers the consumer a comprehensive price matching guarantee on their inventory as well as some kind of after sales service and coverage are key to making a sound purchasing decision that will leave you feeling secure after your purchase has been made.