Thinking about buying direct from the importer or manufacturer? It's worth asking yourself a few honest questions. Are you sufficiently trained to set up and operate the machine safely? Is there enough information available to buy with confidence, without seeing a demonstration first? If you've got a trade-in, how are you planning to sell it? And if something goes wrong, even under warranty, who's actually going to track down the problem and fix it? Can you get finance sorted if you need it? And after weighing all of that up, would buying direct really save you money in the end?

Think about the price of a machine vs the cost of a machine. The price of a machine bought directly may seem lower, though not always, since we work closely with our dealers to offer some genuinely great deals on the best gear. But price is only what you pay upfront. Cost is everything that follows: What is the cost to you of weeks of downtime waiting on a fix, or parts that are hard to track down when you need them most, let alone the frustration of unanswered phone calls when something goes wrong.