As I mentioned previously, xerox-ing a part of the getting things done in India. So I have been wondering is the xerox machine a good investment for all the shops.
A typical xerox machine cost around 1,50,000 Rs (1.5 lakhs).
Each xerox copy is Rs1, so it would take around 1,50,000 copies to break even (ignoring the maintenance costs and the cost of ink).
Assuming that you get 100 copies a day, it would be 3000 copies a month.
So, you would break even in 50 months (1,50,000/3000) or around 4 years 2 months. After this point, you are raking in profits on the xerox machine. The thing I'm not sure about is the lifetime of a xerox machine - but from what I have seen is that, these machines sometime run for a long time, but of course they are not working at the optimal level.
The bigger factor for owning the xerox machine in these shops is the stickiness factor, it draws in customers and it is possible to up-sell other items (like stationary).
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