Second helpings

The factors to be considered to reduce the risks associated with purchase of equipment through a secondary market are discussed. The secondary market is associated with high risk of problematic transactions and communication errors. The Secondary Equipment Consortium Network helps solve these problems through creating and continuously improving standards, guidelines and definitions on common technologies and establishing standards of ethical behavior and respect of intellectual property rights among industrial participants. The mean time to failure, expected lifespan and required reliability are the other factors to be considered while purchasing an electronic equipment through secondary market.