If you'd like to start by simply finding out how much a given shredder would be monthly, please do email me with the model you are interested in and I'll be happy to email you back the information to help you make an informed decision. 

In my years selling office supplies and equipment, there is a hard fact I want to share with you. I have had no other single item returned defective more often than shredders. We used to sell only GBC and Fellowes shredders, but most of them are made in China and just not up to fulfilling the promises they make on paper in their specifications.

Many of our school customers would spend $500 or more on what they thought was a very high-end, high-capacity shredder, only to have it quit inside of 3 months. Granted both companies, GBC especially, were quite good about standing up for their products and sending replacements, but wouldn't you rather have a shredder that didn't quit at all? Down-time without a shredder is a hassle and a potential security risk if sensitive documents do not get destroyed in a timely manner.

Since that time, Indoff has now turned to a company we feel makes the best engineered shredders on the market: HSM Shredders. All of their shredders are designed and engineered in Germany. (Think BMW, Mercedes, Porsche) Most of them are also made in Germany with a few models manufactured in California.

HSM Shredders may appear to cost a bit more up front than a "competitive" shredder, but their really is no comparison in quality. I am so much more comfortable now selling these shredders to my local customers. They know me and trust me and when I tell them that our Indoff shredders are just better, they always choose quality over the cheapest available option.

The law requires you to develop, implement, and maintain reasonable safeguards. This includes a number of measures such as designating one or more of your employees to coordinate a security program; assessing your information processing, transmission, and storage risks; and detecting, preventing, and responding to computerized intrusions. It also includes the proper disposal of information through shredding, or burning, or rendering it unreadable in electronic form through encryption or similar procedure. Click here for more information.

To help you become compliant, we have tools available on this site to help you assess your needs based on paper volume, number of employees etc. Please check out the various forms and charts in the ABOUT section of our Shredder catalog.

Start by looking over this $20 Down Shredder Leasing Program.

There are other options available too.  For example, if your work is seasonal, arrange to have NO payments due during your slow months.

If you would like to find out exactly how little it would cost per month, select a shredder(s) to lease and fill out this online shredder lease application.

Indoff is here to provide Unlimited Solutions for your business.  Tell us how we can help.

The Rule applies to people and both large and small organizations that use consumer reports, including: consumer reporting companies; lenders; insurers; employers; landlords; government agencies; mortgage brokers, car dealers; attorneys; private investigators; debt collectors; individuals who pull consumer reports on prospective home employees, such as nannies or contractors; and entities that maintain information in consumer reports as part of their role as a service provider to other organizations covered by the Rule.

Not only from a compliance standpoint does it make good sense to destroy consumer report information, but also as a customer service issue.  Giving out your social security number itself can make a person feel a bit uneasy these days.  Imagine the impact it would give your potential customer if when done with their information you walk right over to a large deparmental shredder and destroy their information in front of them.  You don't have to tell them that you care about protecting their identity and account information, you just SHOWED THEM YOU CARE.  That speaks volumes.

Save money by turning the empty boxes from your incoming shipments into packaging materials for your outgoing shipments.

The ProfiPack machines do just that.  Set the machine to create the desired width and in seconds it creates a cardboard padding material that can be bent and wrapped around products.

Must See Video of Cardboard Converter in Action

View and compare the specs of our two sizes of Cardboard Packaging Converters.

See pricing and more info about both the ProfiPack Cardboard Shredders.

But let's stick to cost factors alone for the moment.  If you'd like to figure it out in black and white and know for sure, I can help.

There are two steps to this.

1. Fill out this form for Calculating your shredding services expenses.
2. Fill out this form to calculate shredder costs to outfit your business with your own shredders.

For #2, you need to select an appropriate shredder(s) as well.  We have many tools available in our ABOUT section to help you with this, or you may use the CONTACT US link to request assistance.

I hope this proves helpful to you.  I think you'll find it eye-opening!

~ taken from "The Risk Management Series", published by the NAID (National Association for Information Destruction).

Common sense dictates that payroll information and materials that involve labor relations or legal affairs, should not be entrusted to lower level employees for destruction. But, beyond that, competition sensitive information is best protected from them as well. It has been established, time and again, that employees are the most likely to realize the value of certain information to competitors. And, lower wage employees often have the economic incentive to capitalize on their access to it. The only acceptable alternatives are to have the materials destroyed under the supervision of upper management or by a carefully selected, high security service.

~ taken from "The Risk Management Series", published by the NAID (National Association for Information Destruction).