The Office Shop Kandy shines in CP

Shirajiv Sirimane

‘The Office Shop (Pvt) Ltd, Kandy which started as a small venture is in their 10th successive year of excellent service.

mr and mrs. abeykoon with some of the awards they won.

A former Air Force Aeronautical Technician, Gamini Abeykoon who had a lot of experience working for computer and office supply related firms setting up his own business was not very difficult “One of the key plus points I had was a strong base which I knew would move with me when I was going to start on my own and also I was always blessed with a team of committed people throughout the past decade,” he recalled.

The company got the dealership of John Keells Office Automation (Pvt)Ltd for Central Province to market Toshiba photocopiers, Toshiba computers,Riso digital duplicators and other equipments by JKOA. The company also have other dealerships with several

other companies of leading brands such as HP,Canon,Brother, Epson,Dell, Samsung and Sharp.

The company has won all Island Best dealer award from JKOA for the last nine years and several other awards given by Dell Computers ,HP Lanka PLC and Trident Corporation.

The secret behind the success of the 10 years of service is providing customers the best product and a great after sales service. The Office Shop was one of the first to introduce genuine supplies to the Central Province and soon many government institutions and private customers became its loyal customers. “With 10 year’s experience in business of branded automated office information and communication equipment and genuine consumables we have earned a reputation for that is based on providing our customers with the products and service they deserve.

We are committed to reliability in all that do. The support of Original Equipment Manufacturers and Distributor is key to our success. We have strong relationships with our suppliers and value the role they play in the process of delivering a quality to our valued customer” said Abeykoon. Products that the office shop markets cover all common items for computing needs at home or office.

The experts at Office Shop are keen to look at the customer need and cater for it to be more towards the customer in the long run. In addition to retailing, professional servive and maintenance has become an important and integrated part of business. We also handle network installations and offer annual and maintenance contracts at the expiry of the manufacturer’s warranty. TheOffice Shop is authorized to service and repair for many.”

Hewlett Packard Lanka (Pvt) Ltd has appointed the Company Trident Corporation, the only service provider for HP in Sri Lanka , as the only outstation authorized HP service provider and HP point in Kandy.

“This HP exchange point facilitates the customers in and around Central Province to claim the warranty without having to come to Colombo. The brother branded equipment provider, The Office (Pvt) Ltd has appointed the office shop as the service for Central Province for their products. Office Shop is also looking at providing free retail consulting services to its customers who are running small business and new services incorporating the technical expertise.

“We do not focus on just a short term business.We focus on retaining customers by providing them the best product and the service and invite all to experience our service at No. 200, D.S Senanayake, Kandy” said the Managing Director, Gamini Abeykoon.