Originally Posted by
Erik Loza
Basically, unless collecting old iron is your hobby (and there are folks here, whose hobby it most certainly is...), I would not consider a used machine. Here is why: Deals on European-manufactured bandsaws (assuming that is what you are shooting for...) are few and far between. I talk to customers all the time who tell me, year after year, "Gee, I'm just waiting for the right deal to come down the pipeline". After hearing that, I think to myself, "Your time must not be worth very much, then". The reason I say this is because that logic assumes you will do zero woodworking in the time it takes you to find that magical deal. In other words, could you not be using that machine right now? And could the use you would be getting out of it have a value to you? I like rummaging through the discount shelf at the neighborhood hardware store but that's because I like rummaging through the discount shelves, not because I need a new nail gun. If I need a new nail gun, I'll just buy a new nail gun because I want to move forward with my projects and actually get them accomplished.
Eric has nailed it in spades, I could never understand the American logic of waiting for a deal and more importantly why the retailers encourage it. The plethora of deals and specials I get from the US retailers astonishes me, funny thing is I rarely buy anything. Waiting for a particular item to show up to save pennies is fairly pointless in my eyes.
Chris
Everything I like is either illegal, immoral or fattening