Lathe price check...
Posted: Tue Feb 05, 2013 11:10 pm
South Bend 9A, with the quick change gear box (obviously not important to pipemaking per se, but for what it's worth...). Has a fair amount of tooling, including steady-rest, some ball turning tool holder, a jacobs chuck, etc. It's mounted on its original metal cabinet.
The color is some grungy green which makes me think it was potentially a government/military purchase at on point.
The guy has had it listed on CL for a while. He's asking $1500 for it. I offered $1000. It's about three hours away from me. He's not budging on price right now, but I told him whenever he changes his mind to give me a call. He said he'll try his luck for a while yet, but if he comes down on price I'll be the first he'll contact.
So... I think $1500 is way too much. I'm squirmy at $1000, but I've been looking for a long time for this exact model. I don't want to let my stupid sentimentalism get the better of my budget...
...should I pass? or persist?
Thanks.
Jonathan
The color is some grungy green which makes me think it was potentially a government/military purchase at on point.
The guy has had it listed on CL for a while. He's asking $1500 for it. I offered $1000. It's about three hours away from me. He's not budging on price right now, but I told him whenever he changes his mind to give me a call. He said he'll try his luck for a while yet, but if he comes down on price I'll be the first he'll contact.
So... I think $1500 is way too much. I'm squirmy at $1000, but I've been looking for a long time for this exact model. I don't want to let my stupid sentimentalism get the better of my budget...
...should I pass? or persist?
Thanks.
Jonathan