Posted on What is a lightly used 12 year old DJ-20 37-350 worth
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#1 posted 432 days ago |
To me, age does matter. Unless I know the person, and know that they bought it new and never even hardly used it. In that case, I would still be leery. Manufacturers defects happen and it would be way out of warranty without anyone ever finding out what was wrong with it. Used is used. My personal basis for used is 50%, and it goes down from there. I might go a little higher, but I will be damned if I will pay more than 60%. I will just go buy a new one. When I buy used, I expect a deal. That is me though. It appears quite a few people agree with me on this though. But a machine is worth whatever someone is willing to pay for it. If I am willing to pay $700 and you are willing to pay $900, then you will have the machine sitting in your shop and I will keep looking. As always, there are two sides to every coin. And yes, I have known of DJ-20’s being bought for $700 or less that were in very good shape. I would have bought one of them if only I had the room. Deals are out there to be had. Most of my shop was outfitted for well under 50% of retail. I have a $50 Delta mortiser that I bought NIB for $50, a JET 17” drill press for $20, 12” disc sander for $20, just sold a 6” Craftsman short-bed jointer I picked up for $25, JET 14” bandsaw for $100, etc. The deals are out there to be had. You can either have patience or spend more. Neither option is a bad one. As for the Grizzly, from what I have heard, that model is a carbon copy of the DJ-20. I don’t know, I don’t own one. I would not be afraid to buy that jointer though, Grizzly has excellent customer service and I am sure you can find some reviews on the web. I think they make good tools, different strokes for different folks. |
