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Craftex 12”x 36” Metal lathe, $4800, Calgary, AB

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(Craig)
Premium Member
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Tom Kitta

Ultra Member
This is the flipper. He can say he only used it for 5 min as its the truth ;) The actual owner may have used it a lot or not at all. Agree with Dabbler that 3k seems to be more fair.

But there seem to be a LOT of suckers out there!
 

Dabbler

ersatz engineer
But there seem to be a LOT of suckers out there!
If only they could join here, it would help them get a better deal!

Ebay Effect. Wide advertising attracts people with plenty of money and no idea as to true value; driving the price up. A capitalist would say that the "new norm" *IS* the fair value. I disagree.
 

Tom Kitta

Ultra Member
If only they could join here, it would help them get a better deal!

Ebay Effect. Wide advertising attracts people with plenty of money and no idea as to true value; driving the price up. A capitalist would say that the "new norm" *IS* the fair value. I disagree.

I see stuff on auction go regularly for more then new. Up to 2x as much as new.
 
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