Originally Posted by
Ted Harris
In this instance your analysis of the market, IMO, is far from accurate. eBay is not a bellweather for used high end scanners for several reasons:
1) The majority of high end scanners available on the used market come either from equipment brokers or private sales from labs and pre press operations.
Is this an issue? If it is a private sale from a lab that properly maintained the equipment, why would buying something the OP is considering buying any different?
2) you can't determine condition by what the seller says. I have spoken with two different repair facilities and they both estimate that approximately three times as many major repairs are required for eBay purchases as for machines acquired elsewhere.
So a seller that provides a 90 day warranty or even a 6 month warranty, squaretrade, and any other forms of warranty is not a condition to feel safe about? I can understand an auction that says, "runs a fine pass, seems to work well, in excellent condition, but sold as-is" is asking for it. I'm certain if a seller doesn't want to get into a dispute with Paypal and lose out big time, they will go the length necessary to assure the buyer the product is a-ok. Out of curiousity, if one buys a refurbished machine, is the entire machine parted out and re-built with brand new parts and pieces to ensure the buyers is getting a brand new machine?
3) To keep things in perspective, €3000 for Jazz+ is a little more than 10¢ on the dollar. Sure you can shop and shop and sometimes get lucky but the vast majority of the time you get what you pay for.
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