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found a craigslist ad.
someone is selling 2 festool sanders out of a storage unit for 100 each.
can anyone tell me which model or what kind of sander those are? worth the money?
nvm – he sold them today….
Yeah sorry, pictures are too grainy but on looks like a 150 and the other a DX.
Bummer they were sold.. the one on the left was either the ets150/3 or ets150/5. Current retail is $345 but that one was fairly old.. one on the right is the dts400 retail is $245 ( this is an awesome sander) also looks pretty old and beat in the pic though.
what was he asking?
100 each
DX?!?!?!? Dooooooooh!
At 100 each that’s not a bad price! Im sure you could have beat him up a bit too..
Ooh well, next time!!
ChrisK1970 wrote:
DX?!?!?!? Dooooooooh!
Hey, don’t be too hard in yourself! Haha!!
is it just me, as I like buying tools either brand new or in mint condition……..just don’t like buying well used tools I want to be the guy that marks, scratches, wears it out…..regardless of the price
comp56 wrote:
is it just me, as I like buying tools either brand new or in mint condition……..just don’t like buying well used tools I want to be the guy that marks, scratches, wears it out…..regardless of the price
Im with you. i typically wont buy used power tools unless i know the person its coming from and how they treated it.. I will buy reconditioned though, ive had good luck with several manufacturers reconditioned tools.. the majority of what i buy is new though.
Accessories are a different story, im more apt to buy used accessories because it is much easier to really inspect them.
two of my festool sanders were used, but in both cases i knew who they were coming from and that they werent used very hard.. also im a little more comfortable buying used festool (especially if its within the 3 year warranty) as they tools are really built to last and take a serious beating..
madman, your probably lucky you didnt buy those sanders… they would have been your gateway drug and before you know it you will have towers of systainers, multiple vacs, etc. etc. etc… ooh, also a huge hole in your wallet!!! 🙂