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  • Eagan
    Established Member
    • Feb 2006
    • 190
    • bloomington, IN
    • rigid r4512

    #1

    Fair price for this jointer?

    Good afternoon

    This shows up and looks all shiny and new. Wondering if you think it is a fair price. What should I check for if I go take a look at it?

    qc9r5-3000490986@sale.craigslist.org
  • jussi
    Veteran Member
    • Jan 2007
    • 2162

    #2
    You're gonna need to post a link to the ad. Not the email address.
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    • durango dude
      Senior Member
      • Mar 2011
      • 937
      • a thousand or so feet above insanity
      • 50s vintage Craftsman Contractor Saw

      #3
      Eagan:

      Here's the original ad:

      http://bloomington.craigslist.org/tls/3000490986.html

      Nice machine - notice the mobile base?
      That adds $50 to the original cost.

      Reasonable price? I suppose it is.

      That said - it's too much for my taste - but I generally buy cheap, old/sturdy equipment.

      If you really want to buy something:

      Decent deal:

      http://bloomington.craigslist.org/tls/3000498961.html

      You might also show the seller this - and tell him/her you're not in the mood to drive more than you need to ----

      http://louisville.craigslist.org/tls/2984326532.html
      Last edited by durango dude; 05-07-2012, 12:56 PM.

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      • LCHIEN
        Super Moderator
        • Dec 2002
        • 22012
        • Katy, TX, USA.
        • BT3000 vintage 1999

        #4
        i have that jointer, in its later life it was dubbed the Delta JT-360, part of their lower end stationary tools they called the Shopmaster line. Then those Shopmaster tools were transferred to the Black and Decker division in an effort to upgrade Delta. They seem to be disappearing as a Black and Decker product.

        I think the Delta JT360 works quite well, I've been very satisfied with it.

        As for the price, the usual street price several years back was around $350. Maybe $250 is too high, maybe its OK, depends on how badly you want it. The B&D JT160 is still around, its a 6" benchtop jointer and it goes for around $320.... I'd say for sure the JT360 is a whole lot better for the long cast iron top. I sold my JT160 which worked well, because the top was too short.
        Loring in Katy, TX USA
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        • cabinetman
          Gone but not Forgotten RIP
          • Jun 2006
          • 15216
          • So. Florida
          • Delta

          #5
          Originally posted by Eagan
          Good afternoon

          This shows up and looks all shiny and new. Wondering if you think it is a fair price. What should I check for if I go take a look at it?
          I would first see if it runs. I would bring some scrap lumber and joint it. As for the price, if the machine is OK, sounds about right. You could negotiate it down.


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          • woodturner
            Veteran Member
            • Jun 2008
            • 2049
            • Western Pennsylvania
            • General, Sears 21829, BT3100

            #6
            Originally posted by Eagan
            Wondering if you think it is a fair price.
            FWIW, Lowes sold those for $100 (the JT360) - and I bought two.

            It was a clearance/discontinued item, but they were readily available at that price.
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            • sweensdv
              Veteran Member
              • Dec 2002
              • 2872
              • WI
              • Baileigh TS-1040P-50

              #7
              Originally posted by durango dude
              Nice machine - notice the mobile base?
              That adds $50 to the original cost.
              Offer him $200 or less and tell him he can keep that POC mobile base. I had a mobile base just like that one under my router table for awhile and whenever I moved it, it bounced around like a car with bad shocks.
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              • LCHIEN
                Super Moderator
                • Dec 2002
                • 22012
                • Katy, TX, USA.
                • BT3000 vintage 1999

                #8
                Originally posted by woodturner
                FWIW, Lowes sold those for $100 (the JT360) - and I bought two.

                It was a clearance/discontinued item, but they were readily available at that price.
                that's a little unfair to say "readily available at that price". At some moment in the scheme of things Lowes cleared them out and if you were lucky you got one at that price. But by and large they did not sell for an average of $100. Generally when someone reports finding a low clearance price on items at Lowes and HD, in my experience only one of 50 times was I able to get such a deal.
                A fair price for a new jointer of that quality is somewhere north of $300.
                Loring in Katy, TX USA
                If your only tool is a hammer, you tend to treat all problems as if they were nails.
                BT3 FAQ - https://www.sawdustzone.org/forum/di...sked-questions

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                • cabinetman
                  Gone but not Forgotten RIP
                  • Jun 2006
                  • 15216
                  • So. Florida
                  • Delta

                  #9
                  Originally posted by LCHIEN
                  Generally when someone reports finding a low clearance price on items at Lowes and HD, in my experience only one of 50 times was I able to get such a deal.
                  One in 50. So, you kept track. I'm going to have to start doing that.

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                  • dbhost
                    Slow and steady
                    • Apr 2008
                    • 9523
                    • League City, Texas
                    • Ryobi BT3100

                    #10
                    When those come up, and they are one of the more common ones to come up frequently, they sell for $200.00 to $250.00 around here. That one is in nice clean shape, and has a mobile base. Offer him $200.00, don't feel bad at $250.00. That's a fair price. Not a gloat, but a fair price...
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                    • JSUPreston
                      Veteran Member
                      • Dec 2005
                      • 1189
                      • Montgomery, AL.
                      • Delta 36-979 w/Biesemyere fence kit making it a 36-982. Previous saw was BT3100-1.

                      #11
                      I have that jointer on the same mobile base. I got it years ago at Lowe's for around $350-400. I think the price is fair. It looks to be in good shape.

                      Can't speak for the quality of the mobile base. My shop floor is so uneven, it makes the craters on the moon look smooth.
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                      • LCHIEN
                        Super Moderator
                        • Dec 2002
                        • 22012
                        • Katy, TX, USA.
                        • BT3000 vintage 1999

                        #12
                        the base is OK in my opinion - does what a base should do while being low and un-obtrusive when parked and the tool is in use. Not super mobile but mobile enough to move the jointer a few feet here and there to reposition it in the shop when needed. Worth $$50-60 new, and yes I do have one under my jointer.

                        And the jointer looks nearly immaculate from the pictures... no rust or staining on the cast iron top and fence.

                        Yes Cabinetman, At least I kept an accurate count of the ones I got... one (a nice 15-inch hitachi drill press.). The 50 is an estimate.
                        Loring in Katy, TX USA
                        If your only tool is a hammer, you tend to treat all problems as if they were nails.
                        BT3 FAQ - https://www.sawdustzone.org/forum/di...sked-questions

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                        • woodturner
                          Veteran Member
                          • Jun 2008
                          • 2049
                          • Western Pennsylvania
                          • General, Sears 21829, BT3100

                          #13
                          Originally posted by LCHIEN
                          that's a little unfair to say "readily available at that price". At some moment in the scheme of things Lowes cleared them out and if you were lucky you got one at that price.
                          By "readily available", I meant that most stores had more than 10 of these and they sat for weeks at the $100 price. I really didn't want two, but the manager talked me into it just to get rid of them.

                          I agree, a lot of times clearance prices can be hard to find, but this was a rare exception.

                          My primary point, though, was that the seller may well have only $100 invested - so he may be more negotiable than expected. There is a seller around here that apparently bought several at the $100 price and has been trying to unload them. He started at $250 around the time they went on clearance, now he is down to $125 and apparently is still not selling them.
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                          • Cochese
                            Veteran Member
                            • Jun 2010
                            • 1988

                            #14
                            I have that base, and FWIW it works great for me.
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                            • LCHIEN
                              Super Moderator
                              • Dec 2002
                              • 22012
                              • Katy, TX, USA.
                              • BT3000 vintage 1999

                              #15
                              Originally posted by woodturner
                              By "readily available", I meant that most stores had more than 10 of these and they sat for weeks at the $100 price. I really didn't want two, but the manager talked me into it just to get rid of them.

                              I agree, a lot of times clearance prices can be hard to find, but this was a rare exception.

                              My primary point, though, was that the seller may well have only $100 invested - so he may be more negotiable than expected. There is a seller around here that apparently bought several at the $100 price and has been trying to unload them. He started at $250 around the time they went on clearance, now he is down to $125 and apparently is still not selling them.
                              I see your point, its entirely possible that he bought it at a clearance sale. I would take him at his word though, that he bought it and used it little and is moving and needs to sell it. If I bought it for resale I would not have assembled it or had it on an included mobile base. That was a very popular jointer and the vast majority of those jointers were sold at a much higher price point than $100.

                              Finally, what you are willing pay for an item should be based mostly on what its worth to you. What you offer may be based upon what you think he has in it, but I don't let that be an overriding thing. I certainly wouldn't pass up a jointer I wanted at $200 because I think he bought it for $100. I would pass it up if I was sure he obtained it illegally (e.g. stolen item), on the principle that it's theft, and encourages more thefts.
                              Last edited by LCHIEN; 05-07-2012, 04:56 PM.
                              Loring in Katy, TX USA
                              If your only tool is a hammer, you tend to treat all problems as if they were nails.
                              BT3 FAQ - https://www.sawdustzone.org/forum/di...sked-questions

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