Fair price for this jointer?

[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?

qc9r5-3000490986@sale.craigslist.org

[jussi]

You're gonna need to post a link to the ad. Not the email address.

[durango dude]

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

[LCHIEN]

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.

[cabinetman]

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]

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.

[sweensdv]

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.

[LCHIEN]

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.

[cabinetman]

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]

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...

[JSUPreston]

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.

[LCHIEN]

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.

[woodturner]

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.

[Cochese]

I have that base, and FWIW it works great for me.

[LCHIEN]

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.