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coffee eqipment at auctions ? beware
My friend went to an auction of commercial eqipment in sydney last week and bought a 2 group espresso machine for his office.
As figured he got it really cheap, I think 1500-2000, he had been looking for a while and finally got his bargain.
anyway when he hooked it up to mains water and drain and turned it on, it leaked. A lot. He has since got it serviced and even though it looked clean outside the technician said it was filthy inside, and needed a new pump and seals, etc etc..boiler cleanout......it also had lots of scale apparently, which I had read about on this site.
So total cleanout required.
Not sure of his final bill but he was not happy. I tried to tell him to be careful, it does show you that often things are dumped at auction for a reason and the service guy said it was dumped probably as it needed servicing and already leaked and he (owner) couldnt get much money for it.
At auction you are not allowed to even turn the machines on, or look inside etc.
THE LESSON
beware cheap espresso machines from anyware.
AND when I sell, I think if my breaks inside I have found a place to get a great price. auction, sell to another sucker.
He said there was a 2 group elektra machine that sold for 4400 which seems like a great price for the seller.
again he said you couldnt turn it on or really have any idea what the story was with it....ie did it even turn on. they would not let you power it up.
lee
As figured he got it really cheap, I think 1500-2000, he had been looking for a while and finally got his bargain.
anyway when he hooked it up to mains water and drain and turned it on, it leaked. A lot. He has since got it serviced and even though it looked clean outside the technician said it was filthy inside, and needed a new pump and seals, etc etc..boiler cleanout......it also had lots of scale apparently, which I had read about on this site.
So total cleanout required.
Not sure of his final bill but he was not happy. I tried to tell him to be careful, it does show you that often things are dumped at auction for a reason and the service guy said it was dumped probably as it needed servicing and already leaked and he (owner) couldnt get much money for it.
At auction you are not allowed to even turn the machines on, or look inside etc.
THE LESSON
beware cheap espresso machines from anyware.
AND when I sell, I think if my breaks inside I have found a place to get a great price. auction, sell to another sucker.
He said there was a 2 group elektra machine that sold for 4400 which seems like a great price for the seller.
again he said you couldnt turn it on or really have any idea what the story was with it....ie did it even turn on. they would not let you power it up.
lee
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