Ugg, printers vs. scrappers.
It drives me nuts when someone scraps out a press rather than give it a chance on a new life. I went to see a C&P 8x12 a month or so ago close to me. It was a fixer uppper at best, with few minor missing parts, but had some potential. The person had seen rebuilt/print ready presses for sale ebay and etsy (?) and wanted and absurd amount of money for it. I gave him what I considered a very generous offer for its condition was which was refused a few days later. So I follow up today and find out he let a scrapper digging through his trash take a sledge to it and haul it away.
Scrappers you win this round but I’ll be back!
We are often caught between the scraper vs the fair value. If the scrap value is $400.00 then it is hard for the owner to take less.
The press came with the house, I don’t think the owner apreciated what he had. That and I assume when I made my offer it just made him mad :) but it was the best offer I was willing to make.
Technut27
Likely he got more from the scrapper than you were willing to offer. Sort of a no brainer.
Saving it from scrap can sometimes involve visiting the scrapyard , there you get to pay a bit over the scrap price and get the stuff craned onto your truck !!
One of my mates often aquires from the yards here , some yards have an attitude that stinks and some are fine .