Quote: (Originally Posted by decoweenie)
Quick friendly word of advice to you...
Don't apply whatever "rule-of-thumb" you are using when trying to buy used Rebreather units!
They are not used cars or used motorcycles!
Some POS units will depreciate so fast that you will end up giving someone money to take them away from you. Some won't drop a few hundred dollars from their original 4-figure amount.
You don't have to trust me, but I could honestly say that I have probably bought and sold more personal units than most people here.
There is no free lunch in the Rebreather market. You want to pay peanuts, you will get peanuts. And the worse thing is they are also live-support equipments...
Only rule-of-thumb I'm using is that I'm not gonna pay $3xxx for something I can buy brand new at $3600...for $600 it's worth the piece of mind to me that I'm gonna get all the parts, warranty, etc and I'll be able to ugly up the unit myself...I paid my dues in retail for too long to ever pay retail for anything ever again...
RBs are expensive, that much is true, and I don't have alot of dough to play with...so you'll have to forgive me for being 'cheap'. Good news is though, if you're willing to wait long enough (which did almost drive me bananas), someone will sell good equipment at a realistic price...speaking of which, I may have a Dolphin for sale very soon...all offers are welcome!
-T