Where to sell some perfectly working old printers?  

RE: Where to sell some perfectly working old printers?

Posted by: @4xs

What is the best way to sell old printers? I know there is ebay but not anyone can casually sell stuffs isnt? Im not in need of cash I just need to replace them with new printers, those are technically out of date but is in perfect working condition. 

Any one can sell on eBay if there prusas you might have a slight chance to sell some on there

RE: Where to sell some perfectly working old printers?

Do you need the money? If you are in the U.S., consider donating to a local hobby shop or maker space. Most of those are 501(c)3 qualified and can give you a receipt for tax purposes. (Consult your accountant for details.)

RE: Where to sell some perfectly working old printers?

I live in Illinois; I think I will consider donating them to my local library and schools. Im not so sure about the hobby shops, can you give me an example?

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Schools and libraries are excellent alternatives. I intended "hobby shop" in the sense of a private organization of individuals with common goals, not in the sense of a commercial outlet selling products for "hobbiests". FaceBook Marketplace also offers many "groups" that entertain sales of such items.

Donating is an excellent idea but if at all possible include with it the offer of a training session for whoever must operate, maintain and troubleshoot it.  Consider offering a follow-up session in a couple of months. I have seen too many donated machines languishing unused after the first attempt by an untrained newbie jammed or broke it.

One of my friends volunteered for a local woodworking maker space, this one is a charity called a 'Man Shed' - he called me in to design and print a few spare parts and safety covers - he made it his job to repair, refurbish and maintain the machines; over a half were unuseable before he started and none were properly calibrated.  They had duplicates and even triplicates of some tools, none working.  He made it possible for them to sell some as working tools and use everything they kept.

It's almost more important to make sure they can use the equipment safely than to provide it in the first place.

Cheerio,

RE: Where to sell some perfectly working old printers?

Now you remind me of some of important concerns for donating. Those printers are working perfectly only with my settings, their status may be highly deviated from their respective standards. I think this is common amount the printing community. Some has inherent flaws such as nonuniform heating, that I had to be careful where to place large footprint. There are also machines that I tinkered with upgrade parts that need modified Gcode to work with correct parameter. PID tune did not work due to factory locked EEPROM access. I think those will be an enormous frustration for majority of new users.

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In such case seek someone who is really already experienced with the printers. Maybe post on a wall of local hacker/maker spaces with details to fend off inexperienced ones.

Or put it in the shed/attic as backup in critical situations.

I have a power drill from my Dad - device is  something like 30y old, was quite regularly used over time and for modern standards it is just not that convenient, but I keep it and use it occasionally because other drills are occupied, while this one is very good to certain tasks, for me it is not worth to dump it into a trash, because it is so well maintained. 🙂