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Threw $400 at a used paint booth fan and it died in 6 months
Back in 2019 I found a deal on a old paint booth exhaust fan from a shop closing down near Charlotte. Paid $400 cash thinking I was being smart and saving money. It ran fine for maybe 4 months then started making this grinding noise and finally seized up. Had to buy a new one for $900 anyway so I basically threw that $400 straight in the trash. Any of you guys ever get burned buying used shop equipment like that?
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drew6904mo ago
Man, that stings just reading it. I did almost the exact same thing with a dust collector I grabbed off Facebook Marketplace a couple years ago. Paid $350 for it, looked clean and ran smooth when I tested it at the guy's garage. Got it home, hooked it up, and within two months the motor started overheating and smoking. Tore it apart and found the bearings were shot and the housing was cracked from a previous drop they tried to hide with paint. I ended up spending another $200 on parts just to get it sort of working again, and it never ran right after that. Learned my lesson the hard way (you know, the expensive way). Some of that used equipment is just someone else's problem passed on to you.
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phoenix3313mo ago
@jamie_smith nailed it with the lawn mower comparison. Bought a used table saw once from a guy who swore it was "barely used" and the fence was "perfectly calibrated." Got it home and the whole thing was a cobbled together Frankenstein of parts from three different models. The miter gauge slot was so far off it was useless. Ended up just selling it for scrap metal to recoup ten bucks. These marketplace flippers are getting real creative with their lies.
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jamie_smith4mo ago
That 'someone else's problem passed on to you' part is EXACTLY right. It's the same deal with used cars or even lawn mowers people sell right before winter, they just kick the can down the road and hope you don't notice the ticking time bomb.
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