• dangblingus@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    8 months ago

    These machines are absolutely under a million dollars. You can even buy used ones right now for pennies on the dollar because a shitload of American metal shops just went out of business.

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      8 months ago

      Pennies on the dollar? I don’t necessarily doubt you, but where do I get that machine for less than 10 grand?

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          8 months ago

          Hmm, that site has a very different definition of “mini mill” than I do.

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          8 months ago

          I don’t understand the point of hiding the price but then having an ai bot email it when someone asks it in the comments. Just list the damn price

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            8 months ago

            Prevents bots scraping the site and either buying it all themselves or getting listed elsewhere.

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              8 months ago

              I can understand that when the site is selling sneakers or a PS3 but is there a big market on scalping CNC machines? Plus I figure it would be trivial to create a bot that would create a comment on each post asking for the price so the sites bot sends the email with the price.

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                8 months ago

                Makes it harder for your competitors to undercut you in prices. Not impossible, just harder. Most locks are just to make something more difficult so you give up. They aren’t impossible.

                Another likely reason is that the price varies based on material/labor cost and they don’t want a set price being advertised. The price probably dynamically varies.

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        8 months ago

        Ahhh just a turn of phrase. Not literally pennies on the dollar, but very cheap compared to new!

        Literally, on CNCmachines.com they sell 5 axis milling machines for as low as 50K i’ve seen. There’s also tons of auctions on cnc machines due to all of the shops closing like I said.

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      8 months ago

      How much do you suppose it costs to move and set up one of these babies in a new location? I bet the sellers would be happy to have a buyer just get it out of their building.