Agreed. I bought my B2 (already pid upgraded) 7 years ago for $700. It was fairly well maintained but over the years I've had to replace wires, pressurestat, pump, safety valve and controller. Most recently was a complete e61 cleaning and seal replacement.
Over time, I'd expect to do work on it. Curtis On Fri, Aug 31, 2018, 5:30 AM 'Mike Walsh' via Brewtus, < [email protected]> wrote: > I bought my BII used with several years of service on it from a local > expert, and I've done virtually nothing to it in the six years I have owned > it. I think I paid a bit over $1000, and that's all I got. No grinder, no > accessories. > > If you have any mechanical aptitude for when the machine eventually needs > work, I'd jump on this in a second. > > Just in a quick glance at a Google, it sounds like the grinder may have > some drawbacks, but honestly, at $500 for both, even if you resold the > grinder for a couple hundred and put a little work into the BII, I think > it's still a bargain. > > On Wednesday, August 29, 2018 at 7:11:04 PM UTC-4, Justin Labayen wrote: >> >> Hello! I need some advice on buying a used brewtus ii. Seller has it >> listed for $500. He bought it used 8-9 months ago and as far as he knows, >> it was well maintained by the previous owner. He's only descaled it once >> when he bought it. He's from out of town so i can't really look at it in >> person. >> >> Also, he's selling a Macap m4d for $275 and he's willing to sell both >> expobar and grinder for $700. >> >> This is going to be my first espresso machine. I was also looking at a >> silvia with PID before finding this deal. >> > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Brewtus" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/brewtus. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Brewtus" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/brewtus. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
