Willie you didn't read the add either , if you had you would know it's a Woodmaster 4400 and comes with the grate and auger system, extra chimney, rain cap and 2 heat exchangers for $4500. He said he had forced air so I said I would keep the big HX and take $4000. In the above post I said I don't want to cut that much wood, I also don't like going out in the cold to load. A I have found access to coal I really want to quit altogether. Telling someone not to buy a used boiler you have not seen is no different than telling someone not to buy a used car you have not seen, the bottom line is you have not seen it so you don't know. This is a good boiler and I am asking a fair price. What I said above stands, if you don't know and you haven't seen it then you are not qualified to give advice.
you are right..ii didn't see the add...and as for advice..everyone gave thier opinon on the most likley reasons for selling a stove..1 was the owner not wanting to cut wood..the other was a problem (or problems) with the stove and the advice of myself was from seeing other people's luck with used stoves
both the reason you say you want to sell your stove and the other reasons were offered in the advice given
and although i have not seen your ad or your stove, i (i can only speak for myself not the others) gave my opinion on past experiences with friends that have bought used stoves
you say you dont want to cut that much wood...that leads me to believe (mayby falsely) that you did not know how much would you would have to cut..did you fall for some cheap sales pitch? did you not research your stove before buying
and as for you telling myself or the others that posted opinions here about buying used stoves that we have no idea what we are talking about..well i think there is a lot of years of experience with OWB here and the poster wished to ask our opinions..and that is what he got...it is for him to decide if the information was worthy or not. it is not for you to tell us we have no business giving an opinion (allthough you don't have to agree with it)
and as you said your stove is like buying a used car... i doubt that...i can not ask for papers showing regular maintence..i can't take it for a test drive...a used car i could see and hear it run and form an opinion on the heart of the thing..if it burnt oil or knocked..with your stove i can only take your word that the interior of the water jacket is good and that you ran the proper chemicals in it to inhibit rust
i was quite polite in my last posting of why someone would sell their stove ,as i said it could have very well been the lack of desire to cut more wood and then i stated there may be problems
now i will tell you, my monetary views on used stoves...
the best you should be offered is half of new even if it is in perfect shape
if i was the guy looking at it i would take the chance on you NOT selling it and offer you half
and when you refused i would leave
maybe in a month i would call again with the same offer..if the stove was gone, so be it
if it was not gone i would say that the next time i call the offer will be five hundred less and if it rots in your back yard i dont care
and your statemen that if you dont sell it and keep it till fall and the price will go up?
i will tell you quite truthfully...if you dont sell it by fall...hook it back up and burn your coal in it...it will be yours forever
go see some dealers..they have a stack of them..repo's and leases that they cant get a good price for either
these stoves are like toasters...not much call for for a used one
and one final not to anyone buying a used stove...if you can't weld...leave it alone!
no further rebutals will be answered..this thread for me is closed