I always found there to be a lot of teasers on labx. You call about a cheap old unit and get the whole “we just sold that but if you tell us your budget we’ll sell you something 10 years old for more than it costs new”.
eBay and Craigslist of course but we also buy a bunch of stuff off bidspotter when it works out.
What are you going to do, brokers need to catch a customer somehow I guess. Doesn’t stop me from trying but it is a real pain in the ass to get your time wasted like that.
I have a side hustle buying new old stock and good surplus industrial equipment and helping people do the same. DM me if ure looking for something specific maybe i can help u find it
to add some more sources not previously listed:
dovebid, bidspotter, IPP, fedEquipment
are all places ive frequented for years.
EquipLab on Ebay is a good shop too. hes in socal, and hip to what we use/need and is a great guy to work with in my experience.
Someone posted this auction site: Government Surplus Auctions - govdeals.com up a while ago. I’ve seen a couple of different pallets of vacuum pumps go for 3k. I wish I had some capital because there have been some awesome buys that I wish I was on the receiving end of.
Yeah, the only thing that really sucks about that site is that you have to arrange shipping, and it’s my ASSumption that they expect you to show up to deal with shipping yourself.
Everytime I go back to see my folks in Pennsylvania I check craigslist. You’d be surprised. Last time I was home saw 5 Edward’s pumps 200 a pump basically brand new. Lots of pharma there not a lot of MJ businesses. Most of the used equipment I find there is straight out of a pharma lab. I’ve had good luck in Illinois as well. Besides that universities all day. I keep an eye on UC davis used lab equipment.