How I Got Four 3D Printers for $500

[pghp8ntballer]

I couldn’t think of a more catchy title

But the catch first: this is regional to Pittsburgh, eastern Ohio, and one location in South Carolina.

There is a fairly new company in the Pittsburgh area that buys returned/open box/damaged items from big places like Amazon, Walmart, Home Depot, etc and auctions them off similar to ebay. The company is called Mac Discount and the website is Mac.bid

They have several warehouses around Pittsburgh, one in Boardman, Ohio and one in South Carolina.

Since my wife and I learned about it, it’s been like crack to us, lol. But seriously we got all new baby things (2 car seats and a base, bouncy seat, and swing) that were all new but the boxes were rough. We paid less than half or significantly less than half retail price for all of it. We had scored a new $140 sewing machine table for $13 and change… no joke.

Several other things we won were used, mis-labeled and wrong, and in one case severely used/returned. Yet we haven’t lost any money yet because everything we won, we use or were needing. If it didn’t work correctly I fixed it. Like the heavy used/returned compact washing machine.

Now onto the good stuff.

I bought my Ender 3 V2 for 30% off from Creality on Thanksgiving Day. Pretty good deal huh? I love this thing and I learned a ton about printing and the machines. This had allowed me to do what comes next…

Since March, I’ve bought:

~$50 Laser engraver (mislabeled as printer missing parts - used no issues - retail $240)
~$100 Voxelab Aquila (used- hot end packed with melted filament - $0 to repair - Retail $200)
~ $50 EasythreeD K1 “kids printer” (used - no issues - retail $90)
~ $40 Creality CR-100 “kids printer” (used - no issues - retail $160 when they were made)
~ $260 FLSun Super Racer - (used - nozzle clogged and extruder jammed - $0 repair - retail $500)

So if any of you happen to be within driving distance of the warehouses (and in most cases they transfer between warehouses except SC) take advantage of some potential deals. This is getting much more popular but with some patience, attention, knowledge, and luck you can get some sweet stuff cheap!

[William the Third]

Very Interesting. The South Carolina location is only about 1.5hrs south of me.

[pghp8ntballer]

There been a number of things we found just to realize they are in SC and can’t be transferred. Hopefully they expand in the SC area.
I would bet there are other companies like them but I have never heard of them. This place is gaining popularity very quickly around here. The local warehouse to us is always busy

[William the Third]

If you find something in SC you really want/need, but they won't transfer it, just let me know. Cover my fuel cost and any shipping fees is all I'd ask.

[Rainmaker]

pghp8ntballer what is the noise level of the FLSUN super racer? More or less noisy compared to the Ender 3?

[pghp8ntballer]

Rainmaker It’s equivalent I’d say once you take the fan shroud off of the Ender. But to clarify the Ender is a V2 so it’s super quiet. I’ve never been around an original Ender 3 with the non-silent drivers so I don’t know how loud they were. The Aquila is the same way. The SR is nice and quiet and makes some different sounds because of the delta design. Not bad sounds. I think it’s the difference between the V-rollers as compared to the linear rails used on the SR.