What is too much to spend on a used 1604

Hi

I know this might be a bit contentious but is $9500.00 too much to pay for a 1604 (2007). That does seems to be around the going rate for a used machine but would I be buying a bag of hurt. If a seller tells me their upgrading a 1604 to a 1638 can I really believe their going to put another $12,000 into a new machine if the 1604 is really printing fine. I really have no idea how well the machine has been looked after.

I'm very technical but at the same time don't want to pump another 2 to 3,000 into the machine soon after buying.

Immediate alternative is to buy a new 1204 and just accept the size limitations.

BTW, been printing posters and banners for many years but our machine has recently died so need to replace it immediately. $10K is all the cash I have to spend so thats my limit.

Thoughts

 

CS-SignSupply-TT

Not the machine I was looking at, but the 4000 sqft that this machine has printed is about 20 rolls of media right ? (Banner Material).

 

Thanks Guys

Your advice is very much appreciated, I guess the consensus is $10k is way too much to pay for a used 1604.

I'm going to try following up on a few of the suggestions posted here and try to give you some feedback on what I decided to do in a week or so.

 

Budget on this wide-format machine was always going to be a problem for me since we're really an offset print shop who print signs and banners as an additional service. Having just said that I did go a little over my $10K budget in the end and decided to buy a new machine.

I had a good look at a few of the machines that others mentioned here and found the best deal on a new (in box not demo or recon) Epson GS6000 for $13K including shipping to my store. I understand the GS6000 is just about to be EOL'ed hence why I got the deal but since I almost considered buying a 5 year old machine for 10K this seems like a good option. For me at least.

The Epson's is in transit at the moment and I should be taking delivery of it on Tuesday.