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Location: South Bend, Indiana | What is everyone's thoughts on this? It's up in the air for me... is it better to spend more and get new? Or risk it and buy used.... |
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Posts: 373
Location: Maine Township, MN | Personally if I can afford it, I'll buy new. Warranty is nice. |
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Posts: 68
| I suggest new without a doubt, you do not want to purchase used electronics unless you know the person you are buying it from or they are not to expensive. I guess it also depends on the amount you would be saving by buying it pre owned. I have personally purchased used inexpensive fish finders for myself in the past and they all worked out great. But to buy a pre owned higher end model with GPS and stuff say for $400 or $500 could be a little expensive and a little bit risky unless you know the seller or get a warranty............Just My Opinion JB |
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Posts: 114
Location: Kingston, Ontario | Know what you're buying in terms of features, and ask for an on the water demo. If everything looks good go ahead.
My experience locally is that the good finders (colour, gps, DI or SI etc) are only sold by the very serious fisherman (pros, semipro etc) and they take care of their gear for the most part.
I would not buy used on ebay or something like that. |
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Posts: 383
| I've bought a couple units on this site and (knock on wood), it's worked out very well for me. Do your homework, ask the seller lots of questions, and go into the purchase knowing you're rolling the dice. There are guys on this site who can afford to upgrade to bigger and better units each year. I'm not one of them, but I sure don't mind buying their old stuff if it's still a newer model and they've taken good care of it! |
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Posts: 75
| I bought mine Humminbird 987SI used from my fishing partner which also bought the same unit used a couple of years back. I experiencend no problems with it.
Thing is, before you buy test it on the water, for a long period of time not just a minute or so. When the unit is oke the seller will say that's no problem.
When it not in good condition or flawless the tell you this is not possible. |
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