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Thank You,
Chris
PS. My approach to that sale would be to go with as much cash in hand as I was willing to spend (often I'll take more because if he's like the rest of us, he'll have other stuff lying around he might want to sell) and look at it. Ask the seller his best price on it - most people build a little fluff into their prices and see what he really expects. It will probably be in the $100 range. Then tell him you had more like $60 in mind (I based this on what you could buy the components for). That will be above his cost to build it and you can negotiate from there. If he won't budge, it's up to you to decide whether to build your own or buy a variable frequency drive. $125 is not an unreasonable price, but I think you could do a lot better.
Important points in negotiating - go see the machine first. Don't try to negotiate over the phone before ever seeing it.
Cash is the coin of the realm. Don't expect to pay by check, even for expensive machines.
If it's already priced a lot lower than it should be, just pay the money and smile. Some will disagree since occasionally you can get an even better deal - a tool gloat, but you run the risk of insulting the seller, or if knowlegeable people learn of the price you may earn a reputation as being a little crooked or hard hearted.
Know your market and prices. For example, I'll be selling a nice Clausing lathe with a taper attachment and other essential tooling for a reasonable price when I get around to cleaning it up a little and figuring out what to let go with it, but I won't budge below my asking price. I'm in an area (north central PA) where they don't come up for sale often, and three different Craigs lists are within an hours drive. Rather than inflate the price a little for negotiations and potentially be a little higher than some buyer's price range, I'll ask what I want to get for it. My response to buyers who want to negotiate is that if it doesn't sell on one Craigslist, I'll move to another a month or so later. If after the three lists, it doesn't sell, I'll know I've overpriced it, and reconsider. My gut is that anyone who's been shopping will recognize they're getting a good deal and snatch it up fairly quickly.