I went to see the machine... I was able to talk him down to $800, which is good, however, when you say no lowballers and drop your price 40%, that's odd. There was a terrible sound coming from it while running, he said that's how it sounds. I tinkered with it and fixed that (pulley on motor was rubbing on motor's collar.) Head seemed incredibly hard to move upward. A lot of things that lead me to believe care upkeep wasn't done regularly or well. It's Colorado School of Mines race team/shop. It just wasn't connecting to me...wasn't feeling it. Holding out sounds smart but I've missed some good deals...