{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"New vs. Used: Understanding Where the Real Value Is | Ep 257","description":"Should you buy a used CNC machine or buy new? The price tag says one thing. The next five years of ownership say something completely different. In Episode 257 of Talkin' Shop with ShopSabre, Brandon Bombardo and Nick Peters take on the question every shop owner eventually has to answer. Not just about CNC machines either. Your next truck, your next piece of equipment, your next major investment. Same trap, every time. Here is the part nobody tells you. Price is what you pay today. Value is what you actually receive over the life of what you own. Those are two completely different conversations, and confusing them is the most expensive mistake in your shop. Brandon lays out exactly what you are buying when you buy new, and it is a much longer list than steel and motors. He also gets into what you are quietly signing up for when you buy used, including the costs that do not show up until ownership starts. The guys get into the stuff that actually bites: air supply damage you cannot see, grease history you will never know, control systems that cannot connect to anything, parts that stopped being made, and the phone call you make when your machine is down and nobody has any obligation to pick up. This is not an anti-used-equipment episode. Brandon is clear that used gear has helped countless shops get started and it deserves credit for that. It is an episode about walking in with the right expectations instead of the wrong ones. Plus three customer questions, including the one Brandon takes personally. If you have ever told yourself you are not shopping on price, this one is going to sting a little. Hit like if it did. Drop a comment and tell us the last thing you bought cheap and regretted, and subscribe so you catch next week's episode. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Get a Quote Today: https:\/\/www.shopsabre.com\/get-a-quote\/ Explore ShopSabre CNC Routers: https:\/\/www.shopsabre.com\/all-cnc-routers\/ Follow us for daily CNC content Facebook: https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/shopsabre Instagram: https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/shopsabre X\/Twitter: https:\/\/x.com\/ShopSabreCNC TikTok: https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@shopsabre LinkedIn: https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/shopsabre-cnc\/ ","author_name":"Talkin Shop with ShopSabre","author_url":"http:\/\/www.shopsabre.com","html":"