William Husseys can be bought used for a $400-600. The parts are still available for older machines.
I'm not being snarky when I ask this, but I'm always trying to figure out where people find the deals that they talk about on here.
The MFT/3s for $150, the CXSs at a thrift store for $12, the pneumatic pocket-holer for $500, the $5,000 jointer/planer for $250 at an estate sale...
I see people mention Craigslist, occasionally eBay, and often times "I happened to find".
When I get on Craigslist, I get nothing for Festool. Facebook Marketplace occasionally has what looks to be a bunch of stolen tools at an insane price or tools that are completely beat up for almost full retail. Or there are Systainer bundles that disappear within 5 minutes of being posted (not that I'm bitter about those, at all... not me...). eBay is the land where DF500s and DF700s are listed Buy it Now for $200 over retail and other tools auction out within 90% of retail...
Is it because I'm only in a smallish blue-collar metro area? Do these deals come up in larger metros all the time?