Used Honda 2000 value?

crcr wrote:

wvabeer wrote:
New they are 1000. Used should be half price

Shoulda isn't the market for these Honda gensets. You will seldom ever find one for $500 unless it's totally trashed. They hold value very very well.

Ditto.

today's listing: $800-$850

http://spokane.craigslist.org/search/sss?query=Eu2000i&sort=rel

wvabeer wrote:
New they are 1000. Used should be half price

Shoulda isn't the market for these Honda gensets. You will seldom ever find one for $500 unless it's totally trashed. They hold value very very well. I bought a clean used one for $620 and only got it because I was the first person to get there when the ad came out.

wvabeer wrote:
New they are 1000. Used should be half price

And I should be taller.

It is crazy how they hold their value. If I saw one advertised for $500, I would buy it and re-sell for $750 or $800. But unless I got lucky, or was trolling craiglist looking for one, I would miss out on that $500 one because it would sell in an hour.

wvabeer wrote:
New they are 1000. Used should be half price

Must not own a used one?

New they are 1000. Used should be half price

I sold my first one for $850 back in 2011.

I see decent looking ones on CL for anywhere from 700-850.

http://seattle.craigslist.org/see/tld/4949799606.html

THen I see some that are under $700, look like they fell out of a DOT truck, like this (and are listed as "lightly used" - what a joke)

http://portland.craigslist.org/mlt/fod/4953648906.html

4aSong wrote:

TNRIVERSIDE wrote:
As you know there $1,000 to 1,200 new so he's priced about right. You can tell the hours by the number of times the indicator blinks. I think it's one blink for each 100 hours hours of run time. Check the Honda site for a manual to check this out. He sounds like he's priced about right.

I went online at the Honda site and checked the manual, and it says:

Output Indicator
The output indicator (green) is illuminated when the generator is
operating normally. It indicates that the generator is producing
electrical power at the receptacles.
In addition, the output indicator has a simplified hour meter function.

When you
start the engine, the indicator blinks according to the generator’s cumulative operating hours as follows:
• No blinks: 0–100 hours
• 1 blink: 100–200 hours
• 2 blinks: 200–300 hours
• 3 blinks: 300–400 hours
• 4 blinks: 400–500 hours
• 5 blinks: 500 or more hours

A neat feature offered by Honda.

Well I didn't RTFM, lol, that is a cool feature. Have to go home and try it tonight!
Thanks!

If you know someone that works for Honda you can get the employee discount, which is about $850 if I remember correctly.

I added a cheap hour meter to mine.... I had no idea the output indicator functioned as a simple hour meter. I guess I should have RTFM.