We are often left in a awkward situation at Standard.  Someone who is seriously looking to set up a shoe repair shop, but cannot afford our (eminently reasonably priced!) new or reconditioned machinery will often enquire after second hand equipment.  We have always been loathe to offer equipment that is strictly secondhand.  Partly because secondhand kit is just that - secondhand.  Not repaired.  Not repainted.  Not guaranteed.  Also, some other makes and models are no longer supported, making it difficult for a company of our stature to offer machinery we know is, by all measurable indicators, obsolete.

However, we do sometimes have equipment traded-in which is useable, and would perhaps do a job for someone starting out.  Whilst we might not want to commit resources to fully refurbish these machines, we know that some time with one of our engineers, and a big dollop of TLC and the machine could be turned around sufficiently to offer at a price much reduced from our new or even reconditioned equipment.

Having, along with the rest of you, seen some of the shocking examples of rusted, scrap metal littering E-bay, purporting to be shoe repair machinery, we were forced to ask ourselves - could we do better?  It would pretty rum if we couldn't!  To that end we have set up an offical E-bay selling site that we will use periodically for selling secondhand, tested, checked over equipment.  Not covered by our usual range of warranties, but priced accordingly.

This is the first one we have listed, and we'll see how it goes to see how we will approach such sales in the future.  remember, if you want to bid, make sure you do it often and high!!!

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/GP140-Shoe-Repair-Finisher-/131446695894?