Micah IlberyI'm on a selling spree, selling all the stuff I no longer need or want something new/different. I think the hardest thing so far for me to sell is my espresso machine. Both in terms of finding a buyer and in terms of attachment. I bought this espresso machine when I was working as a barista and saved all the paycheck I could for quite a while to afford it. I love this thing. But now I want an upgrade and can't (and shouldn't) keep it around for sentimental reasons. But finding a buyer is ruff.
It's an expensive machine and there are very few people in the market for such a machine that are within local pickup distance. Especially since I don't live in a big city so the sheer number of people is lower.
KiwiRed@micahilbery My first thought was this comic. I wish you luck, though, when selling good quality gear can be such a nightmare.
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Colgrave@micahilbery Thats a beast 
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×cough× Flair 58? 🙄🫣🤪👌
×cough× Flair 58? 🙄🫣🤪👌
@Nebukadneza I do want a flair at some point but I don't think @kimilbery (my wife) would appreciate having to manually make her espresso in the morning. She's not quite as keen on experimentation as I am lol. I went with a Sanremo You for all the manual paddle pressure/flow profiling I want, with the preset volumetric profiles she wants (and sometimes me if it's one of those "I need coffee before I can make my coffee" kinda days)
@micahilbery @kimilbery Ahh, I kind of get that, the convenience aspect. And the YOU is a nice piece of hardware alright. One thing my past machine journey has taught me though, is that often maintenance becomes a real burden after 4-5 years. When threads starting to wear out, cable insulation and cableshoes crumble to dust, or plastic inlet hosing starts to develop holes … and with the cramped space of non-commercial machines, tinkering on them is a real chore.
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@micahilbery @kimilbery That’s why I so love the simplicity of pressure-less, open-boiler, fully-manual machines, where you can access every bit directly to clean and to lubricate, where no non-standard wearing parts are used, where you don’t have to worry about tiny bits of scale-up clogging magnetic valves or needle-adjusters. In the medium to long run, this saves me hassle, even accounting the a bit higher per-shot effort.
All said … I still get your usecase ^_^. Do report about the machine!