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  • Happy Copier
    Technician
    • Mar 2019
    • 45

    Question About Pricing A Used 3500i

    Hello everyone!!!....Let's say you've got a Kyocera 3500i with around 400k on it. It's making great copies and fuser looks great, no problems at all. It would be put immediately under a maintenance agreement so seller would be responsible for any future repairs.

    What would be your price to sell it?

    How about rent on a copier in that size range and is around 7 years old, what would something like that rent for where you are?

    Thank you so much for any help!!
  • Tonerkiller
    Senior Tech

    500+ Posts
    • Oct 2012
    • 656

    #2
    Re: Question About Pricing A Used 3500i

    Put it this way, parts will be unavailable in about 2 years.

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    • copiertec
      Service Manager

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      1,000+ Posts
      • Jan 2016
      • 2172

      #3
      Re: Question About Pricing A Used 3500i

      Originally posted by Happy Copier
      Hello everyone!!!....Let's say you've got a Kyocera 3500i with around 400k on it. It's making great copies and fuser looks great, no problems at all. It would be put immediately under a maintenance agreement so seller would be responsible for any future repairs.

      What would be your price to sell it?

      How about rent on a copier in that size range and is around 7 years old, what would something like that rent for where you are?

      Thank you so much for any help!!
      Besides the parts issue that tonerkiller mentioned, it also has limited SMB scanning capabilities and no technical support from Kyocera. Our company stopped selling these units several years ago due to such issues.

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      • Happy Copier
        Technician
        • Mar 2019
        • 45

        #4
        Re: Question About Pricing A Used 3500i

        Originally posted by copiertec
        Besides the parts issue that tonerkiller mentioned, it also has limited SMB scanning capabilities and no technical support from Kyocera. Our company stopped selling these units several years ago due to such issues.
        Are you saying the SMB is limited because it is 1.0? I know you cannot scan to a thumb drive from the 3500.

        Sent from my SM-G930V using Tapatalk

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        • tmaged
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          • Oct 2008
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          #5
          Re: Question About Pricing A Used 3500i

          Originally posted by Happy Copier
          Are you saying the SMB is limited because it is 1.0? I know you cannot scan to a thumb drive from the 3500.

          Sent from my SM-G930V using Tapatalk
          You can scan to a flash drive, and if you get the local firmware from Kyocera, you can scan using SMB V2 and 3 I believe.
          Hope that helps !
          -Tony
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          • mtcchuck
            Technician
            • Oct 2016
            • 49

            #6
            Re: Question About Pricing A Used 3500i

            Originally posted by tmaged
            You can scan to a flash drive, and if you get the local firmware from Kyocera, you can scan using SMB V2 and 3 I believe.
            you can still get tech support on the TASKalfa 3500i. Called this week

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            • Happy Copier
              Technician
              • Mar 2019
              • 45

              #7
              Re: Question About Pricing A Used 3500i

              Originally posted by tmaged
              You can scan to a flash drive, and if you get the local firmware from Kyocera, you can scan using SMB V2 and 3 I believe.
              Are you sure about it scanning to flash drive? I read the specs a couple days ago and it did not say scan to USB, I looked at the 3501 and it had USB listed. I was trying to answer the question if it could scan to a flash drive.

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              • tmaged
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                • Oct 2008
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                #8
                Re: Question About Pricing A Used 3500i

                [QUOTE=Happy Copier;774330]Are you sure about it scanning to flash drive? I read the specs a couple days ago and it did not say scan to USB, I looked at the 3501 and it had USB listed. I was trying to answer the question if it could scan to a flash drive.

                Yes, it will definitely print from and scan to a USB/Flash drive.
                Hope that helps !
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                • JR2ALTA
                  Service Manager

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                  • Feb 2010
                  • 2016

                  #9
                  Re: Question About Pricing A Used 3500i

                  With 400k its a dubious refurb. Maybe 2k tops

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                  • Happy Copier
                    Technician
                    • Mar 2019
                    • 45

                    #10
                    Re: Question About Pricing A Used 3500i

                    Originally posted by JR2ALTA
                    With 400k its a dubious refurb. Maybe 2k tops
                    When these machines can make it to a million copies, why would you stay away from that number of copies? Thanks for your opinion!

                    Sent from my SM-G930V using Tapatalk

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                    • JR2ALTA
                      Service Manager

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                      • Feb 2010
                      • 2016

                      #11
                      Re: Question About Pricing A Used 3500i

                      Originally posted by Happy Copier
                      When these machines can make it to a million copies, why would you stay away from that number of copies? Thanks for your opinion!

                      Sent from my SM-G930V using Tapatalk
                      I didn't say stay away. I gave a price based on age and number of copies. But I am not in sales so take it with a grain of salt.

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                      • Happy Copier
                        Technician
                        • Mar 2019
                        • 45

                        #12
                        Re: Question About Pricing A Used 3500i

                        Originally posted by JR2ALTA
                        I didn't say stay away. I gave a price based on age and number of copies. But I am not in sales so take it with a grain of salt.
                        Excuse me, I misunderstood. Thank you

                        Sent from my SM-G930V using Tapatalk

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                        • blackcat4866
                          Master Of The Obvious

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                          • Jul 2007
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                          #13
                          Re: Question About Pricing A Used 3500i

                          I would structure it as a short term rental month-by-month. That way when you can't fix it, you can just drop the agreement and resume with some other piece of equipment.

                          As far as I'm concerned this is not an issue of suitability of equipment, it's an ethical issue. Can I live with selling a piece of equip that can't be serviced in a couple years. This solution covers both. =^..^=
                          If you'd like a serious answer to your request:
                          1) demonstrate that you've read the manual
                          2) demonstrate that you made some attempt to fix it.
                          3) if you're going to ask about jams include the jam code.
                          4) if you're going to ask about an error code include the error code.
                          5) You are the person onsite. Only you can make observations.

                          blackcat: Master Of The Obvious =^..^=

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                          • Scott
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                            • Dec 2009
                            • 185

                            #14
                            Re: Question About Pricing A Used 3500i

                            Agree with Blackcat

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