My neighbor has a Whitfield Profile 20 FS-2 freestanding pellet stove he wants to sell. Not knowing any better I gave him a rough guess of $650. As you can see it's in operating condition and he's got some spare parts and the piping to go with it. It's too small for his basement and since it's unfinished the concrete radiates cold. He works down there on man stuff during the winter, plus the laundry is there also so his wife gets chilly...
Gonna play hell getting that RTV glued together vent apart. 650 is a bit high but then it's your money, not mine.
Just looking for a price so he can sell it. Whitfield is a Lennox company so my guess is it's pretty well made. I looked on Craigslist today and as I expected there are a BUNCH of pellet stoves for sale now, people bailing out after the rush last fall, deciding they don't want it.
FB Marketplace is loaded as well. Problem with most of them is the old 'plug and play' syndrome and they are loaded with ash or screwed up and not working properly. 3 years ago I bought a slightly used USSC 6039 multi fuel for the shop. Got the venting as well. Got everything home and pressure washed the stove inside and out, sandblasted it and repainted it. Had to buy a new board the owner was too stupid to use a surge protector and the venting had a nice birds nest in it. I find people amazingly stupid but then I got it cheap. Heats the shop fine and of course loves field corn.
Unless his basement is huge, he'd probably save money by throwing up some rigid foam insulation to keep the concrete from sucking up the heat instead of getting a bigger stove (I am assuming that a bigger stove is his intent). Once I covered my concrete block foundation, my P61a became way oversized for my basement and pellet usage went down. For even more comfort and savings, put in a raised flooring system so there is an air gap between the concrete floor and where the feet walk. That is priceless in and of itself. But, as corncob said, not my money so he can do whatever he likes. I think for this area (I'm not too far from where you are), that price is okay as a starting point. If an educated buyer comes along, they would talk it down about $200 since those are no longer made. The positives are, that parts seem to be available and Whits seem to be solid stoves.
Unfortunatly that's why my guesstimate was what it was, and yes I checked for parts availability before I gave him my guess. I'll never ever understand the appeal of haggling, it's a stupid archaic practice and total waste of of the most precious resource, time. Who's being fooled?, getting the best deal?, the buyer or the seller? The buyer leaves to brag how much they talked the seller down, and the seller brags how much more than it's worth they got ...dumb...
Someone who is smart said " Unless his basement is huge, he'd probably save money by throwing up some rigid foam insulation to keep the concrete from sucking up the heat instead of getting a bigger stove (I am assuming that a bigger stove is his intent). Once I covered my concrete block foundation, my P61a became way oversized for my basement and pellet usage went down. For even more comfort and savings, put in a raised flooring system so there is an air gap between the concrete floor and where the feet walk. That is priceless in and of itself." from someone that is stupid so called pink pellets are cheap huh JT?
Dr. Whitfeid is the starting point for pellet stoves any of the stoves that were built prior to its sale are built like tanks and Lenox knew about heating as to how well they understood pellets I haven't a clue. Always try a talkdown.
3 of the 4 pellet stoves here were bought used, which I completely disassembled and rebuilt. Yes, people are stupid, and worse they like to be stupid, all the while running their mouths incessantly about how smart they are.
I'm not sure its an "appeal of haggling". A lot of times sellers overvalue their offerings (intentionally or not - makes no difference). It may not be worth that much to the buyer. Nothing wrong with offering less if it isn't worth the asking price to you. If I want something off CL/FBM, and think it is priced fairly (in my eyes), then I don't haggle. If they are a bit off from how I value it, I'll offer less up front before I even go to look. If they don't take the price I offer then that is fine, I didn't want it that badly (I never re-offer at a higher price). For some, time is a valued resource, and they will pay the asking price. For others, time is not so much a consideration. Haggling should be a win-win situation. The buyer doesn't have to take an offered price and if they aren't open to haggling, that is when they put "firm" on their ads. The seller doesn't have to pay more than they want / can afford. If they aren't both happy with the transaction then someone is doing it wrong.
A good running Whit will bring $1000 easy out here..... When I buy used ones that are basically sound but are suffering from neglect (Plugged full of ash and likely never had a drop of oil put in the exhaust fan bushings) $200-$250 max The ones that somebodies brother in law worked on and the stove still did not work.....MUCH LESS We have two Whitfields.....VERY GOOD MACHINES
