Motorized grain mill for $150?

[Kirkwooder]

I see several mills on ebay with a price and a "make an offer button". Has anyone ever tried to make a lower offer?

 

[wilserbrewer]

I see several mills on ebay with a price and a "make an offer button". Has anyone ever tried to make a lower offer?

Sure, go ahead and make an offer.

I’ve done it w/ success....I’d expect a slight discount 5-10% nothing crazy [emoji13]

 

[Kirkwooder]

I just bid $65 on a $97.89 3 roller mill on ebay that I've been watching. I'll keep you posted.

 

[deadwolfbones]

There are several of these motorized ones with a make-offer option. VERY tempting.

 

[wilserbrewer]

I just bid $65 on a $97.89 3 roller mill on ebay that I've been watching. I'll keep you posted.

Why did you bid so high LOL...you may get a counter offer like $94, thought I said 5-10 % and you lip of 35%.

They may counteroffer or just ignore you as a time waster

 

[Kirkwooder]

You can never offer less once you've made the offer, just like when your selling you can't ask for more once you've asked for a price.

 

[kh54s10]

I just bid $65 on a $97.89 3 roller mill on ebay that I've been watching. I'll keep you posted.

Let us know. If they go for it I will be giving a low offer on something soon.

 

[Kirkwooder]

Seller just made a counter offer of $97. lol Guess it didn't get me very far.

 

[augiedoggy]

I just bid $65 on a $97.89 3 roller mill on ebay that I've been watching. I'll keep you posted.

carefull that sounds like the one I bought that was total junk.
like this one only mine had black carbon steel rollers... didnt even work they used two left end plates and tried to make it work but the rollers could not be adjusted to be parallel.
http://rover.ebay.com/rover/1/711-5...0001&campid=5338413729&icep_item=312287814488

 

[bpgreen]

I ordered from the link in the first post. I once bought an ipod that had some problems. I could have fought on the problems, but the easiest thing was that the picture showed a vlack ipod and the one I got was white. The fact that the picture didn't match was enough. Since the picture here (saved) shows a motor, I think I can return it if the motor isn't included.

 

[odie]

here is mine. I bought it about a year ago off ebay ...just a 2 roller...mounted to a cutting board and feeds right into my mash tun

slow going...so I tried my 1/2 drill and used the trigger dial to slow the speed down...

like a hot knife thru butter...a big game changer...

 

[Kirkwooder]

Update:

So, after several offer/counter offer emails I ended at $72 and they would not go any lower than $95.

 

[wilserbrewer]

Update:

So, after several offer/counter offer emails I ended at $72 and they would not go any lower than $95.

Curious how low they may have gone w a higher offer?

Bidding very low imo is sometimes not very productive....

 

[augiedoggy]

Curious how low they may have gone w a higher offer?

Bidding very low imo is sometimes not very productive....

When people try to lowball me on the tvs I repair and sell I dont even bother responding.. even when they start throwing messages with higher offers to me. I also state my price and that its firm though in the ad description that so few decide to read.

 

[odie]

Most of the stuff on eBay is already close to minimum profit. They are competing with multiple sellers selling the same stuff. They have already cut each other’s throats

 

[augiedoggy]

Most of the stuff on eBay is already close to minimum profit. They are competing with multiple sellers selling the same stuff. They have already cut each other’s throats

I beg to differ, the chinese still make much more selling direct on ebay than american resellers will often pay.
Plenty of profit left I think since many ebay store owners buy in bulk and resell for a living. these mills for example are $30-60 each depending on how many you buy from manufacturers and resellers on alibaba.https://www.alibaba.com/trade/search?fsb=y&IndexArea=product_en&CatId=&SearchText=brewing+grain+mill (I have made multiple purchases from here and these prices are not fake like some want to claim, its what resellers often pay for this stuff we often pay way more retail for.)

On ebay they still sell for 99 bucks or more... thats still a healthy markup.

The problem is what used to be the norm of about 35% markup has now become 200% or more with many chinese made goods and everyone wants a quick buck by reselling at higher markups.

 

[bpgreen]

I wish I had waited and/or read more of the comments. I paid the asking price. It arrived the other day. It does, indeed, include a motor.

I haven't used it to mill any grains yet (and probably won't until some time next month), but I plugged it in and tested the motor, which runs. It also has two speed settings, although I didn't see much difference between them (but I wasn't milling anything, just testing that the motor worked).

The hopper needs to be assembled, but there are no tools required for that. The parts snap together. It's best to do this while sober.

It looks like it might work just balanced on a bucket, but I will probably try to put together something more stable than that.

 

[bpgreen]

I reread the thread and saw that the $97 was for a mill, not this mill+motor, so I guess paying full price wasn't as bad as I thought.

I may mill some raw wheat in the next few days just to test the mill (and use the milled wheat for breakfast cereal or something).

 

[Jcoldwate]

I bought a motorized 2 roller mill off of eBay and am very satisfied. I have had for about a year and works well with no issues. My purchase was timed right to be able to apply a 20% coupon code to boot.

The AC motor has a rear mounted fan for self-cooling. Motor is single speed. Rocker switch changes roller rotation direction. I mounted the set-up on a scrap board I had on hand. I cut to match the size of a 20 qt Sterlite tote I picked up at Menards.

 

[kh54s10]

I bought a motorized 2 roller mill off of eBay and am very satisfied. I have had for about a year and works well with no issues. My purchase was timed right to be able to apply a 20% coupon code to boot.

The AC motor has a rear mounted fan for self-cooling. Motor is single speed. Rocker switch changes roller rotation direction. I mounted the set-up on a scrap board I had on hand. I cut to match the size of a 20 qt Sterlite tote I picked up at Menards.

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Can't really see, but it looks like you need to tighten the gap quite a bit.

 

[Kirkwooder]

24"-36" of snow expected over the next 48 hours here in Western New York. I just added my first hops to the boil of batch #1 of two planned for today.

Just starting to snow.

 

[bpgreen]

I bought a motorized 2 roller mill off of eBay and am very satisfied. I have had for about a year and works well with no issues. My purchase was timed right to be able to apply a 20% coupon code to boot.

The AC motor has a rear mounted fan for self-cooling. Motor is single speed. Rocker switch changes roller rotation direction. I mounted the set-up on a scrap board I had on hand. I cut to match the size of a 20 qt Sterlite tote I picked up at Menards.

Thanks for the info on how the switch works. I like the way you've got it mounted. I'll have to look into a similar approach.

 

[sfrisby]

For anyone on the fence on this, I found this on Walmart.com for $148 which may help if you need to return for any reason. For that reason, I think I’ll pull the trigger.

https://www.walmart.com/ip/BestEqui...xtSpOV0By6AeUWWZ3r6b4AHPZBiWTUHhoCoAIQAvD_BwE

 

[day_trippr]

So are these really 40 RPM mills? Like 1.5 seconds per rotation? Or it that a typo?

Cheers!

 

[mongoose33]

So are these really 40 RPM mills? Like 1.5 seconds per rotation? Or it that a typo?

Cheers!

The one I had was about that speed. Sold that to a buddy and he's successfully crushed grain with it.

 

[augiedoggy]

my first attempt and motorizing my CK used an 80prm gear reduction motor and it worked but I thought it was slow.. i use a 170rpm motor now and im told the min speed recommended for best operation is 180rpm so I expect it takes a really long time with this mill.. still probably better than hand cranking.

 

[sfrisby]

Amy further updates from those that have used this mill?

 

[bracconiere]

For anyone on the fence on this, I found this on Walmart.com for $148 which may help if you need to return for any reason. For that reason, I think I’ll pull the trigger.

https://www.walmart.com/ip/BestEqui...xtSpOV0By6AeUWWZ3r6b4AHPZBiWTUHhoCoAIQAvD_BwE

Amy further updates from those that have used this mill?

?? sounds like you should be filling us in...

 

[sfrisby]

?? sounds like you should be filling us in...

You may be right. Ha! I’ll be doing something over the next month or two and if I go this route, I’ll update the thread.

It’s either this or the Ssbrewtech mill. [emoji6]

 

[bracconiere]

It’s either this or the Ssbrewtech mill. [emoji6]

i thought that might be what got you thinking about this again.