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Used Duplo 645

I'm taking over the small family business in January and looking at Cutter-Slitter-Creasers. I'm seeing a used Duplo 645 with an attractive price tag, but no idea how long they hold up. Its 10 years old with 4 million cuts/slits and 200,000 creases. Any thoughts or questions I should ask? Or just forget it?
 
Search the forum as this topic comes up regularly. Cutting to the chase, the 645 is a very old model, approaching 20 years old I believe. We don't have an SCC but did look at them a couple of years ago and concluded the 618 is the winner, since it is fast and the tools are removable. So if we ever get one, it would be the 618.

Buying a 15 year old SCC is akin to buying a 10 year old digital press. Generally it's been ditched for something more modern because it's become tired/expensive to maintain/inconsistent in output quality/reliability/no longer commercially viable. Personally I wouldn't touch it, as it's likely to become a bottomless money pit and even then, there's no guarantees it will ever be a reliable asset that will make you money, instead likely to introduce wastage and reprint costs. Buy once, cry once, and get a 618 (if you really need an SCC, that is), not a boat anchor.
 
Duplo 615, 645 are discontinued. The major replaceable items you cant get. The cutter unit and motor. Rollers?? Id stand clear unless it is really cheap.
 

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