Very simple. eBay reduced the price to list items (even if they do not sell) and raised the fees for sold items. So, people are responding by jacking up the prices and listing unsellable garbage. I despise all that and try to list as little on eBay as possible.
Want a 15 HP 230v Baldor H2 VFD (single phase capable)? Or a 3 HP Baldor grinder with dust collector and stand? Or a heat treating furnace?
You did not look deeply enough. I once bought an impact wrench for $45, that I sold for $1,500 (and likely it was worth more).
I would think tat they could buy support equipment, like bench grinders, drill sharpeners, extra collets and chucks, machine parts etc. But as you say, not the "mainline" machinery and not critical measuring equipment.
A fortune 100-500 company isn't shopping Ebay unless there is something they need that is critical to the operation and they are looking everywhere to get out of a jam.
Our chucks are customs, we get product engineers from Sandvik, Kennametal, ect to trial their products in order to keep us happy or take away business from their competitors.
Now small shops, I'll call them mom and pa shops, they are looking for anyway possible to save a buck. The sole proprietorship is likely a good customer of Ebay.
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Are those the external dimensions, or those of the internal chamber?
I've got one (not for sale) which is about 12" or 14" on a side, mounted on steel legs perhaps 8" which has an internal workspace about the size of an anorexic brick. It easily makes it up to 1850 F in about an hour, and with an Omega controller settles down smoothly at that temperature with only about 1 degree F overshoot. It runs at about 7.7A from a 120 VAC line.
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