Help identify this Adkins.

[IrishPrint]

Please find attached two pics.

This is being sold relatively local to me and am about to reach out and identify if it's a deal that i should do.

Hoping for some help, any ideas on age/model/worth on this one?

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[Justin]

Looks like an old Adkins Beta UK made same as mine, ask for date off the plate.

[Earl Smith]

Agreed. Same as mine and a damn good press too. If its the model with interchangable plattens then it will cost more. Cant help with price though, sorry.

[IrishPrint]

So i've looked at this and has some wear on the underside at the top and some breaks in the wiring - wiring is easily enough fixed.

I've been told I can have this for 400 Euros, it's a manufactured in 2005 model.

Here's the info plate:

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Does the fact that this is 12 years old factor into the decision making process or should I go with my instinct and bite his hand off?

[socialgiraffe]

i have had this model in the past (my ex business partner scum still has it), great machine and very reliable.

Little story...

I have a slightly newer Adkins Beta (buttons are different, but that is all), the machine gets an absolute hammering as I have a contract to print 20,000+ hi vis vests a year. The machine never misses a beat and since purchase (almost 10 years ago), it has only had £300 spent on it because I dropped it! While it was in for a service I had a loan Adkins Beta which was over 20 years old. I offered to purchase that machine as it would have made a great back up, the company said sure, £500 and its yours, that is how reliable they are.

[logobear]

price will depend on state of pins, if buzzer works, if it has always had a spring on the back, if post has beeh helicoiled etc.
Every part is fixable ... price for working from £100 (a wreck) to £600+ is common on ebay

[Dalbag123]

I have the new one and apart from the manufacturing of the machine, the design has not changed much at all. Heard the older models than mine are better.