It seems like their are a lot of regional clubs popping up where locals can buy and sell machines without going thru the marketplace.
After getting ejected from the statewide thread a few weeks back without warning for going slightly off topic, I took the mod's advice and am starting a more local club where posters can post machines they have for sale and ones they might want to buy.
In the tradition of the craigslist thread I started a few years ago, going off topic is OK here and anybody that wants to whine about it should go elsewhere. Rock On!