Cheap next to free stuff on craigslist

I have been for a while looking through craigslist adds free stuff. One would be surprised that folks will just give stuff away like hospital beds massage tables and chairs from medical office's. Some of them are cheap and next to nothing. It's worth looking at.

I've got a couple old medical furniture items from CL and elsewhere. My favorite is an old medical standing cabinet. It is probably from the 1930s/1940s. It is enamel over metal, and it is that beautiful green/blue color that was popular during that time period. It has one drawer and a large cabinet compartment underneath. The person who was getting rid of it just wanted it out of his garage, his mom was a nurse at a local hospital and took it home when the hospital remodeled years ago. It was free! It is probably one of my favorite pieces of furniture in my house. And it's not embarrassing to have out on display!

I also got an old medical supply cabinet off CL. It was $50. It was also probably from the 30s/40s and was white enamel with black edging. It was a large cabinet that had a counter top and a whole bunch of compartmented drawers. I ended up selling it after I discovered it's value. It was a dentist's cabinet, so maybe that's why I wasn't too attached to it. I kind of wish I still had it.

The first exam table I had I paid $250 for it, I sold it a year later for $250, and picked up a better one for free.

I just got a nice otoscope and sphygmomanometer from CL for $25. It has been a while since I got something new for my exam room. Now I need to figure out were to put them so I can use them from both my exam table and my exam chair.

I found our Ritter 100 exam table on Craigslist for $75 back in May of 2018. I could not pass it up. Just tonight, I found a Ritter 157 goose neck exam light on rolling stand for $8.99 at one of our local Goodwill stores. Oh yes, it came home with me.

You can probably find stuff also now on Facebook Marketplace - granted not something I'd expect to be common, but it is worth a look.

It really pays off to regularly check the well known marketplaces. Sometimes one can be quite lucky.

It is not surprising, though, since most of the equipment has been used for its intended (i.e. non-fetish) purpose and thus people will replace it with better or newer things or get rid of it if it is no longer required. And in both cases they might even be very happy if someone picks the heavy exam table/bed or whatever it is up and they can avoid going to the trash yard.

It took quite a few visits, many of which produced cabinets for the shop etc., but I found a perfectly good exam table in a hospital dumpster complete with stirrups. Managed to load it in my truck without throwing my back out.