3D Printer Prices

[3DSteve]

As written, prices are difficult to compare, all depending on need. I am in the situation to consider purchase of a printer for metal printing. Still am not sure about the solution to go for, but need will be for different metals, including titan, as some customers need very corrosion resistant items. Where do those printers start, price-wise ? Assume printable size/volume as ZPrinter 650 (254 x 381 x 203 mm). Using a 650 for prototyping.
Is it any second hand market ? Or is it only "by chance" you can find second hand printers ? I know several companies selling their equipment due to "wrong" investment, often too optimistic to what market are ready for.

To print directly in metal, consider $400,000 a starting point.

To print models that can be cast (lost wax casting), $90,000 will get you a machine with large build volume. For $5,000 you can get a Micro-SLA device for casting purposes, but the models are very small.

Direct metal printing is VERY expensive at this point in time.

[kaupang]

Direct metal printing - who are the big operators (printer suppliers) ? 3D Systems, Arcam, Optomec ???
As for other printers, like ZPrinter 650, it is from time to time good offers available, as I wrote earlier, especially when companies have
understood that they have miscalculated the market, and "over-invested".
I would guess something like that also happens to owners of direct metal printers ? But where to find the market place for this ?
Maybe those printers are so attractive that they easy are replaced by either supplying company, or the owners by themselves ?