My lab is looking to put an additional HiSeq 2500 v4 in place, Illumina do not have any (refurbs) to sell in the US or Europe so I thought I’d post here to see if any Core Genomics readers have an instrument they are looking to retire? If we can offer you more than Illumina’s trade-in on a HiSeq 4000 then we might be able to come to some arrangement!
Drop me an email at James.Hadfield@cruk.cam.ac.uk if you might be able to help.
I sometimes joke about buying a sequencer for my basement on ebay. Apparently you actually could: http://www.ebay.com/itm/V4-Warranty-Illumina-HiSeq-2500-neXtGen-Sequencer-will-do-V4-chemistry-/171762478377?hash=item27fdd76d29#viTabs_0
Just a heads up that Illumina has instituted a new policy on transactions involving used equipment. It is a bit more complicated (and expensive) than it used to be…