My son, Ken, has an Ender 3, of which the Neptune 3 is a clone. The printer that I wanted to give to my daughter is that old Neptune 3, that I got from Joe in a trade. Ken likes it, but often talks about how it is a tinkerer's printer. Just this morning, I watched a YouTube Video (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WpwskaG6q1M) where the guy talked about the Ender 3, and how it is really a tinkerer's printer. "If you like to tinker, you will really like the Ender 3." Now, my daughter is many things, but a tinkerer she is not. And, she wants her eleven-year-old daughter to run the 3D printing.
So, I decided that, while it's a good printer, I'm not giving that Neptune 3 to my daughter. So, I got back on OfferUp (https://offerup.com/) and found a "like new" Centauri Carbon for only $140. So, I put in an offer for it, and he accepted. We are meeting at a KFC which is on our way home from Church, so I don't even have to go out of my way to pick it up.
(https://images.offerup.com/X0mQ-_F45SoK-GIECbaHBVtlgN4=/887x1920/c575/c5756d5d3437477e91f112085af6b36b.jpg)
With all the things going so perfectly (good beginner's printer, great price, not going out of my way to pick it up, all this today,) I think that God wants this printer for my daughter. So, tomorrow, I'll pick it up and Monday I'll put a spool of filament on it to test it. Then, I'll order a selection of filament, like the ones that I got for myself and Peter, and then get it over to my daughter's place and teach my grand-daughter about printing.
Now, back to figuring out what to do with the Neptune - sell it, or fix it up and use it. I really need to find some way to make some money from my printers. Now that I have an accidental print farm, does anyone need outsourced printing? :P