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Zerostat: Old is Gold?

I was recently in the market for a Zerostat gun.  I looked online and saw that they had moved their production from England to China.  Of course, without any reduction in price.  As I try to avoid Chinese manufacture as much as I can,  I thought I would buy a used one on ebay.  I bid on a few auctions but was surprised to see them selling for around $50 for one in decent (but hardly new) condition.  The new blue Zerostats from China are $80 and up. 

Are the old Zerostats in some way superior to the newer Chinese made that would justify the (IMO) relatively high prices being realized for the original guns?
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lewm
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Do you seriously think anyone knows whether a new Xerostat made in China works any better or worse than one made in England a decade or longer ago? A scientific comparison could be made, but I doubt that it has been made.  I await other responses.
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gromitinwa
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It is surprising what people know, and I would have thought that the whole point of a forum such as this one is to share knowledge. I don't really see why you need to be so rude to the OP in your unhelpful response.
jim204
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I bought a Zerostat blue which I presume to be made in China over here in the UK a few months ago and it works just as well as the one I first bought 40 odd years ago. Oh and the price was just 42 pounds so I think someone is making a killing somewhere. I must also say that I buy lots of things for my computer direct from China and on average I pay about a third of the price as buying on E Bay. Again someone is doing well at our expense and I have no notion of giving up buying from China.
randy-11
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huh - maybe I should sell mine
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hifiman5
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