Stop bothering yourself. You have made some excellent points. You can't have a reasonable discussion with those that are speak on emotion vice rationale reasoning.
Not sure why you need to speak to others like that here. You make some good points that get lost behind your attitude. Just saying. No one is personally attacking you. People are just getting fed up with all the price gouging going on in America now.
Is this a decent air compressor for sandblasting? Its a diesel made in 1984. They are asking for $1k. I know its old but that is by far the highest SCFM I have found for that price. Still starts right up. Its a 1984 Ingersoll Rand 100...