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Buying used hyrdaulics is a total crap shoot.
People who have Hope brakes tend to use their bikes. They are rider's brakes.
Shimano...not so much, although of course there are exceptions to the rule.
Anyway, ergo, buy used brakes, if you buy Hope they are more likely to be fucked simply because they have been ridden in to the ground. Shimano...not so much, but you might get unlucky.
If I sold you my Tech Evo / X2s you'd be blown away. I'm not going to though because the are incredible. They make the MT6s/Guides/SLX/Spyres we have look like the toys they are.