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I have a habit of haunting the dovebid site - every now and then they have some pretty good stuff - buried among all the horribly overvalued junk. They don't deal much with small stuff though.
I only have a spring loaded solder pump, but then I don't take apart too much stuff. For the bulk desoldering sessions, I just use the heat gun/paint stripper and toast away. Less frustration than trying to wriggle every last pin.
BTW, any particular reason not to recommend Metcal's? They're obviously pricey and replacement tips are doubly so, but the 5 second warmup and freakish amount of heat they can pump into a joint are pretty useful.