35mm Slide Scanner Suggestions

Greetings All - I am looking for 35mm slide scanner recommendations in order to scan in ~1400 slides that have been in our family for many years that won't 'break the bank'. I'd rather have a piece of hardware that is dedicated for this task as opposed to a new scanner but all recommendations are helpful. When it is all complete I'll probably eBAY or otherwise dispose of the scanner in a similar manner.
Thanks in advance.

Nikon Coolscan 5000 ED with Slide Feeder SF-210.
http://nikon.ca/en/Product.aspx?m=16314
Not sure what you mean by "break the bank"... There are services out there that will scan your slides in bulk volume. Scanning 1400 slides is not an easy job since it is tedious. You can only fill this slide feeder with 50 slides at once, come back a few hours later, drop in another stack.

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