Calling RP2813 Ralph - Vintage GE Combination Refrigerators - $75 (albany / el cerrito
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Sic 'em Ralph!
That Woodtone Brown one is really stunning. And the price is quite sweet.
lawrence
That Woodtone Brown one is really stunning. And the price is quite sweet.
lawrence
No F'ing Way!
This is the same joker who lurked here and saw the posting about the Woodtone Brown fridge when it was on ebay for 99c. I would have won it for that amount if not for his hijacking, so in an act of revenge I drove the price up to something like $200.
I fully understand that he had every right to bid on that fridge, but there's a protocol we generally observe here on this site to step aside if someone has decided to go after an ebay item. It really pissed me off that a lurker/outsider mined information from here in order to go after an item an AW member had already bid on.
After his win, this guy had the nerve to pull up my profile for my e-mail address and proceeded to contact me for help with the fridge because it wouldn't shut off. I was polite about it and played dumb about what might be wrong even though I knew it was a bad cold control, a very common issue with these older GE's. Hell would freeze over before I offered this guy any assistance.
Then he offered to sell it to me. Yeah, right. Like I'm some fool that would give him what he paid for it.
The yellow fridge showed up on our local CL listings sometime later. It was a beater so I wasn't interested. Not long after that, the yellow fridge showed up for sale in a thread here. The guy signed up as a member in an attempt to pawn that fridge onto someone else, making claims that it worked OK even after he had harvested parts off of it in hopes of repairing the brown fridge. I alerted Robert with an advisory that the seller had harvested parts off the fridge and was attempting to dump it. Robert posted a warning in the thread and it went into free-fall.
Now he's got both of them on CL and neither of them are in proper working order. At least he's being somewhat honest about that this time.
His CL ad has been running for quite some time. Unfortunately, both fridges are likely headed to the crusher. If things had worked out differently, the brown fridge might be happily keeping drinks cold for me right now. Which fate for such a beautiful machine would any of us here prefer?
I feel bad about both of these fridges' appointment with destiny, but this unethical person doesn't deserve a penny for either machine after what he's done to them both.
Here's a link to his thread with the yellow fridge. As you can see, he still has a grand total of one whole post some 221 days later.
www.automaticwasher.org
This is the same joker who lurked here and saw the posting about the Woodtone Brown fridge when it was on ebay for 99c. I would have won it for that amount if not for his hijacking, so in an act of revenge I drove the price up to something like $200.
I fully understand that he had every right to bid on that fridge, but there's a protocol we generally observe here on this site to step aside if someone has decided to go after an ebay item. It really pissed me off that a lurker/outsider mined information from here in order to go after an item an AW member had already bid on.
After his win, this guy had the nerve to pull up my profile for my e-mail address and proceeded to contact me for help with the fridge because it wouldn't shut off. I was polite about it and played dumb about what might be wrong even though I knew it was a bad cold control, a very common issue with these older GE's. Hell would freeze over before I offered this guy any assistance.
Then he offered to sell it to me. Yeah, right. Like I'm some fool that would give him what he paid for it.
The yellow fridge showed up on our local CL listings sometime later. It was a beater so I wasn't interested. Not long after that, the yellow fridge showed up for sale in a thread here. The guy signed up as a member in an attempt to pawn that fridge onto someone else, making claims that it worked OK even after he had harvested parts off of it in hopes of repairing the brown fridge. I alerted Robert with an advisory that the seller had harvested parts off the fridge and was attempting to dump it. Robert posted a warning in the thread and it went into free-fall.
Now he's got both of them on CL and neither of them are in proper working order. At least he's being somewhat honest about that this time.
His CL ad has been running for quite some time. Unfortunately, both fridges are likely headed to the crusher. If things had worked out differently, the brown fridge might be happily keeping drinks cold for me right now. Which fate for such a beautiful machine would any of us here prefer?
I feel bad about both of these fridges' appointment with destiny, but this unethical person doesn't deserve a penny for either machine after what he's done to them both.
Here's a link to his thread with the yellow fridge. As you can see, he still has a grand total of one whole post some 221 days later.
Early 60's Yellow GE Frost Guard Bottom Freezer Combination
Nice left hinge fridge works well and gets cold fast. Needs a condenser fan. Overall good condition but needs to be cleaned. Asking $200, I can help load from my garage or work with your shipper. Located in SF Bay Area East Bay.
www.automaticwasher.org
Unfortunately that's easier said than done, Travis. The truck has brake issues that I haven't been able to resolve. But regardless, the brown fridge is obviously GE's largest 1959 model, which won't fit in the space anymore now that the adjacent bathroom has been reconfigured. At this point, all I can accommodate is one of the smaller 30" wide models.
I do hope someone saves that woodtone from the crusher. It is a rare find and appears to be in great cosmetic condition.
Ironic that I bid on a matching woodtone GE frig and Liberator range in Lousiville several years ago. I won the Liberator but was out bid in the last 5 seconds on the frig. The person that won the frig also got my email address and was wanting help after it would work correctly. Just a coincidence I guess. I told them I would buy it from them but I never heard back from them.
Ironic that I bid on a matching woodtone GE frig and Liberator range in Lousiville several years ago. I won the Liberator but was out bid in the last 5 seconds on the frig. The person that won the frig also got my email address and was wanting help after it would work correctly. Just a coincidence I guess. I told them I would buy it from them but I never heard back from them.
No one likes Sloppy Seconds....
*LOL*
Remember that brown GE fridge and the drama what came afterwards. Honestly da noive of some people. You slip in and nab something but things don't go right, so you sneak around and try to get someone else to "eat" your mistake so you aren't out of pocket. The fridge is a treasure but if someone pulled that stunt on me they could find themselves buried in that treasure.
*LOL*
Remember that brown GE fridge and the drama what came afterwards. Honestly da noive of some people. You slip in and nab something but things don't go right, so you sneak around and try to get someone else to "eat" your mistake so you aren't out of pocket. The fridge is a treasure but if someone pulled that stunt on me they could find themselves buried in that treasure.
ovrphil
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Choose Wisely Grasshopper
Ralph - you have my sympathies and if neither works for you, end of story. I forgot all about your
experiences with the yellow one.
SM, Inc. (scrap metal) is not a better ending, so if these are worth chasing, and the deal is $79…
let the owner pay for a vessel or his own casket.
Ralph - you have my sympathies and if neither works for you, end of story. I forgot all about your
experiences with the yellow one.
SM, Inc. (scrap metal) is not a better ending, so if these are worth chasing, and the deal is $79…
let the owner pay for a vessel or his own casket.
