Maytag A502 Washer and Matching Drier

[whitelightning]

Found your forum on the web, fun reading............. Anyway, we are renovating a home in Cobleskill NY, and the original owners left these Maytag washer and dryer. I need your imput, are they worth selling at a fair price and what would that be.... They are in such mint shape,I would think someone would appreciate them.... Have several pictures and have all the original manuals ..Thanks

 

[rp2813]

I think there will interest in these.  I like the light blue panel trim.   A fair price would depend on how mint they are underneath those beautiful exteriors.

 

More pictures please! 

 

[e2l-arry]

Cobleskill

Is where my Mom's family is from. My uncle still has the house. Spent my summers there as a kid. I love upstate NY.

They'd be plenty of interest. If these work as good as they look someone will definitely want them. Generally when someone keeps these machines looking as good as these two do, and they still have all the original manuals and so on, the machines have been well taken care of.

 

[goatfarmer]

Maytag Highlander set, from the early 60's. If they run decent, no major problems, $200- $250.00 should be a decent offer IMHO.

 

[earthlyamy]

Cobleskill

is also MY mother's hometown! There used to be a great Main street with a true 5 and dime. Many great summer memories of going to the state fair, and falling asleep at grandma's to the sound of the trains going over the trestle bridge nearby.

 

[e2l-arry]

mineral springs

We had a place about a mile from town down Mineral Springs rd. That's where my fascination with Wringer Washers was born. My mother's 1st new washer, a 1948 Speed Queen was sold to my Grandmother from Cobleskill. It's still there in the barn after all these years.

 

[earthlyamy]

South Grand Street

is where my grandparents, Barney and Myra Bouck, lived. He was some kind of General Electric wheeler-dealer so might there have been a GE wringer-washer in the basement? I hated going down there, but that's where we had to shower. Creepy.

 

[e2l-arry]

Tillapaugh

That's my Mom's maiden name. My Grandfather drove the school bus and my Grandma was a grade school teacher until that late 50's. They lived in Mineral Springs.

 

[whitelightning]

Maytag A 502

They really are in mint working order.... the house was owned by a doctor that spent most of his time in FL Everything was spotless in the house. Im sending more pictures....can only send one at a time. Email me at [email protected] and I can send a bunch of pics.

Thanks for everyones imput........yes, Cobleskill is a great area, still the sunshine fair every year!!!

 

[whitelightning]

Another pic

 

[whitelightning]

Another pic

 

[d-jones]

Look at the shine on that tub!

It looks as though it was hardly used, and it still has its original Bakelite agitator as well. That alone is worth the price of admission. I just hope these end up in the hands of a responsible owner and not some doof that just wants a washer and dryer.

 

[earthlyamy]

they seem so at home...

... are you really sure you want to sell them? That nice tidy laundry room is just calling out for some royal blue or turquoise (Forbo) linoleum flooring. And that red-topped laundry sink? Perfect!

Have you listed them anywhere yet? They'd sure look nice on my blue "tapis gazon"(that's astroturf for you anglos)! They do deserve better than my wet, dank basement, however.

 

[rp2813]

It may sound like a cliche, but those machines are infinitely better built and will last you longer than any all-style-and-no-substance laundry pair made today, no matter how much you're willing to spend.  Like a vintage KitchenAid, be it a built-in dishwasher or a counter top stand mixer, those Maytags command respect and deserve to remain in service for the achievements in build quality and industrial design that they are. 

 

I respectfully suggest that you take a bold step away from today's slash and burn renovation philosophy and incorporate them into the newly renovated space.  

 

Unless you intend to flip the place, in which case they should be taken out of harm's way ASAP.

 

[polkanut]

I agree with Ralph, these will give you many more years of service than anything on the market today.  If you don't feel up to the task, find a competent appliance repair person in the area who would be willing to give them a thorough tune-up, if needed.

 

[earthlyamy]

Was it something we said?

Just a little bumpty bump. I wonder what the homeowners' final decision was - I hope they decided to keep and love them.

 

[badgerdx]

They're beautiful. If it weren't for the shipping, I'd snaffle them up. Portland, OR is so far away from NY.

 

[rp2813]

I'm betting we'll see this pair on CL or eBay sometime soon.   A classic case of watching too many "crasher" shows on HGTV or DIY.

 

I think it's clear that there's a void on such cable networks that needs filling.  An ecologically responsible program where classic items are saved and incorporated into the new design rather than smashed with a sledge hammer.  Maybe as a result we'll see people following that example instead, and it will become trendy to save a beautiful and capable pair of machines like this unfortunate set of woefully unappreciated Maytags.

 

Some Korean or Chinese-made pair of machines will have the last laugh after this renovation.  They'll be multiple repair call junk in no time flat, as opposed to this 50-year old Maytag set that has looked sharp and likely served flawlessly up to now and can continue to do so for years to come.

 

Some people just don't get it.

 

[earthlyamy]

Every side has its story

I've been stalking the Oneonta craigslist just in case this lovely couple shows up there. So far, I haven't seen anything like. I doubt anyone would use eBay - mostly because I hate eBay and the whole shipping/freight vs. local pickup would be a deal breaker for most, even me, who's not THAT far away.

To be fair, I have to admit I wanted to toss my avocado set almost as soon as I saw them when we bought the house and moved in. They were just so old and so ugly and just so so avocado. I had the usual visions of sparkly HE front loaders on matching pedestals powered by fairy dust and unicorn farts, in a beautifully designed ground-floor laundry room. But then reality kicked in big time and ten years later, they're still keepin' on and I've learned an awful lot about their repair. Gradually I've come to admire and appreciate the engineering simplicity and, as you put it before, the build quality that went into my Maytags. But they're still green ;-).