More Toast-R-Mania

[veg-o-matic]

Well. 'Member those two Toast-R-Ovens that recently sold on ebay? Both MIB, I think. One went for 200 and something and the other for 407.

Since daddy needs a new pair of shoes, I finally got off my butt and put my T-R-O up for auction on Sunday.

It's not the oldest model.

It's not MIB.

It doesn't have the tray.

It has 3 days to go.

It's up to 123 bucks.

So what's up with these? I know I didn't pay more than say, 30 bucks for it (youall know how cheap I am. My current one cost 5 bucks at the Sally.) Why the hoohah? I didn't even say in the listing that Don Johnson might have made his Pop Tarts in it.

Any ideas? My only theory--and a half-baked one at that--is that since it's the Christmas season and Rudolph is being watched all over the country, people are remembering the original GE commercials, one of which features a T-R-O.

Oh, well. Can't complain. My only problem now is deciding whether I'm going to get the stilettos or the sling-back flatties...

veg

 

[maytagbear]

Whichever shoe

defines for you the "CFMS"-- "Come, find me" shoe.

Lawrence/Maytagbear.

Modern toaster ovens, even toast-r-ovens, are largely junk.

 

[Kevinpreston3]

I have no idea...

I would have thought this was a scam and had phony buyers driving the prices up, but there your auction is. Good luck and happy shoe buying.

I think we should all keep our eyes open at the bargain table, buy these things for $5 and collectively make thousands. Then we can share a laugh at these people.

AMAZING.

 

[toggleswitch]

Zapatos buenos. TTaTToutsakia wpaia

In my neck of the woods, they are CFMPs
P=> pumps.

I say go for the stilettos.

Much easier to hook onto the ceiling-fan.
(Paddle-fan for you southerners).

 

[petek]

Won't ship to Canada eh? Well I don't want your smelly old Toast R Oven, I got two of my own, so there LOL

I found a Proctor Silex toaster oven last week, the one that works like a regular pop up toaster but has the glass door in one side with the slide out tray. Then I see Hamilton Beach is selling them again under their name, modernized.

$123 already, thank the lord for nutty folk.. HA

 

[pdub]

Good luck with your auction Veg. I hope you get close to the $400 mark too! Make sure to ask the bidder that wins why these are suddenly so popular and why they had to have it. Would love to know. Patrick

 

[kenmore1978]

Proctor-Silex toaster oven

I used to have a Proctor-Silex toaster oven that had a different configuration from the usual. There was a slot in the top of the oven with a little door. One would open the door, and put the bread in vertically like a regular toaster, and lower it with the usual lever on the side. The bread would then pop up like a regular toaster. When used as a toaster oven, the door in the top would be closed and food put in the front like anyy other toaster oven.

 

[bpetersxx]

veg`s toast r matic

123.00 at 6:45pm EST 12-4-2005

Going once
going twice
Going thrice
sold to the toaster collector for 123.00

 

[bpetersxx]

ending bid 177.50

 

[veg-o-matic]

Who knew?

Well, I broke down and asked the winning bidder why so high. Will report the answer when I get it.

veg

 

[swestoyz]

Way to go Bob!

Ben

 

[petek]

Whoa..I'd better set up and ebay account. I can't believe these things going for so much when more vintage and rare ones aren't getting that money. Look at this Hoover vac

Pardon Our Interruption...

 

[veg-o-matic]

And the response was....

That the buyer got it as a gift for a friend who's hard to buy for.

Well.

Either I need to stop being so damn easy to buy for, or I need to get me some new friends!

veg

 

[Brneyedgrl80]

Well veg...

I say it's a little bit of column "A" and a little bit of column "B" lol

Congrats on your high sell veg!

 

[petek]

Well out of scientific interest I put my GE Toast R Oven on Ebay last weekend, it closes in a few hours at $127.50 so far.

 

[veg-o-matic]

Pete--you and I are gonna be rich men! Let's hire chauffeurs.

And pool boys!

I heard again from the buyer and it turns out the TRO is for her mother-in-law who did a lot of overnight babysitting this past year.

But still--180 bucks for a toaster oven? Geez. At the same time I sold a Singer Featherweight that went for (only) 185 bucks. I thought that was going to be the big item. Guess I can't complain, though, since I only paid 25 bucks for it at Sally's!

veg