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Re: Westinghouse Dryer:

Hi! Brain, this would have been the Matching Dryer to my Grandparent's Washer. Their Washer had the Plastic Dial Skirts and the Lettering wore off, so my Grandmother took Nail Polish to write on the Dial Skirt.

My Parent's, Aunt's and Uncle's {Father's Family} bought the Washer for the Grandparent's so Grandfather wouldn't have to worry about getting his Hand caught in the Wringer of their Wringer Washer any more. He was kind of used to doing it and was always ready to slap the Emergency Bar to open the Rollers, to release the Pressure on them.

One of my Cousins wanted the Washer, when our Grandmother was breaking up the house, to move into a Senior Citizen's Apartment place and the Movers dropped the Washer off the Steps to the Service Porch damaging it on the inside, so that ended that poor Westinghouse Washers Life...

Enjoy your great finds, good luck on finding the Matching Washer.

Peace and Fun Westinghouse Laundromat Washing and Drying, Steve
SactoTeddyBear...
 
Thanks!

The Blue top - that is some self stickum drawer liner I think, don't know the condition under, but actually I'm hoping it is preserved.

If the fellow I got it from checks out this thread, I do want to let him know I am happy with the transaction. But I had to smile when he told me how he had discovered the worth of some of these machines. He had gone to this website -- Automaticwasher.org, and looked at their wanted site. So, these things are going for $200, $300, up to $700 dollars! So, the next time you see one of these old washers on ebay or craigslist for $200, $300, or $700 dollars, the folks might have been doing thier research HERE. Anyway, for some reason that had never occured to me, though I know that happens with stoves and the Antiquestove site. (I know not every washer is on the wanted list, but it's still a reference)

Hi SactoTeddyBear, Actually I've got the washer that will match this, I'm working on putting something together and get one of these sets installed and running.
 
Wow - yet ANOTHER vintage Westy from the Northwest. I must say - either the Westinghouse dealers in your area had some smooth talking salesmen - or Betty really made a strong impression with the ladies around town!

Ben
 
Brian-------

I know what you mean about that damned "Wanted List". It may have been a good idea when it was first published, but now that most of those old gems have been bought-up or krushed, it is more a meanace than a help.

As is the case with many other things the uninformed general public fails to read the "fine print" ( that clearly states those prices MIGHT be paid only for near perfect items) and only focus on the highest prices offered. I call it the "Pie-in-the-Sky" list. It has directly interfered with no less than three deals I have been involved in, and is, IMO a highly discriminatory tool to use against those who are not part of the "consortium". AND it is likely responsible for many machines ending up at the krusher.

Once people have seen those high numbers, no amount of reason will get them to quit dreaming and "get real" about the worth of their "priceless" treasure.They don't take into consideration the high costs of shipping, road trips, etc. I don't fight it much anymore---just let 'em go to the krusher. What a shame. Makes it seem like quite a hipocrasy, from a group dedicated to the preservation of these old machines.
 
Steve

I have to agree with you,it has interfered with deals I've made as well. I don't see that the level of pricing works to our advantage, I think pricing everything around $100.00 in working condition would still set the uninitiated into motion to sell these machines.
One guy went from $350 to $1500 dollars on me in one day when he saw the site and then tried to get me back by giving be 1/2 off! marked down to $750.00!! I walked away, he called a week later and we were back to $350 deal done with alot of needless stress!!!!!

The original idea when we felt all these machines were scarce was to drum up sellers who had been sitting on things for years. I think we have passed that point at the rate machines have turned up.
If something still exists now it is so old that I am finding sellers think its worth something to someone just because it has survived so long. Thats the kind of person you want to do business with, a speculator who doesn't know what we will pay yet figures "old=rare enough" that there is some money in this white rusty thing.

Brian, nice Buick and that Dryer is going to look stunning next to your L8 washer!! BTW did you get your box yet??

Jet
 
Gyrafoam

I play keyboards, and I see the same thing happen in vintage organs and synthesizers these days. Somebody finds an old Prophet-5 in his attic, with beat-to-hell woodwork, cigarette burns on the key tops, damaged panel, missing knobs, and the electronics not working. And then he expects to get $3500 for it because he saw a minty, fully restored one (of a more desirable vintage too, probably) go for that on eBay. And when he doesn't get it, he'll trash it just for spite even though he could have made an easy $200-300 parting it out.
 
Because of that list!............

I ended up paying $125.00 PER MACHINE on a bunch that I bought that had been out in barns for 40 years! The guy wouldn't take any less! Even though he KNEW that none of them worked, he had seen AND had the downloaded sheets of the price lists!!! Over half of the machines were such rustbuckets they were not even restorable...BUT... I couldn't face the idea of them going to the KRUSSSHHHEEERRR!!! So..... Steve, Gary, Robert, and I loaded them up. Mark
 
While I can remove that list, (except for the Apex which I wont remove) but before I do that here is something to think about. People sometimes might be searching out to see if that old machine in their basement has any value. When they see $250 or so it makes them click the "contact us" button. In other words it gives them an incentive to contact me and let me know the machine is available. If I remove this list, it might cause some real gems to go to the crusher because the owner does not have any incentive to contact me. $100 might not do the trick and might not be worth the time and energy it would take to arrange the deal. I'm certainly not rich, but $100 wouldn't get me to do anything these days. It's easier just to throw it away or have Best Buy take it away when they deliver my new Harmony Set.

Just something to think about. I doesn't really matter to me either way, as I said the Apex ad stays up, but I can remove the others.
 
Robert

I have found $185.00 piques their interest enough and its under $200. But just leaving up the most wanted without prices will get those people who truly want to pass on a machine they don't want to KRUSH.
Lately I have had alot of "sellers" just glad its going to a museum for $150 bucks and not getting KRUSHED. Those are the people we all really want to deal with.
By the same token one of the Combos I bought had offers way above what I would ever consider to pay and what it was actually worth because it was a good looking piece of junk inside. All dolled up and nowhere to go.
But the seller told me she was very scared of these offers because they seemed to her so out of place for this machine. She would not give them serious consideration.
Her biggest fear was someone would drive 3 states away and get there and throw a nutty because it wasn't museum quality operational.
So inflated prices can work against us too.
 

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