Well, picked this off of Craigslist. Seems to be in decent shape. Just thought I would keep everyone informed! Take care.
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Nice Dryer
Brian, you're kidding, another one? You sure are on a roll, fab-u-lous! What's up with the blue top?
Brian, you're kidding, another one? You sure are on a roll, fab-u-lous! What's up with the blue top?
decodriveboy
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The Northwest is like, a treasure trove for these things! Looks like a nice Formica top in aqua--love it!
Another one! You are going to be the Westinghouse King - congrats on another good catch.
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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...
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...
christfr
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yea love to see another one saved... they are so so pretty
frontaloadotmy
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very nice Brian
the Buick looks fab too.
the Buick looks fab too.
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Hi Brian. Congratulations on your new Westy Slant Front.
Ross
Ross
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.
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.
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Stupid question on my part:
How should i know its a dryer??? LoL can't really tell much of a differance
How should i know its a dryer??? LoL can't really tell much of a differance
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
Ben
Congrats, Brian! Love the car in the photo, too. What year is it?
mayken4now
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Brian, that machines is a show peice. Very Very nice.
Congrats!
Steve
Congrats!
Steve
gyrafoam
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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.
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
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.
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.
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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
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.
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.
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.
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.
I hear ya Jon, but I'm confused, is the consensus to remove all the prices or to change them to $185?
More to think about:
But what happens to the machines where the owner is just curious to see if it is worth anything and worth their time and trouble to bother contacting me about a machine? While there are some, but the majority of people really don’t care whether something they think of a valueless gets junked or not. So we are saying that just let those machines go to the krusher for the sake of saving $100 on buying a vintage machine? I've dealt with many sellers myself and I can guarantee you that for example had I offered $185 to the seller for my Pink Lady Kenmore set, it would be crushed now. Again as I said if you guys want me to remove the "values" off the other machines (not the Apex) or change them to something else I will certainly do that. I have almost all the machines I've ever wanted, but I think you're making a mistake in the long run for the people who want to build a collection just to save a few dollars. You guys come up with a consensus for the values on that page and let me know, I will change it, ASAP.
I hear ya Jon, but I'm confused, is the consensus to remove all the prices or to change them to $185?
More to think about:
But what happens to the machines where the owner is just curious to see if it is worth anything and worth their time and trouble to bother contacting me about a machine? While there are some, but the majority of people really don’t care whether something they think of a valueless gets junked or not. So we are saying that just let those machines go to the krusher for the sake of saving $100 on buying a vintage machine? I've dealt with many sellers myself and I can guarantee you that for example had I offered $185 to the seller for my Pink Lady Kenmore set, it would be crushed now. Again as I said if you guys want me to remove the "values" off the other machines (not the Apex) or change them to something else I will certainly do that. I have almost all the machines I've ever wanted, but I think you're making a mistake in the long run for the people who want to build a collection just to save a few dollars. You guys come up with a consensus for the values on that page and let me know, I will change it, ASAP.
gyrafoam
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IMO the "Golden Age" of finding these machines has now past. Because of the changes in local ordinances, which no longer allow huge lots full of old machines---even in rural areas and force the owners to send them to the krusher------and the fact that many, many of the old timers that have/had them are quickly dying off, leads me to believe that there is no more risk of these machines going to the krusher than not.
Its a matter of hunting them out.And sheer luck. I think the wanted list is a good idea, but the pricing needs to go away.
A blanket statement such as "Reasonable monetary compensation will always be taken into consideration". It leaves open the door without inspiring the "Pie-in -the-Sky" mentality I have dealt with in the past.
My two shekels.
Its a matter of hunting them out.And sheer luck. I think the wanted list is a good idea, but the pricing needs to go away.
A blanket statement such as "Reasonable monetary compensation will always be taken into consideration". It leaves open the door without inspiring the "Pie-in -the-Sky" mentality I have dealt with in the past.
My two shekels.
laundryshark
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Interesting Westinghouse dryer find you have there. If anybody is willing to step up to the plate on this one: A good Westinghouse Washer demo *including fill, wash, and spin cycles [at least in an edited fashion]*, would really make my day.--Laundry Shark
Interesting Westinghouse dryer find you have there. If anybody is willing to step up to the plate on this one: A good Westinghouse Washer demo *including fill, wash, and spin cycles [at least in an edited fashion]*, would really make my day.--Laundry Shark
Robert and Steve and Mark
I think you all make good points. Lets not do anything yet to the list and think on this some more.
Anyone else out there have an opinion on how to go about raising Seller Conciousness?
Robert can you tell which page gets the most new hits? Do alot of new people show up at Applianceville or the Wanted List?
I would figure most of the new people would be a traffic of sellers not new members.
I think we should keep the Rewards page.
I think a redit is in order though. Something like remove all the pricing on each machine and just have a blanket statement up at the top where you have posted the Value based upon condition.
Something like what you already have posted under the Hotpoints: $75-$350.
I like that range because machines come in wide range of conditions AND this leaves the door wide open to haggling with the seller!
Place it where you have at the current disclaimer up at the top
"Rewards are based on several factors: condition of machine, easy access to machine for removal, and wether machine must be crated and shipped a distance. Rewards can run anywhere from Free where We take that junk out of your way; to money paid $75-$350 per machine.
Forward your item with pictures to our webmaster and he will notify the whole club to see if there is an interest in your machine.
This peeks the sellers interest and also would stop wild speculation.
Thats what we want to accomplish here.
jon
I think you all make good points. Lets not do anything yet to the list and think on this some more.
Anyone else out there have an opinion on how to go about raising Seller Conciousness?
Robert can you tell which page gets the most new hits? Do alot of new people show up at Applianceville or the Wanted List?
I would figure most of the new people would be a traffic of sellers not new members.
I think we should keep the Rewards page.
I think a redit is in order though. Something like remove all the pricing on each machine and just have a blanket statement up at the top where you have posted the Value based upon condition.
Something like what you already have posted under the Hotpoints: $75-$350.
I like that range because machines come in wide range of conditions AND this leaves the door wide open to haggling with the seller!
Place it where you have at the current disclaimer up at the top
"Rewards are based on several factors: condition of machine, easy access to machine for removal, and wether machine must be crated and shipped a distance. Rewards can run anywhere from Free where We take that junk out of your way; to money paid $75-$350 per machine.
Forward your item with pictures to our webmaster and he will notify the whole club to see if there is an interest in your machine.
This peeks the sellers interest and also would stop wild speculation.
Thats what we want to accomplish here.
jon
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