And the boxes appear to be un-opened. But I can't help but wonder if they were purchased, tucked back into storage for a decade or two, and then sprung on the list. Would they hold the same sort of cachet as a pair of mid-60's models? Could anyone restrain themselves from powering them up for another 20 years : )
I'm the high bidder! I have no room for these but hey - I can't pass this up - they are 10 mins away - this never happens here!!! Solong as I don't have a sniper bidding I'll be fine...
This is very tempting, but I suspect that shipping costs would be prohibitive. Really a dream come true for those of us that miss our Filter flo machines.
Quite honestly, wouldn't trust anyone but the (expensive) Craters and Freighters to ship such a valuable item.
Indeed, unless one could transport such an item themselves, would really hesitate on bidding. I mean what will you do if the thing arrives banged up to death?
No sense in openly bidding on these--you'll just drive up the price needlessly--whomever wins them will do so by snipe anyway.
Any reputable shipper will allow you to insure the items, so no sense in sweating that either. You can still have an accident, even if you move them yourself.
Really nice looking pair. What would they sell for new on today's market? $1500.00? Pretty close I'd imagine.
I remember when I was a kiddo and I would love to go to the electronics and appliance dealers and see these. They the Kenmore belt-drive we had at home SOOOO boring in comparison. You'd open one of these up and it was just full of mini-basket, filter, dispenser, styrofoam, plastic, and booklets! And loved the smell of new washer.
Interesting how these things work out. I hemmed and hawed and finally decided that regardless of shipping costs, this was worth bidding for. As I was placing my bid, my computer crashed and I couldn't get it going until today.
Well, I hope they at least went to someone who will appreciate them and who perhaps hasn't had much previous success in scoring a dream machine or two.
While I think these will run for a long time, the new owner may want to scour around and have a few parts on hand - I suspect parts are getting scarce.