Vintage stoves and refridgerators

[danemodsandy]

Oh, no you din't!

runematic:

All I can say is, if you let your customer off the hook for a special-order, $900 cost-price unit, you're one helluva lot nicer than anyone else in your business I've ever heard of.

I know it's always a bad idea to P.O. a customer, even if they've been stupid, but eating that much money (even if only for a while, until you sell the box) has to hurt.

 

[runematic]

Well, the refrig is now on my floor getting ready for someone to walk in and get a helluva deal. My bro, dad, & I always say we're too damn easy. This stuff happens very rarely. But it does suck, it's not like we're a big outfit. Oh, She did pay upfront when she ordered it, so we'll apply it to the other refrig.

 

[goatfarmer]

Anyone can ASK as much as they want for anything. The market will tell them if they are successful. Antique Appliance must be doing something right, or they wouldn't be in business.

Runematic, the appliance store where I get many of my trade ins has 2-3 bottom freezers on hand at all times. The people around their town love 'em!

kennyGF

 

[launderess]

Think the market for antique appliances is growing because the population at large for several reasons. First would be the cost for much of the garbage out there, that doesn't hold a candle in terms of fit, construction and quality to the "old" range their mothers or grandmothers had, which gave great service year in and year out. Another reason would be the sky high cost for such ranges as Aga, La Couronne ranges and their ilk, which do nothing more really than vintage Chambers or Meritt ranges.

You mark my words, as the Feds keep destroying the washing machine market with their kooky enery guidelines, your going to see more and more people seeking out the washers of their grandmothers/mothers.