Westinghouse Laundromat

[jetcone]

They got a TRADE IN

0f $30.90 ! Probably on  a wringer ! 

 

$259.95 was the price plus tax of $7.80 ! 18th of July 1955!  Wow that's a lot of tax for 1955. That is a 1954 model BTW. So I bet it was discounted if they were aware of that fact.

 However, I think the MSRP was $259.95.

Fun machines !

 

 

[circlew]

If it was purchased on 7/18/55, they got it the day before I was born!

 

[tomturbomatic]

In addition to a sales tax, major appliances used to be subject to an excise tax which was another term for a luxury tax. A lot of lobbying went into getting the tax repealed, according to the trade publications.

 

[jetcone]

Tom

Nice to hear of at least ONE TAX getting repealed! You don't hear enough of that today.

 

[ovrphil]

VINTAGE WESTINGHOUSE CLOTHES DRYER D-102 - $1

Here's a dryer to go with it...Raleigh, however, so a little stretch for driving.

Seller is asking for best offer - not sure it's still available, either.

http://raleigh.craigslist.org/atq/5089867397.html

 

[phmorrow]

washer no good

I drove all the way out there ( 130 miles ) for nothing. Seller said was working 1 week before she picked it up. I asked to plug it in and she says, " I didn't check to see if it worked". I took the back panel off to see what kind of shape it was in..... It was terrible. It might have ran a week before you got it, 30 years ago!!! Everything was seized up and rusted like it was sitting in a field for 40 years. Don't advertise that something works if you have no idea.

 

[jetcone]

Thats a shame

OH well you went the distance for sure. But of all the vintage washers and dryers these are the ones that keep popping up over and over.

 

So its a good bet you'll find a working one. In the meantime we need to get those boots into production !!

 

[turquoisedude]

Geez, that's a shame alright...  However if the door boot was still any good, it might have been worth grabbing that!  

 

[bvf]

tried calling

I tried calling this person and never could reach them…I would have gone to get this washer…Im in arizona..im always amazed how many people dont answer there phones on adds to sell things…well im sure i would have paid more than most…their loss and my loss...

 

[alr2903]

I still have the westinghouse set we found last labor day. If anyone is interest contact me thru washer mail. I will sell them for $300. Exactly what we have invested in them. As some of you remember unfortunately the washer top was de
stroyed when we moved it. Arthur
The old thread number was 777684. I hope you can see the pictures I can not for some reason but it was a computer we no longer have.

 

[ovrphil]

Air2903

Hi, you might want to give us the link or actual thread number. I don't think that 777684 is the thread number, it's the posting number. If I'm wrong, then you're right, there's no 777684 thread, as I searched so I could post a photo of it for you.

Thanks air

 

[ken]

A pair free

Mark in NJ offered a Westy w/d for free back in April. I was thinking of taking him up on his offer but decided I just don't have the room. I believe he still has them.

http://www.automaticwasher.org/cgi-bin/TD/TD-VIEWTHREAD.cgi?59303

 

[alr2903]

Phil R.  thanks  I was able to fix my post over in Shoppers Square.

Ken, free is a good deal.  It  would be hard to pass up.

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