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"Working condition" or doesn't it drive you crazy when...
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speedqueen
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@DaveAM..
That's just a CZ-800 cartridge by Chuo Denki. You can get a new one for under $2.00 on eBay for a cloned version,
That's just a CZ-800 cartridge by Chuo Denki. You can get a new one for under $2.00 on eBay for a cloned version,
speedqueen
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Oops, I Botched that up, Dan has the correct cartridge, I just saw the red stylus holder and the groove atop it and my mind went to this. When in the cheap head-shell they look similar.
"Translations of seller condition descriptions...
In perfect working condition! = Price is 10x what it should be, "firm" and will not negotiate at all. (or) Item is on other side of the country, and NO SHIPPING WHATSOEVER only buyer in person to pick up and pay cash!
Needs easy repair, but I don't have time. = I've called 4 or 5 repair companies, all of them saying the fix is to salvage the casing only; and replace every part inside, all made of Unobtanium at a cost of at least $250,000 USD. Then it will work again.
Vintage Refrigerator Runs but doesn't cool. = I used a pickaxe or pneumatic jackhammer to defrost the fridge; thereby leaving multiple horrendous gouges and holes in the evaporator in impossible-to-fix places. It gassed me with sulphur dioxide, but I will not tell you about that because you may be scared off and not pay my inflated price for it.
Untested, but we expect it to work. = I tested it and it sparked, smoked and shocked me.
Not working properly. = We tested it. Knocked out power for the neighborhood and filled the whole building with toxic, acrid, choking clouds of smoke. When we returned after resetting the 200A main breaker which tripped, we discovered a medium-sized carpet fire. The fire department and cops showed up and told us to get rid of it or go to jail.
Washer is louder than most, but works OK. = Sounds like a pulp-wood truck with no muffler, dragging a logging chain through a nitroglycerine factory with the gas pedal stuck wide-open. It does work, though as every 5 or 10 seconds, the agitator twitches slightly in one direction or another."
OMG, I'm laughing hysterically.
In perfect working condition! = Price is 10x what it should be, "firm" and will not negotiate at all. (or) Item is on other side of the country, and NO SHIPPING WHATSOEVER only buyer in person to pick up and pay cash!
Needs easy repair, but I don't have time. = I've called 4 or 5 repair companies, all of them saying the fix is to salvage the casing only; and replace every part inside, all made of Unobtanium at a cost of at least $250,000 USD. Then it will work again.
Vintage Refrigerator Runs but doesn't cool. = I used a pickaxe or pneumatic jackhammer to defrost the fridge; thereby leaving multiple horrendous gouges and holes in the evaporator in impossible-to-fix places. It gassed me with sulphur dioxide, but I will not tell you about that because you may be scared off and not pay my inflated price for it.
Untested, but we expect it to work. = I tested it and it sparked, smoked and shocked me.
Not working properly. = We tested it. Knocked out power for the neighborhood and filled the whole building with toxic, acrid, choking clouds of smoke. When we returned after resetting the 200A main breaker which tripped, we discovered a medium-sized carpet fire. The fire department and cops showed up and told us to get rid of it or go to jail.
Washer is louder than most, but works OK. = Sounds like a pulp-wood truck with no muffler, dragging a logging chain through a nitroglycerine factory with the gas pedal stuck wide-open. It does work, though as every 5 or 10 seconds, the agitator twitches slightly in one direction or another."
OMG, I'm laughing hysterically.
Glad y'all enjoyed the humor in that!
And let's not forgot - "Refrigerator just needs a shot of freon"....
repairguy
Well-known member
This one seems to be very popular here lately. “They don’t make them like this anymore.”
Best yet...
From a craigslist ad:
"This is a vintage 1955 GE wall mounted refrigerator-freezer circa vintage 1955 model It's in need of a compressor that is available for those interested in getting refurbished and repaired. [...] It only needs a new compressor. It's still in very good working condition minus a new compressor."
Works great, right?
From a craigslist ad:
"This is a vintage 1955 GE wall mounted refrigerator-freezer circa vintage 1955 model It's in need of a compressor that is available for those interested in getting refurbished and repaired. [...] It only needs a new compressor. It's still in very good working condition minus a new compressor."
Works great, right?
Aww, but somehow the place I'd annually ordered my needles from, I don't think offered me or introduced me to the cartridge idea, nor did I even get the notion, that replacing that, meant a new, and in-stock needle would then be available for--yes, a simple matter of replacing the entire cartridge (that small pice of plastic holding the needle) by just removing a micro-sized screw...
I'd just figured I'd go to quieter manual operation, conforming & complying in a world where needles seem only available for the lowest-priced, cheapest belt-driven stuff and for the highest-priced & hi-prized, in my direct-drive Rolls Royce of phonos, of which I'd always wanted a professional DJ-type of unit, my Audio-Techica:
Got put-off by the broken dust cover, and the console's that it was in not entirely doing the job, keeping off cakes of DIRT, actually, and the noisy automatic, gravity-defying operation subject to reaching a breaking point, sometimes in its future, and did I tell you I was even fussy about the '45' spindle, that I'd gone through a dozen of them, bartering them from other phonos that had real attractive looking ones?
And really, couldn't see myself EVER using those temporary ones that fit in the wide holes of my hundreds of 7" '45's, wondering how I'd grown in a house that had a slew of them, almost one for each record, but abhor the very existence of, preferring my likely $10 one this phono came with, versus it as a separate accessory (with a few dents on her from the iron-like weight of that thing actually falling out of my hands--to the floor, and once on the heat/air register, luckily!)...
So, it found a good owner, or perhaps that very one that recently shown up on consignment at a record store that I frequent, may, if I recognize the serial number, be MINE, then, going for an undisclosed sum...
I saved the patch cables for the Left/Right Audio, still plugged into my daughter's stereo that used to be hr mom's, but she pointedly didn't want a new phono, so I retrieved it & the cabinet now used for additional record storage, I'd long-needed... The cord & antenna had stayed on with...
I'd just figured I'd go to quieter manual operation, conforming & complying in a world where needles seem only available for the lowest-priced, cheapest belt-driven stuff and for the highest-priced & hi-prized, in my direct-drive Rolls Royce of phonos, of which I'd always wanted a professional DJ-type of unit, my Audio-Techica:
Got put-off by the broken dust cover, and the console's that it was in not entirely doing the job, keeping off cakes of DIRT, actually, and the noisy automatic, gravity-defying operation subject to reaching a breaking point, sometimes in its future, and did I tell you I was even fussy about the '45' spindle, that I'd gone through a dozen of them, bartering them from other phonos that had real attractive looking ones?
And really, couldn't see myself EVER using those temporary ones that fit in the wide holes of my hundreds of 7" '45's, wondering how I'd grown in a house that had a slew of them, almost one for each record, but abhor the very existence of, preferring my likely $10 one this phono came with, versus it as a separate accessory (with a few dents on her from the iron-like weight of that thing actually falling out of my hands--to the floor, and once on the heat/air register, luckily!)...
So, it found a good owner, or perhaps that very one that recently shown up on consignment at a record store that I frequent, may, if I recognize the serial number, be MINE, then, going for an undisclosed sum...
I saved the patch cables for the Left/Right Audio, still plugged into my daughter's stereo that used to be hr mom's, but she pointedly didn't want a new phono, so I retrieved it & the cabinet now used for additional record storage, I'd long-needed... The cord & antenna had stayed on with...
smokeythecat
Member
“Old sewing machine, a little dusty” Picture shows it from the back (so many people take pictures of sewing machines from the wrong side. Why?) in a garage so i assume it was great grandma’s and it’s just been sitting since she died or something. Get there and the guy says “yeah i found it in a field and thought it’d be worth some money so i brought it home” 3 small live spiders came out of the cabinet, i had to glue a lot of the veneer back down and the machine head was missing some parts. The treadle belt was moldy and broken and a gross old thread was still in the needle. Now it works great after tracking down replacement parts and dunking everything removable and not painted in rust remover
slightly tangential
when someone wants $250 for an item encrusted with decades of dirt and grime that "just needs a little cleaning" because they can't be bothered to wipe or hose it down. Seriously?
or when someone is asking hundreds of dollars for an item and only posts one blurry photo...
Sarah
when someone wants $250 for an item encrusted with decades of dirt and grime that "just needs a little cleaning" because they can't be bothered to wipe or hose it down. Seriously?
or when someone is asking hundreds of dollars for an item and only posts one blurry photo...
Sarah
"It's in good condition but it doesn't want to freeze I think it might be needing antifreeze
$275
It's a kenmore refrigerator it's in good condition it doesn't call I think it needs antifreeze pick up only I just need to get rid of it it also has a ice maker machine and everything works but it doesn't cool enough"
Came across this one today:
"Electric Drier drum sounds like it's hitting sides as it rotates. Also, lost heat so probably needs a new heater. I'm guessing just needs new parts. Parts can be found online for less than $50 I'm guessing."
"Electric Drier drum sounds like it's hitting sides as it rotates. Also, lost heat so probably needs a new heater. I'm guessing just needs new parts. Parts can be found online for less than $50 I'm guessing."
Well, a few months ago I got a Speed QUeen Ultra-Mate for free...
According to the owner, it was for scrap. The washer was abandoned under a tree for a few years (maybe over a decade)
the "defect" that killed that washer was a cracked drain elbow.
After a deep cleaning and detailing (and I'm really good about OCD cleaning something) and some hot glue put on the elbow "temporarily". The Ultra-Mate is still working like new, perfect, silent, and going strong probably for the next 35 years.
So... NEVER TRUST CRAIGSLIST ADS and this advice is useful in both ways. If I had trusted the ad, I'd simply pass this wonderful washer.
According to the owner, it was for scrap. The washer was abandoned under a tree for a few years (maybe over a decade)
the "defect" that killed that washer was a cracked drain elbow.
After a deep cleaning and detailing (and I'm really good about OCD cleaning something) and some hot glue put on the elbow "temporarily". The Ultra-Mate is still working like new, perfect, silent, and going strong probably for the next 35 years.
So... NEVER TRUST CRAIGSLIST ADS and this advice is useful in both ways. If I had trusted the ad, I'd simply pass this wonderful washer.
Working Condition = makes a noise when connected to power and turned to On.
Not an appliance, but...
Antique Stickley Brothers ,grand Rapids # 2738 chair. 100yrs old or older listed at 3000$ on ebay
Antique chair. Around 100yrs old or older ,listed in great condition 3000$ on Ebay. Has one broke slat ,set cushion in great shape. Needs TLC and could be a collector's item
Condition--used, good
Um, it's broken. No matter how well it is repaired it will never be a $3000 collector's item. Used, good? Seriously? It's not just broken, it's missing several inches of woodwork.
Antique Stickley Brothers ,grand Rapids # 2738 chair. 100yrs old or older listed at 3000$ on ebay
Antique chair. Around 100yrs old or older ,listed in great condition 3000$ on Ebay. Has one broke slat ,set cushion in great shape. Needs TLC and could be a collector's item
Condition--used, good
Um, it's broken. No matter how well it is repaired it will never be a $3000 collector's item. Used, good? Seriously? It's not just broken, it's missing several inches of woodwork.
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