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chachp

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Am I reading this right? Let me adjust the tri-focals. I've cleaned them, steamed them taken them off and put in my contacts and nothing seems to change the fact that this person wants $2,500 for an Amana Microwave. Granted it looks to be in nice shape and all but my goodness.

Me thinks someone is trying to finance a really nice Christmas.

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Earth to Seller!

This seller could use some reading glasses! I think there are a few too many zeros listed in the price!

I have a similar Touchmatic from 1980 that I bought from the original owner and paid $40.00 for (which I thought was too much, but I hated to see it krushed). I later bought that exact same cookbook for a couple of bucks at the thrift store.
It's my daily driver along with her big sister, the Amana RRL-9TC. The little RR-7TD resides in the garden house.

While my Amanas weren't in "immaculate" condition, no amount of elbow grease is worth that coin! I have a feeling this "collectors item" will be relisted at a more down-to-earth price.
 
I have the RR 10L with the dark Lucite door. I bought it new in 80 or 81, but I am sure I did not pay $900 for it. And 1500 watts is what it draws, but it has the standard output of 750 watts of cooking power. Some of the better new ones are much more efficient, but I have never used a microwave for cooking stuff like in the recipe book that comes with it. I use a microwave a lot, but it's for helps and shortcuts in other cooking and of course, warming up leftovers. I don't know why this character thinks this is so special. I doubt that other microwave ovens on eBay sell for that amount of money. Now, if someone listed a barely used Norge combo, it might be worth a nice amount of money, not not a microwave.
 
answer from seller

When I questioned the seller on the determination of the starting price, this is the answer I got back - proving once again, there's one born every minute...and hopefully they'll find this auction.

"Thank you very much for your question. Well lets say that we find tomorrow an old Chrysler from 1963 with 250,000 miles on the meter. It is rusty, the frame is not so good either, the interior is burned by the sun, wore by the years, and so on. On the other side, you go saturday in the country side and find the same car in an old barn but in an immaculate condition: 1,200 miles on the meter, the body as shining as if it just came out from the dealer, the interior still smelling as new, and so on. Everything has a price. Something easy to find and worn-out can sell for less than $20.00. That's true indeed. Something impossible to find in an almost new condition has also its price. Maybe $900.00 or even more. It is the law of Supply and Demand. In a way, I am simply giving someone out there an opportunity to buy a piece of the Past. If you are a fan of Star Trek (the first episodes produced in the sixties) you surely remember the epiosde The City on the Edge of Forever. In this very episode, Kirk and its friends time-travel to the 1930' with the help of the time guardian. We are on eBay. You can find almost anything on eBay. So is there anybody out there who would like to go to 1981 ? Have a nice weekend !"
 
Now, if someone listed a barely used Norge combo, it might be worth a nice amount of money, not not a microwave.

Either that, or one of those ultra-cool 1950 Norge 18 pound front-loaders, or an Apex Bouncing Basket!!!
 
Right.... Just like i could have gotten $5,000 for my almost new, very mint, 1986 Nissan Sentra with no a/c, power steering or even a radio.... Uh hu... Car had 162K miles....

Nope.. I'll go to the guy at the flee market who rebuilds microwaves and get me one
 
didnt they sell tons of those? my best friend in HS had one. i see them at thrift stores all the time. bet many are still heating water and popping corn this very minute!
 
I bought a Litton Microwave in 1977, it was between the MOL and TOL and I paid $379.00 for it. The same store sold Amana Radar Ranges and they were definitely more expensive, but I think more like $595.00 than $1K.
BTW, we still have the Litton Oven, it's sitting in garage. It works great too! Almost 30 years old and still working like new.
 
well, he gets points for trying

I notice there have been no bidders.
Wonder why...
Seriously, when I have really wanted something and the seller was just out of touch with reality, I have found a method which helps. Call or go to the local pawn shop. Ask the clerk what they would SELL - not BUY - the thing for.
The answer has led twice to the owner coming down to a reasonable price. Ok, usually they weren't interested in even trying...but those folks are beyond hope, anyway.
I am going to follow this one and see what comes of it.
 
Yes they did sell tons of these even here in Canada, witness by how many I've picked up or passed by at thrifts. Whatever they were selling for in the US at the time they were probably an extra hundred bucks or a little more here in Canada. You have to remember that this guy is way up in Quebec City it appears, french cdn.. they don't get out much except to fly down to Florida now and then in the winter and annoy the locals there with their demands to be spoken to in French. LOL
 
I just realized... that's what he's doing!! trying to scam someone to pay for he and his wifes trip to Florida in January. Then he can sit on the beach in his skimpy speedo with his big beer belly gut looking like a beached whale smoking cigarettes like there's no tomorrow LOL
 
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