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Hotpoint Dishwasher in Richmond, VA |
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Post# 380345   9/21/2009 at 08:44 (5,302 days old) by unimatic1140 (Minneapolis)   |   | |
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I was contacted this morning by a seller of a late 40's Hotpoint dishwasher. I was directed to your website by someone who replied to my Richmond, VA Craigs List ad for same. She suggested that I contact you regarding my sale of this item. I would love to see this go to a good home, but I don't seem to know how to get it there! Can you help me? Thank you very much. ---Jim Donithan. Contact: jimdonithan@hotmail.com Just be advised, the seller is asking $600 for this dishwasher which I believe is very overpriced since this machine is not all that rare. Be sure to ask the condition of the impeller, if it is chipped or broken unless you find another one the machine will not clean very well. CLICK HERE TO GO TO unimatic1140's LINK on Richmond Craigslist |
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Post# 380346 , Reply# 1   9/21/2009 at 08:44 (5,302 days old) by unimatic1140 (Minneapolis)   |   | |
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Post# 380374 , Reply# 2   9/21/2009 at 10:52 (5,301 days old) by dishwashercrazy (West Peoria, IL)   |   | |
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and worth a closer look if you are at all interested in early dishwashers. The seller has included a web link in his Craigslist ad (I've included the link here as well) to the Pittsburg Post-Gazette. There about ten (10) fully scanned newspaper pages from July 24, 1949 containing ads and articles largely slanted towards Hotpoint and GE Dishwashers, plus water heaters and much more. [There are 'Zoom in' and 'Zoom out' and 'Fit to Height' buttons to enhance navigation overtop of the newspaper pages.] We even have some history of the dishwasher included in some articles, hints on improving dishwasher performance. There are several Pittsburg appliance stores advertising the latest Hotpoint and GE Electric Sinks, including purchase prices. This is a really great way for us to know what these machines were being sold for new in 1949. The Hotpoint Electric Sink was advertised at $499.95. The stand-along model was advertised at $289.95. The exact same 1949 GE Electric Sink as the one I have, was advertised at $364.95. The seller is advertising his 60 year old Hotpoint undercounter model for $600, which I agree with Robert - that it is hugely overpriced. IMO, $150-$200 would be a more reasonable price to pay. I would certainly want to know which parts he feels need to be replaced to make this machine operational. And new Hotpoint and GE Impellers are extremely rare and hard to fine. Mike CLICK HERE TO GO TO dishwashercrazy's LINK |
Post# 380419 , Reply# 4   9/21/2009 at 12:45 (5,301 days old) by dishwashercrazy (West Peoria, IL)   |   | |
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Post# 380684 , Reply# 6   9/22/2009 at 14:57 (5,300 days old) by unimatic1140 (Minneapolis)   |   | |
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Post# 380734 , Reply# 7   9/22/2009 at 18:11 (5,300 days old) by dishwashercrazy (West Peoria, IL)   |   | |
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NOW Jim is on the right track! What a great solution to his problem, and for one of us who would go in and carefully take this beauty out. That was exactly what I did with my 1954 Westinghouse pull-out dishwasher. I convinced the seller to let me do the removal, because I knew that Lowe's would trash the machine. Here it is two hours after we began taking it out. Mike |