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Thread Number: 28792
Avocado maytag wringer |
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Post# 439230 6/2/2010 at 19:37 (5,068 days old) by goatfarmer  (South Bend, home of Champions) |
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EBay Chicago area. I guess someone set the seller straight!
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| Post# 439246 , Reply# 1 6/2/2010 at 20:11 (5,068 days old) by laundromat (Hilo, Hawaii) | ||
Yup---
Ah shonuf did!!
I wasn't at all upset just hate when sellers on ebay or Craigs list make claims about their item being "antiques" or giving a year that is not true. I remember there being a Dexter double tub model recently and the owner/seller claiming it was made in the 40's. The model they had was definately from the late 50's or early 60's.I beliieve it's still there and there are no bids on it. | ||
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Post# 439256 , Reply# 2 6/2/2010 at 20:53 (5,068 days old) by maytagmike (Burlington, Vt) |
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maytag wringer washer | ||
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Post# 439259 , Reply# 3 6/2/2010 at 21:01 (5,068 days old) by maytagmike (Burlington, Vt) |
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picking up the green Maytag | ||
| Post# 439311 , Reply# 4 6/2/2010 at 23:32 (5,068 days old) by strongenough78 (California) | ||
Gee whiz. | ||
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Post# 439372 , Reply# 5 6/3/2010 at 08:37 (5,068 days old) by KenmoreGuy64 (Charlotte, NC) |
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It is unfortunate perhaps that the seller didn't know the finer details of the machine, but should we really expect them to? Do I expect lay-people to know how to decode a Kenmore model number? No, many people out there can't tell a 2 year old washer from a 20 year old washer. Those people know a lot of things about stuff we don't, it's how the world works.
The machine's styling is very mid-20th century and though the Avocado color gives away its origin without looking at anything else, if that same machine were white, it would definitely be passable as a 1940s machine to the vast majority of people. Giving the seller a hard time about their mistake is unwarranted. Gordon | ||
| Post# 439381 , Reply# 6 6/3/2010 at 10:13 (5,068 days old) by PeterH770 (Marietta, GA) | ||
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| Post# 439420 , Reply# 9 6/3/2010 at 13:17 (5,068 days old) by elginkid (Cincinnati, OH) | ||
If you look at many pictures of earlier "Grey Ghost" machines, many of them seem to have a slight greenish cast (I don't know if they also do in person) but it's plausible that someone could mistake that color green as being a logical transition to the next model, particularly on a wringer washer. People often forget how late they were manufactured.
Wes | ||
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