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Thread Number: 32604
Holy Moley...Turquoise Highlanders ? in Ma. |
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| Post# 491587 1/26/2011 at 05:57 (4,832 days old) by toploader55 (Massachusetts Sand Bar, Cape Cod) | ||
Ughhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I truly have NO ROOM !!! Maybe it is time to get that Heated Storage Locker. CLICK HERE TO GO TO toploader55's LINK on Boston Craigslist | ||
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Post# 491602 , Reply# 1 1/26/2011 at 08:09 (4,832 days old) by RevvinKevin  (Tinseltown - Shakey Town - La-La Land) |
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Post# 491603 , Reply# 2 1/26/2011 at 08:10 (4,832 days old) by combo52 (50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md) |
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TURQUOISE MAYTAGS Hope someone gets these this is a great price for these nearly TOL machines. Paul where are you, and Jon it may be time for you to experience MT washing first hand, [ M A Y T A G M A Y T A G M A Y T A G ] AND KEEP SLOWLY REPEATING LOL. These are not the highlander models, they were the cheaper models with wrap around cabinets and never had florescent lights. | ||
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Post# 491604 , Reply# 3 1/26/2011 at 08:11 (4,832 days old) by swestoyz (Cedar Falls, IA) |
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Post# 491609 , Reply# 4 1/26/2011 at 09:42 (4,832 days old) by Unimatic1140 (Minneapolis) |
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| Post# 491613 , Reply# 5 1/26/2011 at 10:03 (4,832 days old) by westingman123 () | ||
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Go ahead, Eddie, you NEED that color! They are lovely. | ||
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Post# 491623 , Reply# 6 1/26/2011 at 10:50 (4,832 days old) by bajaespuma (Connecticut) |
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Like, OMG! | ||
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Post# 491634 , Reply# 7 1/26/2011 at 12:01 (4,831 days old) by turquoisedude (.) |
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Post# 491640 , Reply# 8 1/26/2011 at 12:26 (4,831 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!) |
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Oh, such fond turquoise memories! Very nice! It would be interesting to see what the washer basket looks like. The Maytag turquoise was just so deep and rich - even those who dislike the yellow and pink colors of this era usually like the blue-green calming turquoise. I had this same set found back in 1991 at a friend of my brother - the lid-balls were missing and they had dropped the lid into the panel glass. It came with instructions: "If you turn the lid around and put the handle-bump into the switch, it works perfectly!" Okay, thanks! I replaced the lid-balls and the panel glass was still available from Maytag. We're moving the washer down a double-turn staircase, not an easy task especially with the extra-wide dryer but the hassle was so worth the reward! 
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| Post# 491675 , Reply# 9 1/26/2011 at 16:37 (4,831 days old) by washernoob () | ||
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Greg? Is that you in that pic? Oh those were the 90s. hehe. That color set on those machines are to die for. Never seen that shade turquoise before. Its very striking. | ||
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Post# 491697 , Reply# 10 1/26/2011 at 17:57 (4,831 days old) by appnut (TX) |
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Post# 491700 , Reply# 11 1/26/2011 at 18:06 (4,831 days old) by goatfarmer (South Bend, home of Champions) |
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Here's your chance | ||
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Post# 491703 , Reply# 12 1/26/2011 at 18:07 (4,831 days old) by bajaespuma (Connecticut) |
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Oh may it come to pass! Yeah, thank you, I don't know what's going on with these people. They're definitely not fast responders. I'm betting it's on behalf of people who aren't computer comfortable and maybe some young person is handling this for them? Benefit of the doubt. If I'm lucky enough to get them I will get these into my basement with grease, a crowbar and that charming elephant Bugs Bunny uses whenever something needs to be packed into a small place.
Now Steve... | ||
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Post# 491809 , Reply# 13 1/27/2011 at 08:55 (4,831 days old) by Tomturbomatic (Beltsville, MD) |
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Maybe they are set on Delicate instead of Regular. Or their motor rollers are broken, belts are slipping, oil has thickened, voltage is reduced or they are operating on 50 cycles when the rest of the country is running on 60. Or, like me, they have one speed and it's "slower." | ||
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Post# 491812 , Reply# 14 1/27/2011 at 09:00 (4,831 days old) by bajaespuma (Connecticut) |
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Horrifying appliance cliches | ||
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Post# 491885 , Reply# 15 1/27/2011 at 13:57 (4,830 days old) by RevvinKevin (Tinseltown - Shakey Town - La-La Land) |
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This Maytag set is mine... or so I thought. I saw this post early yesterday morning and contacted the seller. He called me and said one other person contacted him, but only wanted the washer. Wanting to keep the set together, he told him he's going to wait. We talk, I explain I have a friend on the Cape that will pick them up for me and we agree I'm going to buy them. I'm still working on shipping arrangments beyond the initial pick up. While I have not heard back from the seller yet today, I'm now hearing someone here on AW has contacted the seller, making large ($$$) offers for the set and it sounds like the seller may be wavering (since he's seeing dollar signs). Yesterday after speaking to the seller and agreeing I will buy them, I was surprised my hands were shaking due to excitement and the "OMG I Can't believe I got them!" So... I don't know exactly what's happening yet, because the seller hasn't returned my call, so I can't say I'm dissapointed yet... but I think I'm getting there. Kevin This post was last edited 01/27/2011 at 16:07 | ||
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Post# 491907 , Reply# 16 1/27/2011 at 16:06 (4,830 days old) by RevvinKevin (Tinseltown - Shakey Town - La-La Land) |
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Update.... | ||
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Post# 491998 , Reply# 21 1/28/2011 at 00:16 (4,830 days old) by RevvinKevin (Tinseltown - Shakey Town - La-La Land) |
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My take on this whole thing
After writing the seller and, very nicely letting him know how I felt, among other things in his reply he said " It also rubbed me a bit the wrong way that you made no effort to let me know they were worth substantially more and offer me a "fair" price." WHAT THE.....? I didn't know it was MY responsibility to tell you, you can sell them for more then you are asking!
OK... so...
Yes this whole thing SUCKS in the most un-pleasant way and I'm not a happy camper about it. But... life goes on, I'll get over it (quickly) and I'm holding any grudges. Honestly it's not healthy to dwell on such things and what good would it do me anyway? Sure I could write a real nasty-gram to the seller and give him what for, but again, where would it get me?
I could also call out who (I'm fairly sure) the buyer is and be angry at him... but again, what will that get me? Nada, Zero, Zilch, Nothing... except maybe an ulcer.
Kevin | ||
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Post# 492005 , Reply# 22 1/28/2011 at 01:13 (4,830 days old) by Launderess (Quiet Please, There´s a Lady on Stage) |
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One Reason I Rarely Post Links To CL or FleaBay Items Anymor
Is due to things unfolding like this, which sadly is becoming all to common.
After being old off by a seller of a Frigidaire unit in (IIRC) NJ, I vowed pretty much not to bother anymore. Mind you if one hadn't bothered listing the auction here, the seller would have let the thing go for the "low" price listed and or it may have simply got kicked to the curb. What was my recompense for my trouble of letting the club know about the unit? The rough side of the seller's tongue about how *I* almost caused them to loose out on getting a "fair" price. Excuse me? Since when is it the public's deal to let vendor's know what they *should* be charging for something? Someone please tell me as I've obviously not seen the memo. *LOL* Ebay and CL are two different things. If something is listed on CL with a price, unless wording to the effect of "make me an offer" is included, I for one am going to assume the number mentioned is what they want. Should said CL seller and myself come to an agreement, think it is pretty low for anyone to back out because someone sneaked in and is trying to muscle in. Finally, if one may be so bold as to say, this whole unsavory sneaking about trying to top up someone else's offer/bid is IMHO partially behind the delusions of grandeur prices being seen recently. Everyone thinks that their rusted, mouldering, clapped out and otherwise "vintage" appliance is their ticket to easy street. They join the club, come in and promote their wares, incite trouble and rarely are heard from again after they've gotten what they wanted. As "Earl" says "Karma is a bitch" 
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Post# 492124 , Reply# 24 1/28/2011 at 15:24 (4,829 days old) by mayfan69 (Brisbane Queensland Australia) |
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Sorry to hear what happened Kevin
Hey Kevin
Sorry to hear this has happened to you: sucks big time! All i can say from an Aussie member's perspective is that Nathan (Brisnat81), a new Aussie member Warwick and myself have a 'gentlemens' agreement that if we see something online (mainly ebay) and either one of us is interested, then we at least the other one know. That way, we're not competing and outbidding each other...what would be the point? So far, it's worked pretty well. And i suppose we're lucky that all 3 of us have differing tastes in machines. We don't really have anything like CL here, so can't say if the situation would be any different here. And i think it's a bit rich of the seller for you to tell HIM what price they should be! Rude! Cheers Leon | ||
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Post# 492159 , Reply# 27 1/28/2011 at 16:54 (4,829 days old) by goatfarmer (South Bend, home of Champions) |
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Easy, gang!
I've given away plenty of machines on here, just because someone was interested in them. Or sold them for what I have in them, because I didn't want to scrap a classic. But with all this infighting lately, cutthroat competition, "he said this, but you said that", 'I saw it first", yada, yada, it makes me wonder if I should just scrap 'em. Let them be recycled.
I thought we all got along, I guess not..... | ||
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Post# 492162 , Reply# 28 1/28/2011 at 16:56 (4,829 days old) by Kenmoreguy64 (Charlotte, NC) |
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I am a little rusty on contract law, but I believe that if a verbal agreement can be proven to exist, the buyer or the seller can be held to the terms of the agreement in court. The difficulty is in proving than an un-written agreement existed. In this case, the e-mail to Kevin from the seller essentially proves this, and that the seller was backing out of it to take a higher offer. Since the sale listing doesn't say "X price or best offer", then if Kevin wanted to challenge this legally, I suspect there might be a case.
The seller is totally off-base in being annoyed that Kevin didn't advise about the machine's value. That is totally subjective and comments made above are correct. What a machine like this is worth to one person may be totally different than what it is worth to another. I have purchased machines several times out of town/out of state, and what I usually do to secure them quickly is try to get the seller to accept Paypal. That way I can instantly pay, and the deal is put to concrete. OR, I overnight a check or the money with a receipt signature required, but that's a pain and expensive. What the seller should have done, if he/she had any integrity, other than uphold his agreement with Kevin, would be to let Kevin know about the higher offer and give him a chance to meet it. The person who out-paid Kevin, knowing they'd be snubbing some other interested party underhandedly, will get his/her just desert eventually. I would venture that they will have to carefully consider a gleeful "looky at what I got" post on here because then we'll all know who did the dirty deed. Sometimes a part of the fun of getting a new machine is sharing it with everyone here.... Gordon | ||
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Post# 492328 , Reply# 31 1/29/2011 at 05:24 (4,829 days old) by goatfarmer (South Bend, home of Champions) |
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Post# 492389 , Reply# 32 1/29/2011 at 11:42 (4,828 days old) by RevvinKevin (Tinseltown - Shakey Town - La-La Land) |
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An update and a request.....
The update: I have been in contact with the person who offered the seller higher $$$ for the set. After a couple long e-mails and an hour on the phone, there is NO bad blood, anger or resentment between us. We both feel that remaining friendly or being friends is A LOT MORE IMPORTANT then some old washer & dryer. Don't get me wrong, old washers & dryers are practically what we live for, but ultimately they are not the most important thing there is.
Also, the seller contacted the "would be" buyer to tell him he's accepted his offer, however he (the seller) now jacked the price up even higher (and he said he DIDN'T want to start a bidding war, HA!). So now the seller has gotten SO GREEDY, he may have priced himself out of a sale. (are you reading this Barry?)
Request to the seller: PLEASE don't let your greed get the best of you, sell them to someone who will give them a loving home as you "claim" you wanted. Also, please don't get frustrated if you don't get "your price" and then follow your wife's suggestion, PLEASE DO NOT take them to the dump!
Also thank you everyone for your support! It was an unfortunate turn of events, but hey, life goes on, with or without a turquoise Maytag washer & dryer.
Now my request: Boys... PLEASE don't let this tension and anger between you fester. Calm down and work it out somehow. If you still feel the need to mince words, PLEASE take it to a private message or e-mail, there is no need to continue airing your "dirty laundry" here in this thread! Thank you!
Best regards to all! Kevin
BTW... here is a better photo of the set.... (water level buttons broken or missing, chrome pitted, etc) 
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Post# 492428 , Reply# 33 1/29/2011 at 16:54 (4,828 days old) by Launderess (Quiet Please, There´s a Lady on Stage) |
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Very Well Done | ||
| Post# 492477 , Reply# 34 1/29/2011 at 19:58 (4,828 days old) by redcarpetdrew (Fairfield, CA) | ||
THAT was class!
Thanks for that post, Kevin. I've been talking to you via email and phone about this mess and am happy with how you've handled, and chose to settle, the whole thing. It's bound to happen every so often where more than one of us wants to latch onto the same poor, unsuspecting appliance. The Law of Averages will catch up with us as there are lots of us and not so many nice sets popping up on the radar... BTW, You know that if any show up in the N. Nevada area, I've got your back!
NOW, on to more pressing matters that require our full attention... Who's with me in wanting to really hear Laundress sing 'Kumbaya'? (Ducks and runs...) RCD | ||
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Post# 492500 , Reply# 35 1/29/2011 at 21:05 (4,828 days old) by Launderess (Quiet Please, There´s a Lady on Stage) |
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Honey , I Swore After My Last Camp Years | ||
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Post# 492557 , Reply# 36 1/30/2011 at 02:00 (4,828 days old) by RevvinKevin (Tinseltown - Shakey Town - La-La Land) |
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DUCKS AND RUNS.... VERY...VERY... FAST!!! | ||
| Post# 492571 , Reply# 37 1/30/2011 at 07:26 (4,828 days old) by toploader55 (Massachusetts Sand Bar, Cape Cod) | ||
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Extra Credit | ||
| Post# 492751 , Reply# 38 1/30/2011 at 23:42 (4,827 days old) by qsd-dan (West) | ||
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| Post# 492772 , Reply# 39 1/31/2011 at 05:51 (4,827 days old) by toploader55 (Massachusetts Sand Bar, Cape Cod) | ||
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