Thread Number: 11063
Do you collect these or somethin?
[Down to Last]

automaticwasher.org's exclusive eBay Watch:
scroll >>> for more items --- [As an eBay Partner, eBay may compensate automaticwasher.org if you make a purchase using any link to eBay on this page]
Post# 199929   3/28/2007 at 12:16 (6,210 days old) by wannapinkset ()        

When I go to pick up an old washer or dryer, people get this eureka like look accompanied by an incredulous smile and inevitably wind up asking, "So do you collect these things or something"? I smile and say "well yeah sorta". All the time thinking of you guys and your serious wall to wall killer collections. I am modest by comparision due to availability and the price some of these machines are commanding now. This is not a cheap hobby.

Do you guys ever get this?





Post# 199932 , Reply# 1   3/28/2007 at 12:37 (6,210 days old) by geextrarinse (Hudson Valley, New York )        
OF COURSE!

geextrarinse's profile picture
This is the initiation into Vintage Appliances - You eventually become a pro at handling these non believers. And once you show them you're passionate - they are also somehow impressed. Robert once recommended I take a few pics with me to show of other machines and people then realize their beauty.

Try that next time you get "the LOOK"...

Matt


Post# 199949 , Reply# 2   3/28/2007 at 14:19 (6,210 days old) by dadoes (TX, U.S. of A.)        

dadoes's profile picture
LOL, I'm a bit apprehensive now when plumbers or sprinkler repair or whatever needs to get into my garage. The typical question is whether I work on appliances as a part-time business. The sprinkler/yard guy last week showed a bit of passing interest when I pointed out my 1950 Frigidaire, the Maytag 906s, and the Calypso as examples of collectibles.

Post# 199988 , Reply# 3   3/28/2007 at 16:59 (6,210 days old) by goatfarmer (South Bend, home of Champions)        

goatfarmer's profile picture
The guy where I get some of my trade in's looks at me kinda funny when I take some of the old ones that he normally takes to the scrapyard. I just tell him "I have a market for that", he laughs, and it goes on the truck.

kennyGF


Post# 200002 , Reply# 4   3/28/2007 at 19:45 (6,210 days old) by bajaespuma (Connecticut)        
Some strategies:

bajaespuma's profile picture
If I get the "look" from moronics when I express an interest in a washer or a dryer and want to yank their unimaginative chains, I will say, depending on mood and/or situation:

1. I'm a chef (truth)and I want to use the machine as a heavy duty salad spinner at work for cleaning cases of lettuce(a bold faced lie although I have a friend whose mother used to use her mini-basket for that exact purpose).

2. I'm a potter and I'm going to use it for annealing raku ware.

3. How do YOU get rid of dead hamsters?

4. I need it to churn pulp for papermaking(I've seen this done).

5. We're doing a play and it will make a great prop.

6. I belong to an internet group of adults who are interested in vintage washing machines and I want this for my collection (gets a laugh every time).


Post# 200032 , Reply# 5   3/28/2007 at 21:45 (6,210 days old) by bpetersxx (laf in on the banks of the Wabash River)        

bpetersxx's profile picture
I use the universal answer for so many washers

LAUNDRY


Post# 200270 , Reply# 6   3/29/2007 at 22:59 (6,209 days old) by laundryshark (Cedar Rapids, Iowa)        
Maybe Caught Somebody's Interest

As I was purchasing some laundry additives at Hy-Vee one day, I told the store person helping me about our Web site and she made note of it. Hopefully, she would still take interest and check us out. Although I myself do not have the room, the funds, or the means to collect vintage washers, the next best thing is to collect audios and videos, which I most thoroughly enjoy. Too bad there is yet to be a way for smelling those classic laundry detergent scents through my computer. *grins*--Laundry Shark


Forum Index:       Other Forums:                      



Comes to the Rescue!

The Discuss-o-Mat has stopped, buzzer is sounding!!!
If you would like to reply to this thread please log-in...

Discuss-O-MAT Log-In



New Members
Click Here To Sign Up.



                     


automaticwasher.org home
Discuss-o-Mat Forums
Vintage Brochures, Service and Owners Manuals
Fun Vintage Washer Ephemera
See It Wash!
Video Downloads
Audio Downloads
Picture of the Day
Patent of the Day
Photos of our Collections
The Old Aberdeen Farm
Vintage Service Manuals
Vintage washer/dryer/dishwasher to sell?
Technical/service questions?
Looking for Parts?
Website related questions?
Digital Millennium Copyright Act Policy
Our Privacy Policy