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Westy Slant Front Dryer on ebay: A bargain at twice the price
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Post# 225089   7/25/2007 at 04:10 (6,091 days old) by ericpeters68 ()        

Actually, this was on 2 weeks ago with an even higher starting bid- at least NOW they're getting realistic ;) For comparison, I bought the almost identical 1955 version months ago on ebay for a high bid of 99 cents- I felt sorry for the guy and gave him a $10 bill just for dragging it out of his basement.

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Post# 225093 , Reply# 1   7/25/2007 at 05:52 (6,090 days old) by gadgetgary (Bristol,CT)        
BIN price????

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Something is smoking some wacky stuff
YIKES~!


Post# 225096 , Reply# 2   7/25/2007 at 06:02 (6,090 days old) by seamusuk (Dover Kent UK)        
OMG!!!!

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I dunno about smoking- Id have said sniffing or injecting lol!
Seamus


Post# 225098 , Reply# 3   7/25/2007 at 06:08 (6,090 days old) by christfr (st louis mo)        

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gees that has to be a typo.. i hope

Post# 225106 , Reply# 4   7/25/2007 at 07:11 (6,090 days old) by ericpeters68 ()        

It's no typo- the FIRST time (s)he wanted $10,000 with a BIN of $20,000. You don't make a typo like that twice. Interestingly, the first time they ran the auction, they called it a 1963 so I wrote them (through ebay messages) to apprise them that it was, in fact, a 1953 and, therefore, worth even more! ROFLOL!

Post# 225111 , Reply# 5   7/25/2007 at 08:00 (6,090 days old) by northwesty (Renton, WA)        

I'd have a hard time finding this as I ususally look under the word "vintage" and not "antique". Doesn't ebay charge a fee based on how much your asking price is? I almost feel sorry for someone who is so 'out of it' - I mean, its kinda foolish.

Post# 225112 , Reply# 6   7/25/2007 at 08:01 (6,090 days old) by westyslantfront ()        

Perhaps the seller should be tied up with rope like the dryer
Ross


Post# 225113 , Reply# 7   7/25/2007 at 08:17 (6,090 days old) by veg-o-matic (Baltimore, Hon!)        
The best part

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QUOTE: "This may be worth more than I am selling it for"
veg


Post# 225114 , Reply# 8   7/25/2007 at 08:17 (6,090 days old) by laundromat (Hilo, Hawaii)        

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I emailed the seller telling them "R U Crazy??????????"

Post# 225116 , Reply# 9   7/25/2007 at 08:32 (6,090 days old) by jetcone (Schenectady-Home of Calrods,Monitor Tops,Toroid Transformers)        
They always misspell a word or two

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Did ya see it has to be "Whiped" down abit?
I just looked at another wayout whacky auction where the receiver was used and the cabinet was "warn" down abit
So it was marked down to 269.00! WAY OVER THE TOP
If we all pool our money --the whole club mayber we can chip her down to $8,000 and save a vintage antique dryer -- THEY ARE SO RARE these days!!


Post# 225123 , Reply# 10   7/25/2007 at 08:53 (6,090 days old) by launderess (Quiet Please, There´s a Lady on Stage)        

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While we here are perfectly free to disagree with auction opening bids, it generally is not a good idea to contact eBay sellers with snide remarks about their auctions. It is one thing to make helpful pointers such as correcting make/model or giving helpful background information, emailing a seller to poke fun at their opening bid is at worse poor taste and at best an invitation to a nasty exchange. Such emailing could also land one afoul of eBay's TOS
Those of us here have come to know and hopefully appreciate the rather tounge and cheek back and forth between members, however others might not take things the right way.


Post# 225137 , Reply# 11   7/25/2007 at 10:35 (6,090 days old) by ericpeters68 ()        

Here is a link to the first auction. I was wrong. Their original buy it now was $150,000 (not $20,000) as I stated earlier. They have come down to an eminently reasonable $20,000. You know what would really be a kick in the teeth? If they actually GOT it!

Post# 225138 , Reply# 12   7/25/2007 at 10:36 (6,090 days old) by ericpeters68 ()        

No wait HERE is the link

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Post# 225142 , Reply# 13   7/25/2007 at 10:49 (6,090 days old) by frigilux (The Minnesota Prairie)        

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What Frigilux thinks: Frigilux thinks the dryer is full of drugs, and this auction is aimed at those who are 'in' on the code. Now, what did I do with J. Edgar Hoover's number.....

Post# 225188 , Reply# 14   7/25/2007 at 17:03 (6,090 days old) by goatfarmer (South Bend, home of Champions)        

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A few years ago, they probably would have paid someone to haul it away....
kennyGF


Post# 225205 , Reply# 15   7/25/2007 at 19:59 (6,090 days old) by washertalk ()        

I think Frig might be right. either that or someone is several months behind on their sub-prime mortgage and needs money to save their "american dream" mcmansion in the suburbs.

Post# 225272 , Reply# 16   7/25/2007 at 22:32 (6,090 days old) by exploder3211 ()        

Na
Some one just wants a new car badly.. Or the down payment on a new $40,000 car...
Thats just wacky


Post# 225290 , Reply# 17   7/25/2007 at 23:19 (6,090 days old) by pturo (Syracuse, New York)        

Holy Crap, they should retire the CRACK PIPE now.

Post# 225293 , Reply# 18   7/25/2007 at 23:51 (6,090 days old) by tolivac (greenville nc)        

Oh-Boy-ANOTHER EBay ROOK-OFF.I think Westy dryers have been around awhile-think they are common enough that you don't need to pay 10 or 20 grand for one.PASS!!

Post# 225310 , Reply# 19   7/26/2007 at 02:33 (6,090 days old) by bpetersxx (laf in on the banks of the Wabash River)        

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This better have a heavy gold drum 6 feet thick for this price
EGADS again Gracie


Post# 225355 , Reply# 20   7/26/2007 at 08:25 (6,089 days old) by ericpeters68 ()        

Whilst I am on the subject, does anyone have a decent slant- front Laundromat around this vintage they would like to sell me to match my dryer (preferably closer to the 99 cents I paid for MY dryer, not the $150,000 they want) or even a matching pair in the midwest/northeast area?

Post# 225389 , Reply# 21   7/26/2007 at 10:45 (6,089 days old) by gregm ()        
uummmmm ??

what color is the sky in their world ????? Have a safe trip back to earth ............ It always scares me if people like this vote ..............

Post# 225391 , Reply# 22   7/26/2007 at 10:54 (6,089 days old) by abcomatic (Bradford, Illinois)        

Oh my and I am only 124 miles away too! I don't think i will jump on this bid any time soon. Talking about drugs, wasn't this the type of Westinghouse in the 1967 or '68 movie "Wait Until Dark?" A doll full of drugs was put in the washer or dryer during the movie? Just wondering? Gary

Post# 225520 , Reply# 23   7/26/2007 at 23:44 (6,089 days old) by frontaloadotmy (the cool gay realm)        
Gary It was a Laundramat

In "Wait Until Dark" ; iirc, it was about three years olde
than the dryer for sale.


Post# 225525 , Reply# 24   7/27/2007 at 01:37 (6,089 days old) by foraloysius (Leeuwarden, Friesland, the Netherlands)        

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What is mint condition these days? I think I see a rust spot on the left side. And the baffles are far from mint. Silly that they are too lazy to w(h)ipe the thing down for that money. Must be a real disappointment when they don't sell it. LOL

Post# 225574 , Reply# 25   7/27/2007 at 06:45 (6,088 days old) by ~sudsshane ()        
As Greg said....

"It always scares me if people like this vote"
Couldn't agree with you more Greg..do America a favor and stay home in 2008!!. I have to watch this in eBay,because if this sells for that price, I will be downright shocked!!! Robert, don't you have this dryer? ....what do YOU think it is worth??


Post# 225596 , Reply# 26   7/27/2007 at 09:49 (6,088 days old) by irishwashguy (Salem,Oregon.............A Capital City)        
Wow!

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It is a little frightening to think that some of these people vote. "It could be worth more than I am selling it for." Well, with that kind of logic, I guess anything is possible.Maybe we should all go and morgage the house and buy it..........Just testing you:)..i have things in my life, some for over twenty years, that when I bought them, they were throwing them out, now they are hot,hot, hot. Just because I am courious, how do you get a rust spot on a mint condition dryer and still ask a mint for it?
PS: Maybe he failed to mention all of the money that is in the dryer after many years of use, as well as the bars of gold that he will throw in as a premeum.Just a thought
Robert, Oh wise one, what is this thing really worth? Unrestored the way it is? I would say 200-300 would be my guess..........please enlighten us!!


Post# 225636 , Reply# 27   7/27/2007 at 15:00 (6,088 days old) by washdayguy ()        
OMG

It's really kind of funny that they think it's worth that much money...I wonder what other "get rich quick" schemes they've come up with! Is there any end to people’s delusions?

Post# 225638 , Reply# 28   7/27/2007 at 15:26 (6,088 days old) by washertalk ()        

and for that price, they could have/ should have staged it.
I mean look at it. There is all kinds of marks all over the front. and that tacky tension belt wrapped around it. It's like they were getting ready to take it to the local transfer stage to put in the metal bin and someone who has drank to many beers said "Let take a picture and try and sell this! (ah-doyh)"


Post# 225655 , Reply# 29   7/27/2007 at 16:52 (6,088 days old) by decodriveboy (FL, US)        
PUH-LEEZE!

Crack is wack!

Post# 225881 , Reply# 30   7/29/2007 at 04:31 (6,087 days old) by whesleysgirl ()        
FYI

Just so you all know! I am the one selling the dryer, and the reason the price is so high is because I have recently found out I have cancer! I am 26 years old and All I want is to be able to pay my medical bills and go see my fucking family in california before It's too late, but thank you all so much for your attention to me. GET A LIFE!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Post# 225884 , Reply# 31   7/29/2007 at 05:47 (6,086 days old) by goatfarmer (South Bend, home of Champions)        

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Sorry to hear about your situation.
But it would seem to me that if you're needing money, you would put a REASONABLE price on it, so it would be assured of selling. At that price, you're going to have it a long time, and just be paying EBay fees. My opinions are given freely, value accordingly
kennyGF


Post# 225885 , Reply# 32   7/29/2007 at 05:50 (6,086 days old) by foraloysius (Leeuwarden, Friesland, the Netherlands)        

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I'm sorry about your cancer, that's awful. But it doesn't say so in your ad so you can't hold that against us. You might have to look for other funds, this dryer is not going to bring you that kind of money
Louis


Post# 225893 , Reply# 33   7/29/2007 at 07:30 (6,086 days old) by jamman_98 (Columbia, SC)        
Maybe it comes with....

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Betty Furness inside. Just press the button and "Poof" she appears in all her glory doing the Westinghouse Opportunity Days commercial.*g
Jo
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Post# 225915 , Reply# 34   7/29/2007 at 09:30 (6,086 days old) by exploder3211 ()        

Agreed.. We are the prmiary group who buys this kinda stuff.. Sorry to here about your health issues, but as Louis said maybe you can find some other means. Like a church fund raiser or something

Post# 225938 , Reply# 35   7/29/2007 at 10:30 (6,086 days old) by unimatic1140 (Minneapolis)        

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Just so you all know! I am the one selling the dryer, and the reason the price is so high is because I have recently found out I have cancer! I am 26 years old and All I want is to be able to pay my medical bills and go see my fucking family in california before It's too late, but thank you all so much for your attention to me. GET A LIFE!!!!!!!!!!!!!Well first off all let me say whesleysgirl I am very sorry to hear about you recently diagnosed medical condition.
But let’s put some logic to all of this, so you found our website and our Discuss-o-Mat, but did you notice on our home page is a button for our Wanted/Reward Page? If not here is a link to it: Wanted/Reward Page. Please make no mistake we have been buying and selling these machines for years and this website is the one and only place in 2007 that you will find experts on vintage automatic washers, dryers and dishwashers. We know them inside and out and we also know exactly what they are worth
Now it clearly states in the first paragraph of the Rewards page “Rewards may be offered for early dishwashers and a few very rare dryers too“. Unfortunately vintage automatic dryers are just not as rare as vintage automatic washers. Now if you look at the listing for Westinghouse Laundromat Washers, which now you see are more valuable than the dryers, they are listed as a reward value of $200. So then listing a vintage dryer on eBay for $5,000 that is worth at best between $75 and $150 would make any person here call in to question the sellers sanity or at least the knowledge of what they really have. While I am sorry that you had to read some of the ridicule that we all participated in the above posting, you really can't blame any of us here. I don't know who has giving you the advice that this machine is worth so much money, but they are clearly mistaken. So the only advice we can offer you is if you really want to sell the dryer you are going to have to lower your price to something more in the range of the dryer’s true value.


Post# 226066 , Reply# 36   7/29/2007 at 22:33 (6,086 days old) by ericpeters68 ()        

An open letter to Whesley's girl also sent via email:
You can ask whatever you want for anything and we can make fun of it. I think your profanity-laced cancer sob story is a fabrication (and a very sick ruse if it is). But I would WELCOME the chance to help you if I am wrong (because I am a nice guy, not out of guilt nor because I think your dryer is worth $500 let alone $5000). Simply email me privately with your real name and phone number and the name and phone number of your oncologist. Give them permission, in advance, to verify that you have terminal (you did say 'too late'?) cancer to me. After I corroborate their legitmacy as physicians in the state of Illinois, I will speak with them. If your story holds water, I will personally purchase you a coach round trip ticket (with the requisite 21 day advance notice) from Chicago or St Louis to any major California city of your choice for the duration of your choice. I BEG you to prove me wrong and take me up on it! Step up to the plate! I will keep the bboard members apprised (omitting your personal info, of course).


Post# 226070 , Reply# 37   7/29/2007 at 23:00 (6,086 days old) by liamwa ()        
whesleysgirl.

That's the best offer your going to get, I'd take him up on it. As for the cancer I really hope your not making that up, my Nana died of cancer and let me tell you its no joke.

Best of luck to you.
Liam


Post# 226136 , Reply# 38   7/30/2007 at 07:43 (6,085 days old) by tlee618 ()        

Eric that is a wonderful gesture on your part. I know many of the "family" here and I am sure that if this story is true that lots of us would be willing to help.

Post# 226168 , Reply# 39   7/30/2007 at 10:08 (6,085 days old) by andrewinorlando ()        

Eric -

You are really a sweetheart for doing that.....


Post# 226275 , Reply# 40   7/30/2007 at 17:09 (6,085 days old) by exploder3211 ()        

Wow

Post# 226311 , Reply# 41   7/30/2007 at 21:05 (6,085 days old) by alanlendaro ()        
Well, check out some of the things she has bought recently

"Booty shorts" indeed :-)



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Post# 226312 , Reply# 42   7/30/2007 at 21:07 (6,085 days old) by alanlendaro ()        
Well, check out some of the things she has bought recently

"Booty shorts" indeed :-)



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Post# 226321 , Reply# 43   7/30/2007 at 21:48 (6,085 days old) by buffster ()        
Pardon my cynicism gang...

Does anyone even know for sure if the person who posted here, claiming to be the seller of the Antique *1953* Westinghouse Clothes Dryer, is the actual seller? I guess I've grown cynical, but I just don't take everything someone says at face value anymore. I do most of the time, until I have reason not to trust someone, but this just seems fishy IMHO. Fabricating stories has become all too common these days. If this is the actual seller, I sure would hate to think they would make up a story about having cancer to elicit sympathy or make people feel bad about sharing their opinions.

Also, even if the cancer scenario is true (and I'm very sorry if that is the case), the seller was not forced to read this thread. She must have gone out of her way to find it, or have already been aware of its existence. And, even though I may not agree with all of the opinions expressed here, the purpose of the forum is to facilitate discussion isn't it? Again, maybe I'm off the mark, but something seems fishy here. (Could it possibly just be someone trying to cause a stir?)

Now, in the seller's defense...

Even though I too think the price is outrageous, I also believe that more power to the seller if they can find a buyer willing to pay the asking price. (We still live in a free market society don't we?) For what it's worth, the way I look at it, nobody's holding a gun to my head to buy it. Another way to look at it is that it's all relative. Yes, to most the price seems ridiculous; however, to someone from a third world country (that's probably not PC, so excuse my ignorance), spending money buying multiple washers and other assorted appliances must also seem excessive and an extremely poor use of money that could be spent buying food and supplies for the less fortunate. Just something to think about...





Post# 226330 , Reply# 44   7/30/2007 at 22:12 (6,085 days old) by washertalk ()        

Ebay is a public forum, open for anyone to see what is available regardless of if one even has an account.

If a person is going to take the time to advertise on Ebay, or Craigs, or become a public official, or an actor, one is opening themselves to any number of results, one of which is critizism. No one, after all, yes, no one, is beyond question.

The story doesn't matter and it doesn't work. Nor does signing into a chat room with 100 people to beg for understanding.

Good luck IF they can get what they are asking. Really ! But let's face it most people, and especially the smart members here at AW.org ain't going to be buy'n whesleysgirl's blabber.

Really, we should be flattered.


Post# 226432 , Reply# 45   7/31/2007 at 04:59 (6,085 days old) by ericpeters68 ()        

I too noticed some of the seller's recent purchases. As a boy who has not had cancer, I can't imagine with certainty what would be at the top of the shopping list for a girl WITH cancer, however, my feeble mind thinks Bibles and Cancer-related literature would take precedence over provocative clothing. More likely, though, I probably wouldn't be spending time on ebay at all except to SELL junk I had acquired (at realistic prices) to unburden my family of having to do so in the unfortunate event of my expiration. And curiously no mention of the cancer on the ebay description? It has a much broader audience than does this. I've read plenty of auction descriptions on there with chartitable pleas for help vis-a-vis the item being sold. It also occurred to me, buffster, that, before I make good on my promise to buy a ticket, I need to verify that the email address used here AND on ebay are the same.

Post# 226545 , Reply# 46   7/31/2007 at 16:45 (6,084 days old) by goatfarmer (South Bend, home of Champions)        

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Someone here EMailed the seller, that's probably why she found this forum.

Personally, I wouldn't get involved, she's stated how she feels, let it go at that.

kennyGF


Post# 226910 , Reply# 47   8/2/2007 at 00:04 (6,083 days old) by irishwashguy (Salem,Oregon.............A Capital City)        
Well, my two cents

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i am not a mean person, nor am I am melicious guy, but when I was sick and dying, I was not online buying clothes, and spendy ones at that.I was laying in bed, crying and hoping for a Miracle, which happened i am happy to say. That was over ten years ago, and I am healthy and happy. if she has cancer, I I hope that she gets better, although, from what I can read on her profile for E-bay, I would say that there is no doubt that there is some spin going on, and it is not in the dryer. i did not need a flatening iron, I needed something to stop my hair from falling out,I was a real mess, and I do mean real big mess. From what The evidence points only one way, it does not add up, nor make any sence.

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Post# 227378 , Reply# 48   8/3/2007 at 18:52 (6,081 days old) by washertalk ()        

Only about 2 1/2 hours left. Will a large contingent of last minute bidders swoop in an snatch (eww, I swore) this puppy up?
The suspense is building.

NA, Na. Donn-t Be metten wit da Judy.

Shes good. I like her.



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