Thread Number: 37683
Norge Combo for sale on ebay |
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Post# 560554 , Reply# 1   12/1/2011 at 06:45 (4,501 days old) by cadman (Cedar Falls, IA)   |   | |
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Post# 560556 , Reply# 2   12/1/2011 at 06:52 (4,501 days old) by akronman (Akron/Cleveland Ohio)   |   | |
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Post# 560559 , Reply# 3   12/1/2011 at 06:55 (4,501 days old) by Jetcone (Schenectady-Home of Calrods,Monitor Tops,Toroid Transformers)   |   | |
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Post# 560564 , Reply# 4   12/1/2011 at 07:23 (4,501 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!)   |   | |
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Post# 560598 , Reply# 6   12/1/2011 at 09:10 (4,501 days old) by Unimatic1140 (Minneapolis)   |   | |
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Post# 560613 , Reply# 8   12/1/2011 at 11:11 (4,501 days old) by RevvinKevin (Tinseltown - Shakey Town - La-La Land)   |   | |
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Post# 560616 , Reply# 9   12/1/2011 at 11:18 (4,501 days old) by peteski50 (New York)   |   | |
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Post# 560617 , Reply# 10   12/1/2011 at 11:19 (4,501 days old) by peteski50 (New York)   |   | |
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Post# 560618 , Reply# 11   12/1/2011 at 11:19 (4,501 days old) by peteski50 (New York)   |   | |
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Post# 560627 , Reply# 12   12/1/2011 at 12:22 (4,501 days old) by mickeyd (Hamburg NY)   |   | |
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FIVE cubic feet, 26 inches high, specially engineered lifters, big white lights, little colored lights, giant fans humming,
tumble rinsing, spray rinsing, spin rinsing, deep rinsing....... ahhhhhhh..... I can't stand it........
Pete, I did not want to have washer sex this early in the day, LOL, but THANKS, you elfin rascal!
What a Christmas present this will make. Good Luck, Guys. One way or another, it's going to stay in our family, and I'll bet a charcoal 58, good friends will work it out. |
Post# 560629 , Reply# 13   12/1/2011 at 12:37 (4,501 days old) by westyslantfront ()   |   | |
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I will look forward to a club member adding this machine to their collection, getting it up and running, and some videos of the machine in action. Ross |
Post# 560724 , Reply# 14   12/1/2011 at 20:45 (4,501 days old) by mickeyd (Hamburg NY)   |   | |
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I think I understand why you guys appreciate them so much--Complexity and engineering challenge, and who solves the various problems best. So on a lark, passing by Sears, I peeled in. The arrestingly corpulent attendant was busy counting his money and ignored me. He was mouthing the numbers. I'm grinning and thinking of Scrooge.
Before finding him, I had been studying all the washers, looking for a combo, just to see. I found a lot of cavernous stainless steel tubs in the HE TL's . One was scalloped and honey combed, and more, very intricate. I was amazed at what I saw; it's been a while since I've been in Sears. The 700 dollar portable KM would look nice in any of our kitchens. Not really. Alas, no combos.
Back to Scrooge. I thought I saw some drool in the corners of his mouth. "Excuse me, do you have any washer-dryer combinations?"
"You mean a stacked washer and dryer?" he corrected me, not too happy to having his counting interrupted. I did respectfully wait till he finished his 20's and on to the tens.
"Ummm no," I said, "a washer-dryer combination, all in one, I sung, have you ever heard of them?
Yes we have one
Where? I can't find it.
It's not here, it's in the catalog, an LG, fifteen hundred dollars and it takes 4 hours to do a load.
My mouth went ppffttt
Cory and Company: Can't wait to see the Norge in action when you get it. This is very exciting. I hope you have it in time for Christmas. |
Post# 560773 , Reply# 15   12/2/2011 at 05:54 (4,500 days old) by Tomturbomatic (Beltsville, MD)   |   | |
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From the first time I saw the shape of the large door on the SQ FL, I was reminded of the door of the Norge Combo. |
Post# 560775 , Reply# 16   12/2/2011 at 06:15 (4,500 days old) by cycla-fabric (New Jersey (Northern))   |   | |
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Post# 560779 , Reply# 17   12/2/2011 at 06:44 (4,500 days old) by mrb627 (Buford, GA)   |   | |
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Post# 560784 , Reply# 18   12/2/2011 at 07:09 (4,500 days old) by polkanut (Wausau, WI )   |   | |
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Post# 560785 , Reply# 19   12/2/2011 at 07:30 (4,500 days old) by Easyspindry (Winston-Salem, NC)   |   | |
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. . . fascinating discussions in a long while. I guess because no one's ever seen one or had one. PLEASE get it and give us a report. I had no idea Norge even made a combo. Videos would be awesome. Jerry Gay |
Post# 560885 , Reply# 20   12/2/2011 at 21:52 (4,500 days old) by Launderess (Quiet Please, There´s a Lady on Stage)   |   | |
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Post# 560894 , Reply# 21   12/3/2011 at 00:08 (4,500 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!)   |   | |
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Post# 560912 , Reply# 22   12/3/2011 at 06:05 (4,499 days old) by cadman (Cedar Falls, IA)   |   | |
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Post# 560945 , Reply# 23   12/3/2011 at 12:00 (4,499 days old) by Launderess (Quiet Please, There´s a Lady on Stage)   |   | |
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Post# 560964 , Reply# 25   12/3/2011 at 12:51 (4,499 days old) by kenmore58 (Rhode Island)   |   | |
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Post# 560967 , Reply# 26   12/3/2011 at 12:59 (4,499 days old) by Tomturbomatic (Beltsville, MD)   |   | |
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Where are you reading that? I have not seen anything about two very high bids and if there were two very high bids, they were not made via ebay; a crooked seller and a crooked buyer colluded to go outside the system. |
Post# 560968 , Reply# 27   12/3/2011 at 13:02 (4,499 days old) by vacbear58 (Sutton In Ashfield, East Midlands, UK)   |   | |
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Post# 560969 , Reply# 28   12/3/2011 at 13:07 (4,499 days old) by Launderess (Quiet Please, There´s a Lady on Stage)   |   | |
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Bid retraction and cancellation history
Bidder Action / Explanation Date of Bid and Retraction Bidder i***6 Cancelled: US $1,000.00 Explanation: The seller ended the listing early and cancelled all bids. Bid: Dec-02-11 17:51:58 PST Cancelled: Dec-02-11 18:12:09 PST Bidder r***a Cancelled: US $2,359.99 Explanation: The seller ended the listing early and cancelled all bids. Bid: Dec-02-11 07:26:57 PST Cancelled: Dec-02-11 18:12:09 P |
Post# 560970 , Reply# 29   12/3/2011 at 13:15 (4,499 days old) by Launderess (Quiet Please, There´s a Lady on Stage)   |   | |
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For that reason one really no longer bothers listing active fleaPay auctions or classified adverts for rare and or unique items.
It's the same old story most every time now: Seller lists something they pretty much consider one step up from scrap value. At once the vultures descend making contact with grad offers and the rest goes usually goes the way of the above auction. Listing vanishes and item turns up later in someone's collection usually when they either make the annoucement and or require assistance with parts/repair. Cancelling an auction to cut side deals IIRC is acutally against eBay's policy, but then again they have few tools against it and even state in their terms they cannot force a seller to make the deal. Am all for club camaraderie as far as that goes; but there are too many "silent" members who we only hear from when they have a problem wanting solved, or to glean information that benefits themselves. |
Post# 560983 , Reply# 32   12/3/2011 at 13:44 (4,499 days old) by twintubdexter (Palm Springs)   |   | |
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"frankly my dear"...
I think anyone who would pay $1000+ for that machine must have money to burn...although I've spent more on collectibles that my friends think aren't worth a dollar. I do like the seller's description of that old combo where he states that it's classified as "antique" which means it's a 1911 model or earlier. |
Post# 560991 , Reply# 33   12/3/2011 at 14:14 (4,499 days old) by goatfarmer (South Bend, home of Champions)   |   | |
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It's also "possible" that someone Emailed the seller, and stated how rare and unusual the piece was, and they know of a lot of interest in it, and that they personally don't want it, and how they hope it goes to a good home type thing. Seller hears of this, and withdraws the item, only to post later at BIN of $5000.00 or so....
It's happened before...... |
Post# 560995 , Reply# 34   12/3/2011 at 14:27 (4,499 days old) by kenmore58 (Rhode Island)   |   | |
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Not to rant and rave, but this reminds me somewhat of what happened a while back with a near perfect Kenmore round bolt-down automatic that appeared from Rhode Island.
I started corresponding with the seller, as she only lived approximately 3 minutes away from me. As we started to correspond, my suspicion is that other club members also e-mailed her with the usual "Oh, my God, that's fabulous." "It's extremely rare." "It's worth a fortune." Etc. Etc. Yes, it was rare and yes, it was in mint condition, but those people are in another part of the country. Are they going to pay the high price to ship it? No. Before I knew it, the woman wanted an astronomical figure for the machine and basically told me to stop emailing her and that I was harassing her, even though I was simply trying to explain what the machine was worth to me and the fact that I could be at her front door in 3 minutes with cash and a neighbor who was willing to help me haul it out of the basement. Sometimes people have to learn "The art of the deal." Thanks for letting me rant. Ron |
Post# 561003 , Reply# 36   12/3/2011 at 15:10 (4,499 days old) by Launderess (Quiet Please, There´s a Lady on Stage)   |   | |
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Post# 561007 , Reply# 37   12/3/2011 at 15:41 (4,499 days old) by norgeway (mocksville n c )   |   | |
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I never knew such a thing existed!! I want to come see it whoever gets it!!!! |
Post# 561075 , Reply# 40   12/4/2011 at 01:11 (4,499 days old) by peteski50 (New York)   |   | |
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We had one near us in Westchester County opened in 1962. It didnt catch on real big so in 1964 new owners took over and they they made it a regular dry cleaners and it was no longer self service.
The new owners also installed 6 frigidaire washers with the 18 minute wash cycle. I used to like hanging out their. And my family became friendly with the owners. So it played a big part in my life. I remember the norge cleaning machines had a cleaning cycle that lasted 15 to 20 minutes and would go into a spin like a regular FL machine. Than it would do the dry phase for about 50 minutes. I could see the simularity to this combo! Peter |
Post# 561584 , Reply# 42   12/6/2011 at 20:41 (4,496 days old) by combo52 (50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md)   |   | |
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Post# 561595 , Reply# 43   12/6/2011 at 21:34 (4,496 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!)   |   | |
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John is correct, the Hotpoint designed combo was nothing like the GE combo. While reading the manuals a couple of years ago when John and Smitty were here for New Years, we marveled at how almost identical engineering was used from the early Hotpoint in the Speed Queen combo. All the literature I have for the Hotpoint machine puts it around 1957 but we've yet to see one or anyone who has. The service literature proves it must have been built - pictures - but still...
I have all this service and some sales lit, including Easy that was a breed all it's own... I need to do some scanning! |
Post# 561598 , Reply# 44   12/6/2011 at 21:42 (4,496 days old) by peteski50 (New York)   |   | |
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Post# 561669 , Reply# 46   12/7/2011 at 07:39 (4,495 days old) by swestoyz (Cedar Falls, IA)   |   | |
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Post# 561697 , Reply# 47   12/7/2011 at 11:21 (4,495 days old) by mickeyd (Hamburg NY)   |   | |
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Post# 562191 , Reply# 50   12/9/2011 at 17:17 (4,493 days old) by Tomturbomatic (Beltsville, MD)   |   | |
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More than probably so. |