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It's a great feeling when someone says "you can have this, just get it outta here!" Or something similar. Usually the price you really have to pay is a bad back or sore muscles, maybe a case or 2 of...? My freebie was a couple years ago. Friend owns a photography studio. I was offered a Glasco GBV50. All I had to do was get it out of a damp basement. Grabbed a friend and managed to get it up a short flight of stairs that included a 90 degree turn! Fun! My real cost? I own a Bar-B-Q restaurant so I gave him some "Q" for his trouble. And a greatful "Thanks!" Anyone have a similar story about their "Freebie"?
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Philip S
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« Reply #1 on: February 08, 2014, 04:08:01 pm » |
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I once picked up a Dixie Narco 501 for free. It was free if you hauled it off the site which was in a hotel. I think it weighed about 500lbs, heaviest machine I've ever lifted. Then it sat in my garage for some time as I didn't need a machine that size. I traded it for a smaller/older Pepsi can machine and $200 cash. I was pretty happy with getting a nice can machine and $200 for a little back pain.
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« Reply #2 on: February 08, 2014, 07:17:26 pm » |
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Guess for me if you are saying free and not received as a gift, it's this neon sign I found in the garbage not too far from my house
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I blew it all at the penny arcade.
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« Reply #3 on: February 08, 2014, 08:20:15 pm » |
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same story as phillip we were demoing a building and there was a dixie 501 in the basement.they said its yours .runs and vends great.
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« Reply #4 on: February 08, 2014, 08:27:26 pm » |
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Great thread!
I chased this ideal 55 embossed hires that was supposed to be in decent original. The first discussion said it was in decent original condition... 6 months later and a ton of emails, it had been hit by a skidder and dragged 200ft.
I still took it because it was free!!
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« Reply #5 on: February 08, 2014, 09:08:15 pm » |
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I was repairing a walk in beer cooler and spotted a Vendo H-90 and asked about it and was told to just get it out of his basement.
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Cavalier 27
Jacobs 26
Ideal 55 Hires root beer, 7-Up restored
Ideal 55 Pepsi, Barqs original
Double cola,Squirt,Nesbitts,Canada Dry on deck
3 Westy 60's
3 Westy 78's
Cav 72 original
S&S 1400 WD2 Pepsi
Stoner Junior
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« Reply #6 on: February 08, 2014, 09:11:04 pm » |
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Great thread!
I chased this ideal 55 embossed hires that was supposed to be in decent original. The first discussion said it was in decent original condition... 6 months later and a ton of emails, it had been hit by a skidder and dragged 200ft.
I still took it because it was free!!
That doesn't look bad. I am sure you could just wheel that out and it would look like new!  Tim |
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« Reply #7 on: February 08, 2014, 09:27:58 pm » |
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That doesn't look bad. I am sure you could just wheel that out and it would look like new! Tim Just patina, right!!!  It's way past patina! |
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« Reply #8 on: February 08, 2014, 09:29:30 pm » |
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When I picked up my first Soda machine a V39. the seller handed me a Coke Acton Cooler. Still waiting to be restored
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"Restored they go for $6-7,000!!"
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« Reply #9 on: February 08, 2014, 09:40:57 pm » |
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Just patina, right!!! It's way past patina! A little Flitz on the stainless and it'll shine like new.  |
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Cavalier 27
Jacobs 26
Ideal 55 Hires root beer, 7-Up restored
Ideal 55 Pepsi, Barqs original
Double cola,Squirt,Nesbitts,Canada Dry on deck
3 Westy 60's
3 Westy 78's
Cav 72 original
S&S 1400 WD2 Pepsi
Stoner Junior
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