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Title: Anyone see this on Ebay? not sure what it is, looks vintage but not sure? Post by: SIGNGUY on August 07, 2015, 11:32:55 am anyone see this? or know what this is? looks vintage? but not sure , just a glass front cooler? or Homeade?
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-COKE-Machine-Refrigerator/201398132865?_trksid=p2054897.c100204.m3164&_trkparms=aid%3D222007%26algo%3DSIC.MBE%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D20140407115239%26meid%3D1402391bad2145fd9e87b5937aae321b%26pid%3D100204%26rk%3D1%26rkt%3D25%26sd%3D171876812129 Title: Re: Anyone see this on Ebay? not sure what it is, looks vintage but not sure? Post by: Slider-Bob on August 07, 2015, 12:20:42 pm It's not old. They are new and are being sold to restaurants as a machine by the cash register (pop/soda to go).
They look cool though... Title: Re: Anyone see this on Ebay? not sure what it is, looks vintage but not sure? Post by: SodaShopNick on August 07, 2015, 12:23:00 pm Yep, Bob is right. I have seen them around here also. They are very cool.
Title: Re: Anyone see this on Ebay? not sure what it is, looks vintage but not sure? Post by: mygoose101 on August 07, 2015, 01:32:00 pm They are all over CA and very cool. Would make a great home second refrigerator. For my taste they are a little tall but still very nice. They are designed to hold the 7oz. Coke aluminum bottles. Coke, diet Coke, Coke Zero, Sprite and maybe a couple more.
Title: Re: Anyone see this on Ebay? not sure what it is, looks vintage but not sure? Post by: jholmgren on August 07, 2015, 02:45:06 pm Made by True Manufacturing. They have a few different retro styles in addition to the more standard ones. Someone should probably flag this seller for claiming it is "Vintage".
Retro style is model # is GDM-15EM-LD Retro https://www.truemfg.com/assets/FastFacts/CokeFull.pdf Jim Title: Re: Anyone see this on Ebay? not sure what it is, looks vintage but not sure? Post by: Larry on August 07, 2015, 04:23:34 pm I saw a black one that looked pretty cool once.
Title: Re: Anyone see this on Ebay? not sure what it is, looks vintage but not sure? Post by: jholmgren on August 09, 2015, 04:16:45 pm I emailed the seller to let him know that this is not a "vintage" cooler. He replied "ok thanks for the heads-up".
It has 4 bids on it... up to $500 with under an hour to go. I hope whoever buys it isn't expecting an antique. Title: Re: Anyone see this on Ebay? not sure what it is, looks vintage but not sure? Post by: halehouse on August 09, 2015, 10:02:56 pm Interesting discussion about interpretations of the word vintage:
http://community.ebay.com/t5/Archive-Antiques/Antique-vs-Vintage-Definition-and-differences/td-p/883115 Title: Re: Anyone see this on Ebay? not sure what it is, looks vintage but not sure? Post by: jholmgren on August 10, 2015, 10:16:44 am Sold for $499. Interestingly it previously sold for $750 with feedback of "Item wasn't as described no fault of seller but compensated, thanks! Five stars".
Vintage is just a buzzword these days, it has no legal definition in terms of # of years old. Still find the whole thing shady. "Retro" would be a better term IMO. Title: Re: Anyone see this on Ebay? not sure what it is, looks vintage but not sure? Post by: MoonDawg on August 10, 2015, 11:47:50 am Retro or not, I see a lot of these glass door coolers for sale......mostly not working.
The key to being collectible would be if they could be maintained as a cooler, rather than being used as a light up collectible display case. Jim, are these a problem to service? |