My lucky squaretop find!

Thanks guys.
Who knows, maybe it will be a total ugly piece of junk (you never know), but for $50, I'm excited either way.

[MoonDawg]

Kito, I guess you weren't a member a while back when we had a post going, describing this same scenareo but the S.O.B. sold it a day or an hour before we got there.  
       You really should try and  connect with the guy before he has too much time to think. If he starts talking to other people about it this weekend, it can only hurt the deal.
       Anyway, the number of responses to this post proves one thing. While we all enjoy the satistfaction of restoring an old machine, or the aspect of making a nice profit...... the biggest thrill in this hobby is the "FIND".

[Eric]

I agree the FIND is the best.... making money on a machine you didn't really
want or that is too far gone is great.... Also knowing the parts you're selling
will revive someone elses piece of history is great too....But when you walk in
not knowing what to expect and there sets a machine better than you could imagine.
Now that's cool!

And MoonDawg is right if it's across town find an hour and get over there
this weekend... They could think it over or worse pull it out of the garage knowing you're
gonna be coming in a few days and someone else will drive by, see it and stop to offer something for it......  Not trying to scare you... Just talking from experience:(

[Eric]

'kito-
Come on.... Can't take it! How'd the square top deal turn out?.......:O

[Pat Pixley]

Oh boy! and that sort of stuff happens just like Moondawg &
Eric said . And talk about a bad feeling after that has happpened. Make the time see if you can check it out
sooner and plan on taking it that day .

Pat  

[Creighton]

Hey Mark,
On the edge of my chair as well. Whatcha find out?
Creighton

Thanks so much for your interest guys.
Unfortunately here's what happened (and it's not what you think):
So he had given me his phone number on a slip of paper when we first talked about his machine a few days ago.
Than Monday morning came and I couldn't find the slip of paper anywhere! I tore my whole house up and couldn't find it. I also couldn't remember his last name, so I couldn't call him.
It was SO frustrating!
So the whole day went by and I never got to see the machine and I felt awful that he probably wasted a bunch of his time waiting for me and I never showed.
Then, this morning I found the slip of paper stuck in my drivers seat in my car!
So I called him and left him a long message. Hopefully I can go see it soon.
I'll let you know what happens.

So here I had to wait all weekend and even then I couldn't go see it. '>

But Today (Tuesday) I did finally make the 9.5 hour (roundtrip) drive to Iowa to pick up the V-56 I bought on eBay a while back. I will start a separate thread on that tomorrow (Wednesday).
Thanks all, take care.

Hi `Kito,
I think you should tatoo the number on your hand for the next time. So you can`t loose it.
 :'>
Lars

Good point. Yeah, immediately after finding it, I entered it into my Palm Pilot and sync'd it with my computer.

[Jim]

"Techie Toys" to keep you organized in finding "Old Soda Machines"...