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vendobaldtops
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« on: December 16, 2006, 09:56:33 pm »
Today started out as a cold December morning....Victor was up in my neck of the woods and he stopped by Berkeley to take a look at my clean original Cavalier 72 and VMC 44, and my junk pile of other misc. machines.  End result:  Vicor now needs a Vendo / VMC 44 for his collection!  ':p'

We went out separate ways and I went to lunch.  When I came back, I went on Craigslist and found an Vendo 81B for 900 bucks...missing some parts but I have some of them in the garage!  I sent an email and was shocked when my cellphone rang 3 minutes later!

Problem was location...it was about an hour away from me and I needed to act fast...it was only a matter of time before the emails started hitting the seller in waves.    The machine was only 10 minutes away from Victor though.  I called him and told him in one breath what was going down...No problem, he said.  

Victor continued eating lunch with his wife, finished it, politely excused himself, then drove to pick up AND buy the machine for me!  The machine was in the truck all within 30 minutes of my email to the seller.  THANKS, Victor! (such an understatement!).

If a handshake or someone's word ever meant anything at all, it sure did today.  It's a pleasure to collect machines with people who are so passionate about the hobby.  It also great to become friends with them too.  

Hats off to Victor...next Coke 81 up in the East Bay goes to you...RC Cola 81 is another story though!!!!   ':p'
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vendobaldtops
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« Reply #1 on: December 16, 2006, 09:58:20 pm »
Here are some pics of the new machine....
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« Reply #2 on: December 16, 2006, 10:00:00 pm »
great story, great buy, and great to have people who help each other out. This is what this hobby is all about.

Joey
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« Reply #3 on: December 16, 2006, 10:13:25 pm »
pics
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vendobaldtops
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« Reply #4 on: December 16, 2006, 10:15:30 pm »
I have a coin door, mech, and square top shelves to make this operational...Man, I am pumped!
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« Reply #5 on: December 16, 2006, 10:27:23 pm »
LOOKS GOOD PLAYA!!!!!
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« Reply #6 on: December 16, 2006, 10:54:08 pm »
Good job guys.
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« Reply #7 on: December 17, 2006, 12:16:40 am »
Sweet! Way to go! Love team work!....Keep us posted on this $900 special... she looks solid! '<img'>
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« Reply #8 on: December 17, 2006, 09:27:13 am »
Nice job guys!
Isn't Craigs List great? It is like a cyber-garage sale.
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« Reply #9 on: December 18, 2006, 12:36:38 am »
Craigs list is awesome, I recently picked up a 3200.00 pellet stove for my shop for 800 bucks. It only had 1 1/2 bags of pellets ran through it. The lady that sold it was afraid her grandson was going to get burned from it.
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