Malinut
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« on: September 12, 2007, 10:07:41 am » |
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I have been reading here the posts on the finds people have uncovered. It has encouraged me to start checking sales for machines.
Yesterday, I see a garage sale ad on craigslist (Kansas City). It advertised that they had a Coke machine for sale. Thats all it says "Coke machine", no picture or any other clues. I'm thinking that at best it might be a V63 or V90. However, I remember the post about a VMC 81 7up for $75 at garage sale, so I decide to go.
I get there at 0800 and walked up the driveway. I saw the machine sitting in the garage and started to get very excited. I got closer and saw that it was a Vendo 56 RT priced at $250.
I told her I would take it w/o trying to talk her down. She refused a check and wouldn't let me write her a check to hold it. She did say she would hold it for an hour. Lucky for me my bank was five minutes away. All the way to the bank and back I'm thinking someone going to slide in there and offer her more and take it home.
I get back to the sale and machine was still there w/no one around. Got it loaded in truck and headed back home with grin on my face. This sale was 10 miles from my house.
Its in pretty good shape, couple small dent on doors edge, surface rust here and there. All the parts are there, plus it has a glass door. The black stuff on bottom will come right off.
All in all, I'm very happy. I think I had a pretty good morning.
Thanks to all who post here, this board is a wealth of information.
Frank
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johnieG
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« Reply #1 on: September 12, 2007, 10:43:29 am » |
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excellent score!!!!!  A V56 for $250.00...sweet! I bet you'll have some cash in your pocket next time you go looking! |
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Spoon-feeding Newbies since 2001...  Yeah..220,221 whatever it takes. Remember, all it needs is a shot of Freon! The Vendo V-83 is the '59 Edsel of the coke machine world. ;p Spray painting does NOT restore a compressor 11 is louder than 10... "Hope" is good, but it's not an action plan. |
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Ginger Prince
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« Reply #2 on: September 12, 2007, 11:08:52 am » |
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fantastic result,
id have left my watch, shirt off my back,
keys to my car etc, to get that, 56RT!!!.
& especially as it has that glass bottle door
well done!
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collecture
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« Reply #3 on: September 12, 2007, 11:24:48 am » |
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EXCELLENT!
I haven't had that kind of luck yet, but I keep dreaming!
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Cav 27, 33, CS-55E-2, 72
S-48 DP
Ideal CC 35, Barq's 55
1930s DP Counter Cooler
Vendo Coin Changers (ea. style - orig w/ stand)
Vendo Junior (rest.), 23 Deluxe, 39D, 44, 56RT, 80SS, 81A (orig), 81D, 6 C.V.
VMC 27, 27A, 81D DP, 110 DP
Westy WC-42-T, WC-44SK, WD-5(2), WB60
Victor C-14
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Eric
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« Reply #4 on: September 12, 2007, 12:17:54 pm » |
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 Unbelievable!!! I think that's the find of the year! What a SWEET score! Congrats! 56 are great little machines.... Bet you rolled through the stop signs and that it felt like the longest trip to the bank and back you ever took  Awesome story! And it shows these are STILL out there even after 50+ years. |
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Eric
WANTED:
Embossed Quikold Standard
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Sodak Bob
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« Reply #5 on: September 12, 2007, 12:20:26 pm » |
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WOW !! It is going to be hard to top that.... Great story and congrats....
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Bob
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Creighton
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« Reply #6 on: September 12, 2007, 12:23:08 pm » |
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Great score!! That will clean up just fine. I'll give ya $300 for it :-)
Creighton
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bubba
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« Reply #7 on: September 12, 2007, 12:33:32 pm » |
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Excellent! I gotta start watching garage sales....
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Ken
V-63 -Bottles
2-Cavalier USS-64
VMC ST56B Royal Crown - being built
Vendo HA56C Coke
2-V63C DP
V63C Coke
U-Select-It 5cent candybar machine
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Jim
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« Reply #8 on: September 12, 2007, 12:39:26 pm » |
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Frank,
That's GR-8 ! ! !
For what you paid in relation to the model and condition, I would have to agree that this may be the best deal this year!
Now, if you told us that you offered $200 and they took it, I would have fell over while reading your post...
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My six cents, Jim  |
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cormy
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« Reply #9 on: September 12, 2007, 01:28:14 pm » |
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yea really, you mean you didn't even haggel?  |
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cmc
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