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Posted: Wed Feb 27, 2013 1:00 pm
by joedw00
The Restore here had a 10ER that sat on the floor for a long time. It was in fair shape and they were only asking $100.00 for it. I found out that they take offers. I have paid as much as 1/2 of the asking price.
Posted: Wed Feb 27, 2013 7:15 pm
by pieceseeker
Well, I don't frequent donation sites except maybe to drop off a few items once in a while. I certainly wouldn't have time to shop at one. Too bad they don't advertise. Finding a ShopSmith at one of those donation sites would seem to me to be shear luck. I guess it would be like the lottery (can't win if you don't play) where at a GoodWill it would be (won't find if you don't shop).
Gotta be careful when you buy things at Goodwill
Posted: Thu Feb 28, 2013 11:27 am
by fiatben
Just wanted to make sure everyone practices shop safety to the fullest with this warning about things bought at Goodwill....
http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/344467
Now Pat is warning about clothing, but my machines are more important to me than my sweaters.
Just saying ....
You know, sometimes it DOES seem like my machines are possessed!
Posted: Thu Feb 28, 2013 3:06 pm
by JPG
[quote="fiatben"]Just wanted to make sure everyone practices shop safety to the fullest with this warning about things bought at Goodwill....
http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/344467
Now Pat is warning about clothing, but my machines are more important to me than my sweaters.
Just saying .... ]
This reminds me of a poster I saw in my manager's office a long time ago.
"It has conclusively been proven that the beating of tom toms at dusk will cause the sun to rise again the next morning."
It ain't the clothing that is 'possessed'!:rolleyes:
Posted: Fri Mar 01, 2013 9:10 am
by ss50th
letterk wrote:Habitat Restore overpriced!
Our store once in a blue moon gets plywood and sells it for a dollar a sheet when they obviously could get more. So someone shows up and buys the whole stack and then it sits for weeks until they finally can pick it up. On the other hand, they got a couple of trailers of snow blowers and were trying to sell for higher prices than on the deal sites. Selling snowblowers when it is snowing and winter is a lot easier than when the snow goes away, for their sake I hope they remember that.
Haven't seen a Shopsmith at either, but truthfully my time at Goodwill is in the donation line.
What, exactly, is a snow blower?:D
Posted: Sun Mar 03, 2013 4:54 pm
by brick1
pieceseeker wrote:Thought I would just post this question for grins and giggles.
Has anybody ever seen a used ShopSmith anything, at a Goodwill store?
Just wondering if a seller would have gotten so frustrated and given up on selling their old ShopSmith and instead took it to Goodwill and do a tax deduction for a "donation".
Just wondering......
I visited an estate sale in Palm Bay, Fl last summer. There sat an almost perfect ten year old model. They had 750.00 on it and it was a bit much for my budget. Then three months later I saw the same unit in a thrift store out on the beach??? had the same 50.00 sign on it. haven't been back to see if it's still there??
take care, bill
Posted: Sun Mar 03, 2013 7:08 pm
by easterngray
I bought a 1960 Goldie 500 at a Habitat Restore with all the usual accessories and a jigsaw for 250 dollars. It was well cared for and the fellows that worked their were real excited about selling it and helped load it in my truck! (It was my second 1960 Goldie! Twins!)