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proxibid seems to be working fine today
Originals only for me. Always looking for Simpson oil, Super A, and MFA oil cans and globes. Shawn Morris
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Yes i am watching it also. Seems to be doing well... don't jinxs it though. LOL I am at item 34 and it seems like no one is there as almost all of the items are going online.
Looking for anything from Hoosier Pete, Platolene 500 and Red Bird.
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Dan better hope the proibid doesn't go down. LOL
Looking for anything from Hoosier Pete, Platolene 500 and Red Bird.
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I'm buying online.....have bought several pumps. Auctions drive me nuts on pumps though. Wayne 60's restored WITH original pump plates under $2000 BUT Wayne 60's gutted, no doors, no sightglass manifolds, no computer, etc $1100??
A38's restored $1500, A38's in the rough $1100?? I bought several restoreds....I don't mind detailing up someone else's work and then retailing, it's easy money, but dang, don't understand the thought process sometimes?
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Seth, I was trying to figure out exactly the same thing. Maybe there are just a lot of people with a lot of time on their hands needing something to keep them busy. I'd find it nearly impossible though, for someone to be able to buy the necessary supplies and complete the restoration and be able to come out ahead even if you don't count your time.
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Seth, I agree %100, just dont have the money to do it. Why not give a couple hundred more for a finished one? Are you going to let me get any of them? LOL
Thanks, Phil _________________________________________________ Looking for any old pumps, or nice 5 gallon cans.
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i tried to get the a38 in pure but too rich for me i guess or i am to cheap. but i agree with seth an a38 restored for 1500 or a unrestored 1100 i cant figure it out
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In hindsight....I wish that I would've bought every single restored gas pump in that auction. I realize restored pumps ALWAYS GO TOO CHEAP in live auctions, (see mine for an example), but there are venues that even in a poor economy where those pumps would all make money. I always have a few restored pumps in my auction where I KNOW FOR A FACT that I'm going to lose money on them, but I feel obligated to have restored pumps in the sale. It's a weird phenomenon, but it is what it is.
I am very happy with my purchases, (unless they are radically different than described/purchased but that's the risk I run by not getting off my fanny and attending in person), namely with the Gilbarco 97 clockface with TWO original Texaco Diesel Fuel 2 ORIGINAL PUMP PLATES for $1700. The pump plates are worth $300 each, so if I yank them off and sell them, I'll only have around $1100 in a restored CLOCKFACE!!!
Again, I bid on just about all the restored pumps, but in hindsight I should've seen to it that the Wayne 60's & A38's ALL went past $2000 or owned them myself. Anyway......
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Looks like there where some good buys there too.
Wanted Owens Motor Oil & Mobiloil Gargoyle. Brad Ralston & my website is www.petrobarn.com
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Seth, I attended the sale at Raymond, Ill. its only about 65 miles from home. I said the same thing you said while they were selling a Wayne 60, with original Indian pump plates. you could sell the pump plates for about 35% of what the whole pump brought.All I bought was a few parts to use on a couple of visibles I already have.And they were not catalogued. Norm Huff
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