Re: Real street prices on Rancilio Silvia and Gaggia Classic

The merits (or lack of merit) in posting to open auctions has been discussed
before so there is no point in re-hashing. However, I'd say that even the
anti-posting group (including me) would not object to a posting for a group
or series of machines (especially "starter" machines) since such a public
announcement does not deprive any "regular"of a possible advantage. Many
years ago I found a vendor that was closing out a bunch of Saeco Via Venetos
(relabeled as Melitta) for $49 and I was only too glad to share this with
the group (after I had ordered mine - they sold out soon after). I wish I
knew of more such deals at the moment but I don't. This is very different
than posting a link to an open auction of a single machine, especially a
"semi-hidden" auction for a "capuchino maker" or a "Sylvia" . Not to
mention that since this is an un-moderated group, you are free to defy the
group consensus (to the extent that such a thing exists at all) if you
want - the most we can do is yell at you electronically. So, if you know of
any seller selling a bunch of Coffee Gaggias for $75, post away.



"D. Ross" <ross@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:42dc8ed6.34021380@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> misterhanky@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
>
> | Each of these two machines is $500 just about everywhere, and refurbs
> | are only 15% less. The newsgroup archives, however, are replete with
> | anecdotes of people getting good deals on these machines.
> |
> | Is there a secret reseller or other method to save a few more dollars
> | on these machines?
>
> Travel back in time.
>
> Some earlier bargains were due to the stronger dollar, some to a different
> distrubutor. I don't remember the Silvia as being much cheaper when you
> adjust for the the change in the exchange rate.
>
> Bargains conme and go, you have to jump on them when they appear. Right
> now
> the best bargains seem to be in the semicommercial machine category, but
> Gaggia and Rancilio bargains will return at some point.
>
> In the old days this group was a good source of information on such
> bargains. It used to be that any time a bunch of machines showed up cheap
> at the auction sites, people would post a heads-up on the machines so
> other
> alties could nab them. (For example, many people here bought Coffee
> Gaggias
> for around $75 some years back after such an announcement.) Nowadays
> people
> are afraid of posting auctions for reasons that continue to make no sense
> to
> me.
>
> - David R.
> --
> Less information than you ever thought possible:
> http://www.demitasse.net


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