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Posted: Sun Oct 4th, 2009 09:03 pm |
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Have early 1900s Century Model 101 looking for a good home.
I have this beautiful old electric fan that does not work and needs repairs. I do not possess the skills to do these repairs and so rather than dismantle it for scrap I thought that perhaps someone with the repair skill might want it.
I partially disassembled it and discovered that the oscillating armature has been disabled. I was using it simply as a stationary fan until recently when it stopped working all together.
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Posted: Sun Oct 4th, 2009 09:23 pm |
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| I am interested. If I pay for shipping, will you ship?
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Kurt France
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Posted: Mon Oct 5th, 2009 04:04 pm |
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| Certainly. That is exactly what I want to do.
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Rob Duffy
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Posted: Mon Oct 5th, 2009 08:04 pm |
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Kurt France wrote: Certainly. That is exactly what I want to do.
I am curious as to what it looks like, do you have pictures? I am definitely interested, what state is this coming from?
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Posted: Tue Oct 6th, 2009 06:47 am |
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No I don't have pictures. I could do some but my camera is an 8 megapixel so they will be too large to afix to a post.
It is very old, black, about 16" tall, weighs about 12#. Has the minimalist fan guard of the era.
I'm in Portland OR.
I'll try to figure out how to get the file size down and if I can I'll add a pic to the next post
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Posted: Tue Oct 6th, 2009 06:57 am |
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| PM Sent.
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Posted: Tue Oct 6th, 2009 09:08 am |
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| Keep me posted, I am interested and would love to see if I can get it running again.
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Posted: Tue Oct 6th, 2009 09:10 am |
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Brad Chaney wrote: PM Sent.
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Posted: Thu Oct 8th, 2009 05:19 am |
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| OK I got a pic. There is someone else interested also but I feel compelled to give you right of first refusal. Attached Image (viewed 363 times):
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Posted: Thu Oct 8th, 2009 08:34 am |
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| OH nice, just the one I was looking for! PM sent!
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Posted: Thu Oct 8th, 2009 01:51 pm |
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| If no one wants it i'll take it. luke skelnik
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Posted: Thu Oct 8th, 2009 03:36 pm |
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| Reply PM
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Posted: Fri Oct 9th, 2009 04:07 am |
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Luke Skelnik wrote: If no one wants it i'll take it. luke skelnik
I am going to take it.
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Posted: Tue Oct 27th, 2009 01:45 am |
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| Where did Kurt go...
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Posted: Tue Oct 27th, 2009 02:16 am |
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Well Rob, It is a bit hard to believe that someone is going to send you a brass bladed fan of any type for free that doesn't know you, much less some one just poppin up with a free fan to anyone who wants it. Don't get me wrong I reckon it could happen but, not likely. Welcome to the real world.
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Posted: Tue Oct 27th, 2009 02:34 am |
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Ron Powell wrote: Well Rob, It is a bit hard to believe that someone is going to send you a brass bladed fan of any type for free that doesn't know you, much less some one just poppin up with a free fan to anyone who wants it. Don't get me wrong I reckon it could happen but, not likely. Welcome to the real world.
Just got a tracking number for it.
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Posted: Tue Oct 27th, 2009 02:43 am |
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Well it turns out you are quite wrong. The whole world is not populated by people trying to scam others.
I've a story to illustrate my point. I got into line at the Philly airport a year ago and forgot to put my $80 Leatherman pocket knife in my checked bag. The airport personnel were not at all helpful and there was no mail-it kiosk in the terminal. I went up to a skycap and offered him my knife, two $20 bills, and my business card. I said would you please mail this to me? He said yes he would. When I reached my gate my companion heard my story and looked at me in disbelief. He said "not only did you lose your knife, dummy, you gave a stranger 40 bucks to take it from you". He got quite a laugh out of it.
A week later my knife showed up.
BTW - I sent Rob that beautiful brass bladed fan via UPS today.
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Posted: Tue Oct 27th, 2009 02:49 am |
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Kurt France wrote: Well it turns out you are quite wrong. The whole world is not populated by people trying to scam others.
I've a story to illustrate my point. I got into line at the Philly airport a year ago and forgot to put my $80 Leatherman pocket knife in my checked bag. The airport personnel were not at all helpful and there was no mail-it kiosk in the terminal. I went up to a skycap and offered him my knife, two $20 bills, and my business card. I said would you please mail this to me? He said yes he would. When I reached my gate my companion heard my story and looked at me in disbelief. He said "not only did you lose your knife, dummy, you gave a stranger 40 bucks to take it from you". He got quite a laugh out of it.
A week later my knife showed up.
BTW - I sent Rob that beautiful brass bladed fan via UPS today.
He actually mailed your knife? That is impressive. 
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Posted: Tue Oct 27th, 2009 03:24 am |
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Kurt, I am sorry, reckon I'm too use to people of that caliber. Please except my apology. It's just in my world this is not common happening with strangers. And your right, I don't trust people right off the bat, they've got to earn my trust. I don't have tire tracks my back because I was lay'in out in the the highway.
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Posted: Tue Oct 27th, 2009 03:48 am |
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Apology accepted. It is likely true, from your more knowledgeable perspective, that it would be foolhardy for me to give away such a fan and perhaps naive for someone to trust that I might. Honestly (and perhaps luckily for Rob) I had no idea what an antique fan is worth to collectors. As is it was worth nothing to me. I actually started to dismantle it for scrap when it occurred to me that it was quite beautiful and that for some it might be desirable. Later I thought I'd probably made a mistake but by then the deal was underway. Far worse for my self respect to back out than to have profited more richly.
Rob, if you're reading, I truly hope you will be able to repair the fan and get much enjoyment out of it.
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Posted: Tue Oct 27th, 2009 04:49 am |
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Wow! The word "Free" in a post title really gets results. 742 views and 19 replies in just over six hours!
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Posted: Tue Oct 27th, 2009 04:51 am |
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Kurt France wrote: Apology accepted. It is likely true, from your more knowledgeable perspective, that it would be foolhardy for me to give away such a fan and perhaps naive for someone to trust that I might. Honestly (and perhaps luckily for Rob) I had no idea what an antique fan is worth to collectors. As is it was worth nothing to me. I actually started to dismantle it for scrap when it occurred to me that it was quite beautiful and that for some it might be desirable. Later I thought I'd probably made a mistake but by then the deal was underway. Far worse for my self respect to back out than to have profited more richly.
Rob, if you're reading, I truly hope you will be able to repair the fan and get much enjoyment out of it.
Even if I can't repair it I will definitely enjoy it. 
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