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PvtPug t1_ispen25 wrote

Reply to comment by janmichaelvintage in Best thrift stores in the Waterville area? by smcgowan10

Where do I find old typewriters?

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janmichaelvintage t1_ispfbcx wrote

Elmer's Barn, Chicken Barn, those are the places I'd look first. If you're looking for typewriter keys PM me... unless you're the wiseguy downvoting me.

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PvtPug t1_ispo0vp wrote

Nah just love typewriters, thanks.

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janmichaelvintage t1_ispocs7 wrote

What town are you in? I just saw one in a travel case the other day in some shop.

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PvtPug t1_isptz0l wrote

Down East, but I'm all over for work.

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WangnanJahad t1_istdn4g wrote

Was just at Chicken barn. all of three typewriters, all ridiculously high price.

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janmichaelvintage t1_istf6ph wrote

Yeah hence my first comment about thrifts or used goods. These people are delusional. Although it has to be somewhat because the quality of modern goods is so terrible that there will be no reselling market in 10 years. At a business like that, the sellers don't realize getting into it that they're supporting their own business AND an amazingly outsized portion of the renter's business. No one with a booth at an antique mall is making money except the renter.

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