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Post by Jean Lemieux on Jun 24, 2008 23:53:28 GMT -5
Yeah those antique fans are Heavy! Are you sure it is well hooked? I agree with Jeremy the Peerless is ugly. The brackets are not even mounted facing the floor.
Those GE looks great tough. The bottom plate just needs to be repainted. The only thing I don't like about those is that they have a lower canopy witch looks silly.
Whats the 'deal' with a K63 against a K55?
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Post by Jean Lemieux on Jun 25, 2008 0:05:27 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Jun 25, 2008 1:45:51 GMT -5
I love the "lower canopy" on the GE's and wish I could find some 70s/80s stationary housing fans with them. Not that it would serve any purpose.
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Post by Jean Lemieux on Jun 25, 2008 3:29:50 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Jun 25, 2008 11:40:52 GMT -5
It was common in the antique fans, for the speed coil, but not in 70s/80s fans.
JEAN, just because you think something looks silly doesnt mean everyone else does.
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Post by JW on Jun 27, 2008 17:29:23 GMT -5
June 24 update: 16 fans in stock.
52" 4B black antique Peerless; updraft only; 1L - $200 52" 6B AB Tyeb GE vent - $40 52" 4B BB Tyeb Alamo Deluxe GE vent; no light kit - $40 42" 4B AB cane hugger, 1L - $20 52" 4B AW/AB Thomas; dark wood blades; non-reversible; vari-low; 1L - $45 52" 4B AW/AB Thomas; antique white blades (repl.); non-reversible; vari-low; no light kit - $40 (2) 52" 4B BB mid-80s Hunter Comfort Breeze - $30 each 52" 4B BB Old Jacksonville S-vent - $35 52" 5B W/B Concord builder, no light kit - $25 42" 5B W/B Litex builder, 3L - $25 42" NIB 4B BB dollar store hugger - $20 38" 4B BB Casablanca Four Seasons; K63; no light kit - $35 (2) 52" 4B antique GE; repainted white; need rewiring; 1L - $75 each
52" 4B AB Casablanca Zephyr; Key Largo blades - $40 SOLD
52" 4B BB Tyeb Alamo Deluxe GE vent; 4L - $50 SOLD
NEW: 48" Fanco industrial NIB; dated 1979 from Kmart - $40
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Post by Troy on Jun 27, 2008 18:31:10 GMT -5
i think the stuff in the habitat stores cost to much i dont see ceiling fans over 10 bucks at my habitat it is a bargn store not like lowes or home dopot.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 27, 2008 18:42:24 GMT -5
NEW:48" Fanco industrial NIB; dated 1979 from Kmart - $40 Never seen one of these before. Got a picture? 1979 is pretty early for an import.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 27, 2008 18:44:06 GMT -5
When the fans are tested, checked by an expert to confirm they have all of the correct parts, etc, then they are worth more.
As always supply and demand. Prices are set by what people are willing to pay.
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Post by Jean Lemieux on Jun 27, 2008 18:50:33 GMT -5
I still don't think that these prices are not too expansive. Lot of these fans are in really good conditions.
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Post by JW on Jun 27, 2008 19:19:58 GMT -5
Exactly.
When I first got there, I thought the fans were priced outlandishly, since I was used to seeing them at $5-15 apiece at garage sales, thrift stores, etc. So since there were so many fans at first, even after I got rid of the ones in deplorable condition, I marked some of them down, especially if I couldn't fix them. Some of those first fans were still missing mounting brackets, motor screws, etc. and were sitting on the shelves in cratewrap.
After a couple of months, fans started moving out, and I had enough parts by then to ensure that every fan had all the necessary parts, even if some of them weren't original to that fan (especially canopies and mounting brackets.) By this point I was getting $15-25 per fan, and eventually had it thinned out enough where I could hang every fan.
After another month or two, I started selling fans so fast that I could barely keep them in the store; I would literally sell a fan 30 minutes after hanging it. The critical point was when I walked in one Saturday and I saw three fans left in the entire store. It was then that I decided to start jacking up the prices, and now I have a healthy stock of 10-15 fans every week that I can afford to put up to $50 on if they're good fans and/or in exceptional condition. I've put $75 on a fan before, but never sold one for that much - if it stays around and doesn't sell for a number of weeks, I slowly start dropping the price.
Now the light fixtures, those are a different story. If I don't get to them fast enough, there are two other people in the store that put outlandish prices on them, and those fixtures will sit until they rust or someone breaks the glass. I've gone back and dropped prices on my own a number of times (provided a fixture has sat there for a long time), but we can't seem to get rid of them. Guess I'll have to have them all hooked up and working before that day comes.
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Post by Troy on Jun 27, 2008 19:26:52 GMT -5
but it is still used if prices are like that i would go buy it new.
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Post by Jean Lemieux on Jun 27, 2008 19:45:17 GMT -5
but it is still used if prices are like that i would go buy it new. I would not necessarily do that because there a lot of vintage fans that they don't sells today.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 27, 2008 21:07:11 GMT -5
When I volunteered at Habitat, before I started fans were $1-20, rarely worked or had all the parts. When I was there they were $10 (still missing parts)-$75. Guess what we had TONS more and they sold FAST.
And the light section always had chandeliers hanging and lit, those sold fast too. Small light fixtures RARELY sell unless they're new looking. I personally bought up all the track lighting that came through.
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Post by JW on Jun 28, 2008 0:25:55 GMT -5
but it is still used if prices are like that i would go buy it new. You know what 50 bucks will get you new? A Builder's Best. Maybe a Quick Connect if you're lucky.
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