Goodwill Find

Fabius · October 22, 2016, 01:48:13 PM

Found at a Grand Rapids Michigan Goodwill for sixty cents each. One is a Western Electric with the Bell logo on the dial wheel. It has the outside plant type of clips. The other is marked GTE Automatic Electric and has central office type clips. Both are in excellent condition.

Jim Stettler · October 22, 2016, 02:55:09 PM

Find of the month?

Pourme · October 22, 2016, 04:07:52 PM

I'd say pennies well spent!

Babybearjs · October 22, 2016, 08:07:11 PM

Nice, I have one of those, and use it a lot.... they come in so handy when trouble shooting the phone lines....

Fabius · October 22, 2016, 09:52:06 PM

The Goodwill I found them at is what's called a Goodwill outlet. All the stuff that doesn't sell in the regular Goodwills comes here. It has a big open floor and they bring in about 25 large bins on wheels filled with stuff. The stuff is just thrown in the bins. Customers have to stand behind a line until all the bins are in place then they yell "go" and everyone runs to the bins and starts digging for treasure. The first time my wife and I went there it scared the crap out of us. It was like watching professional wrestling. They have a security guard to keep people from frighting.

AE_Collector · October 22, 2016, 11:46:56 PM

So once everyone had left with their treasures there were just two oronge butt sets in the bottom of a bin which you grabbed and paid up for?

Terry

Pourme · October 23, 2016, 08:02:51 AM

If it's like ours, they sell that stuff by the pound......like meat.

Fabius · October 23, 2016, 11:44:45 AM

Quote from: AE_Collector on October 22, 2016, 11:46:56 PM
So once everyone had left with their treasures there were just two oronge butt sets in the bottom of a bin which you grabbed and paid up for?

Terry

Nope, I was searching along with the crowd and found them close together.

19and41 · October 25, 2016, 09:53:07 PM

Is it known who actually manufactured them? they look like the same basic unit. Good catch!

rdelius · October 25, 2016, 10:34:27 PM

He mentioned WE on one and GTE AE on the other.The GTE one is not a rugged as the WE.I have had these shatter when dropped

Fabius · October 25, 2016, 10:43:32 PM

There are no other markings on the outside. Maybe someone familiar with these knows if there may be markings inside.

I went through childhood without an infant seat, air bag, or seat belt. And lived to tell about it.

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