Able KONE

[John F]

I had even found a la pavoni europiccola too for 15$

Thanks for that....

Now I'll be looking at old VCR's and those blasted bread machines for the next 2 weeks.

[milowebailey]

I was at a Goodwill store Monday and they had a large Chemex (still had the new labels on it) for only $5; should I have jumped on it?
 

Tex, for heaven's sake man!  Walked past a new Chemex?  Man, you should be drummed out of the club.  Nab it and if you get caught walking into the house with it, just say it is a vase (vass) for her -- have some flowers in the other hand.

B|Java

No!!!

Actually, I've already got that one figured out - I'll just tell Mrs T that it's for Milo.

Tex, you told her that about my Sonofresco too..... this you could ship to me though.

[milowebailey]

I was at a Goodwill store Monday and they had a large Chemex (still had the new labels on it) for only $5; should I have jumped on it?
 

I read these stories and then for a few weeks I try to find scores. As I am driving around I'll spot a thrift store and I stop in and run inside to find the loot.

Without fail I see a bunch of old clothes, a stack of VHS VCR's, some plastic drip machines, and a bread maker with a dinged up lid. I eyeball the bread maker every time and it's always about $7. I think of getting it and making a heat gun roaster with it but then I just walk away. At the next store I spot I imagine how much fun it will be if I find a Stir Crazy or a turbo oven...but no. Just the bread machine and assortment of Mr. Coffee machines with the carafe taped on with 9 rounds of scotch tape.

Then I forget about it until the next time I see a post where somebody scores a commercial lever machine in mint condition for $29 or a brand new Chemex for $5.

Now I'm starting to wonder if these stories are like the stories in the magazines we would find as kids that somebody's Dad had hidden away that started out...

You will never believe what happened when I walked in on these two cheerleaders having a pillow fight..

My Dad never had that kind of magazine, at least not that any of us kids ever found; Mom-The-Baptist would've neutered him!

If you're EVER in the Seattle area, have someone take you by the big Goodwill store (on Dearborn?). It's huge - I used to drive by there on the way to work every day and I'd stop in from time to time. It's amazing the stuff Seattleites give to Goodwill!!

I'm with John on this.... Tex is spouting a fable.  The Dearborn Goodwill is like every other thrift store as John described only bigger... They have tons of bread machines and Mr. Coffees....

Seattle Craigslist on the other hand....

[Tex]

I'm with John on this.... Tex is spouting a fable.  The Dearborn Goodwill is like every other thrift store as John described only bigger... They have tons of bread machines and Mr. Coffees....

Seattle Craigslist on the other hand....

Yeah, I guess the internet has cut into charitable donations, hasn't it? Before the 'net, eBay, and CL, you could count on one or two "finds" per visit to the big store. Times change. Back before they redid I90 it used to dump folks off right in front of the store - made it easy to drop in now and then.

Anyway, I got the Chemex ($5.42 with tax and they even had the original box), so it'll go with the rest of my coffee display. It'll probably never be used, but it looks cool.

It's a big sucker -  CM-10A. It's missing the filters, but it looks like some left over lab filters will work. I might use it once before I shelve it.

[milowebailey]

Anyway, I got the Chemex ($5.42 with tax and they even had the original box), so it'll go with the rest of my coffee display. It'll probably never be used, but it looks cool.

If you get  Kone, you'll have a cooler functional setup and with the price you got the Chemex, you really get a great deal on the pair

[mp]

King of twisted logic throwing $50 after $5 ... but I think you may have convinced Robert to open his wallet.

 

[peter]

King of twisted logic throwing $50 after $5 ... but I think you may have convinced Robert to open his wallet.

 

Nah, he'll not buy a Kone.  He doesn't do pourovers.  Not only that, he'd rather take a perfectly good Chemex and put it on the shelf to collect dust.  What a travesty; it's like the guy he knows that owns a Corvette, but never really drives it.

[Tex]

If you get  Kone, you'll have a cooler functional setup and with the price you got the Chemex, you really get a great deal on the pair

Huh?

You sounded like Norm Crosby there for a second dude!

Why would I throw more money after money admittedly spent on a decorative piece? If I want a good cup of coffee I've got at least a half-dozen "good" options to go through before I have to fall back on a pour over :icon_puke_l:

Think man, think! Repeat after me, "Good coffee = espresso or vac pot."  "Good coffee = espresso or vac pot."  "Good coffee = espresso or vac pot.". Now keep that thought front and center in your brain.

[Tex]

King of twisted logic throwing $50 after $5 ... but I think you may have convinced Robert to open his wallet.

 

Nah, he'll not buy a Kone.  He doesn't do pourovers.  Not only that, he'd rather take a perfectly good Chemex and put it on the shelf to collect dust.  What a travesty; it's like the guy he knows that owns a Corvette, but never really drives it.

Wrong! During Ike that's all I used. OK, so I didn't really have a lot of choices, but I did use my Melitta a lot back then.

[YasBean]

Why would I throw more money after money admittedly spent on a decorative piece? If I want a good cup of coffee I've got at least a half-dozen "good" options to go through before I have to fall back on a pour over :icon_puke_l:

Think man, think! Repeat after me, "Good coffee = espresso or vac pot."  "Good coffee = espresso or vac pot."  "Good coffee = espresso or vac pot.". Now keep that thought front and center in your brain.

Thank you for bringing me back to my senses!  I was about to go for the pretty shiny geometric shape, but remembered that Newco sitting on our fridge collecting dust and the vintage '36 Silex stove-top vac that is just too big to use.  Espresso or Hario vac!

[Tex]

Why would I throw more money after money admittedly spent on a decorative piece? If I want a good cup of coffee I've got at least a half-dozen "good" options to go through before I have to fall back on a pour over :icon_puke_l:

Think man, think! Repeat after me, "Good coffee = espresso or vac pot."  "Good coffee = espresso or vac pot."  "Good coffee = espresso or vac pot.". Now keep that thought front and center in your brain.

Thank you for bringing me back to my senses!  I was about to go for the pretty shiny geometric shape, but remembered that Newco sitting on our fridge collecting dust and the vintage '36 Silex stove-top vac that is just too big to use.  Espresso or Hario vac!

Glad I could help! Maybe we should start a counseling service to help folks simplify their lives in these confusing times?

[peter]

Not everybody has already purchased dozens of toys and doesn't own a vac-pot.  For them, this would be perfect.  Some folks prefer pourovers.

[J.Jirehs Roaster]

Why would I throw more money after money admittedly spent on a decorative piece? If I want a good cup of coffee I've got at least a half-dozen "good" options to go through before I have to fall back on a pour over :icon_puke_l:

Think man, think! Repeat after me, "Good coffee = espresso or vac pot."  "Good coffee = espresso or vac pot."  "Good coffee = espresso or vac pot.". Now keep that thought front and center in your brain.

Thank you for bringing me back to my senses!  I was about to go for the pretty shiny geometric shape, but remembered that Newco sitting on our fridge collecting dust and the vintage '36 Silex stove-top vac that is just too big to use.  Espresso or Hario vac!

Glad I could help! Maybe we should start a counseling service to help folks simplify their lives in these confusing times?

slippery slope!! next thing you know some one will come along trying to simplify your life with a can of pre ground coffee or ~gasp~ buyers club card for *$

[Tex]

Why would I throw more money after money admittedly spent on a decorative piece? If I want a good cup of coffee I've got at least a half-dozen "good" options to go through before I have to fall back on a pour over :icon_puke_l:

Think man, think! Repeat after me, "Good coffee = espresso or vac pot."  "Good coffee = espresso or vac pot."  "Good coffee = espresso or vac pot.". Now keep that thought front and center in your brain.

Thank you for bringing me back to my senses!  I was about to go for the pretty shiny geometric shape, but remembered that Newco sitting on our fridge collecting dust and the vintage '36 Silex stove-top vac that is just too big to use.  Espresso or Hario vac!

Glad I could help! Maybe we should start a counseling service to help folks simplify their lives in these confusing times?

slippery slope!! next thing you know some one will come along trying to simplify your life with a can of pre ground coffee or ~gasp~ buyers club card for *$

Then the answer is to start a seminar program like EST/Context, where we can take these lost folks and give them in-depth help. Do you think it'd fit under the GCBC umbrella or should we strike out on our own?

I see it now; a one-week process where our experts could teach the miscreants the difference between good coffee and dreck. Then there'd be sessions teaching the novices how to use the various devices. Then a one-week in-depth residence program in Etheopia, where we'd take the new initiates to the farms to pick their own beans.

Wow, I can just see the coffee improvement movement sweeping the country. We'd be a power to be reckoned with!

 

[Joe]

Man John must be writing a novel. He's been posting in this for like 5hrs 

I bet a lot of deleting and rewriting are going into this post that should appear sometime tonight 

Hahahaha! I was watching TV over my shoulder and typing a word here and there...

For like 15 min not 5 hrs.   

I was also rambling off the top of my head and now you have me feeling self conscious. Like I was supposed to deliver a well thought out reply with my 5 hour power post. 

hahahahaa...jus' messing I was hanging on to see what you were going to post and it took longer than my patience could afford