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Estate sale bargain...
While driving around, Galina and I saw a sign for a Thursday–Friday estate sale, and decided to stop by, despite the fact that quite often, such sales are "professionally" arranged by a third party, which must account for the rather impressive prices one finds on what's being sold.
I'm not sure just what the difference was, but I'm assuming that all the junk in the garage that was reasonably priced was the stuff the professional organizers could not be bothered with. I found a Decosonic 828 food sealer in the pile, and when I asked if it worked or not, was told there was no outlet in the garage where we could test it, but if I wanted to take the item "as-is," I could have it for half price, which turned out to be a dollar.
So I bought the thing, and it made all the right noises and the wire sealing element appeared to work, but I could not find any apparent source for the manufacturer's bags (not even on eBay). Improvising, I got a fairly reasonably seal using a Ziploc freezer bag (although it seems to be about as good a seal as I get using my "immerse the bag in water" technique), so maybe if I get a suitable bag, I might get a better seal.
But for $1, it seems not that bad a deal.
I'm not sure just what the difference was, but I'm assuming that all the junk in the garage that was reasonably priced was the stuff the professional organizers could not be bothered with. I found a Decosonic 828 food sealer in the pile, and when I asked if it worked or not, was told there was no outlet in the garage where we could test it, but if I wanted to take the item "as-is," I could have it for half price, which turned out to be a dollar.
So I bought the thing, and it made all the right noises and the wire sealing element appeared to work, but I could not find any apparent source for the manufacturer's bags (not even on eBay). Improvising, I got a fairly reasonably seal using a Ziploc freezer bag (although it seems to be about as good a seal as I get using my "immerse the bag in water" technique), so maybe if I get a suitable bag, I might get a better seal.
But for $1, it seems not that bad a deal.
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