Shopping the on-line auction.....again!
We have a local on-line auction, you make your maximum bid and either win or not. The items are all stored in a local "warehouse" so you can go look at anything you are interested in before you bid, but you have to drive to that location to pick up anything you win.
This week they have a really nice John Deere tractor. I'm going for smaller items than a tractor, though, last week I bid on an All American canner, the small one that holds 4 quarts or 7 pints. I already bought my big one there, a really old All American but it works great, I love it.
And so, my latest purchase:
Yeah, it looks brand new, but there are a few marks inside, so it got used at least a couple of times.
Still, I think I got a screaming deal for my $46, so I'm happy. Some of those small batches when I'm just finishing up "end of the garden" canning will be just the right size for this little workhorse and I won't have to wrestle the big one up onto the stove top.
I just knew the people here would be excited for me, so I had to share, LOL.
Annie
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annie1992
4 years agoI can only post one picture in my opening thread, for some reason, so here's the top of it, still has the stickers intact, so I guess I don't remove them before use. No instruction manual, but I guess I'll find out, unless someone here tells me I should peel 'em off:
Annie
Tom Z-8a, TX
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