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Postby zin1953 on Wed May 06, 2009 2:28 am

In the FWIW Dept., I have a 1989 Olympia Caffarex . . .

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Great machine.
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Postby stevehm on Mon May 11, 2009 1:26 pm

thanks for all your input, i really appreciate it.
What i've taken from your posts is that these are excellent machines, but overpriced new. There seems to be a real lack of used olympias around.

I've made a choice, it's not an olympia but i think i'll keep a used cremina in mind as a second machine in the future.
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Postby welone on Mon May 11, 2009 2:25 pm

Ah come on, you can't leave us wondering what you finally chose :D
what machine is it?
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Postby michaelbenis on Mon May 11, 2009 2:59 pm

I'm not sure Olympias are THAT overpriced. Who offers you that quality in that size?
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Postby stevehm on Mon May 11, 2009 3:22 pm

I know they have an unsurpassed build quality but in the end I balked at the nearly £2k price. :cry:
I have placed a deposit on an ECM Mechanika Professional. Delivery 2 to 3 weeks. :D
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Postby michaelbenis on Mon May 11, 2009 4:19 pm

Well that's a very nice machine. I'm sure you'll be happy with it.

I just hope those 3 weeks past fast :-)

Cheers

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