This brown Royal Mercury Tab-O-Matic Portable Typewriter is for sale. It has tabs! It has 3-D printed feet! It has a new platen!
I like these Japanese manufactured portables from the 1960’s and 70’s. Type decent and easily put good print on the page. Also, super portable.
This is another one that needed new feet and a platen. At least with a new platen the typing experience is quieter and the print on the page is improved. The new feet also helps keep the machine planted.
This typewriter comes with its dark clam shell cover. Nice dent on the ribbon cover.
Confessions of selling typewriters.
We keep track of how much stuff costs. I know you do. Here is this machines breakdown;
Cost of buying the typewriter; $35.00
3 labor hours to clean, make adjustments, install the platen and feet; $165.00
Cost of the platen, feet, ribbon cover grommets and a few screws; $127.35
Total cost to buy it then fix it up to sell; $327.35
The mark up on this typewriter is $27.65, so not a lot yet better than tripping over a dead rat.
TO-1971372
For Sale $355 LOCAL PICK UP
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