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Hi TypeHeads. My first post here. I live in Edinburgh, Scotland. I tried to purchase my first typewriter at the weekend, a Remington Noiseless Portable, but twice failed. How come? Well, one of the best second-hand bookshops in Edinburgh, Mcnaughton's, has a corner devoted to typewriters, run by the guy at typewronger.com. He was absent from his post, so the bookshop seller let me try the one that appealed most to my eye, the aforementioned RNP. I fell instantly in love. But I had to wait for the typewronger guy to return. I waited, and waited, but he didn't return. I left without it, but with his email address. When we did make contact, he said the RNP was not for sale, as it belonged to his grandfather..

So I looked online, and discovered a refurbished one for sale at the typewriter-emporium in London. I bought it online, and they took my money. That was late Saturday. On Monday morning I thought I'd give them a call to find out if the ribbon was new, only to be told that a "one in a million" event had occurred, amid much confusion. Another guy called Rob had bought it at exactly the same moment! He lives in the Far-East. Two guys run the store, one sold to Far-East-Rob who had telephoned-in his order, the other looked after the online orders. Too late for me, the the other guy was quicker. Tall story? They are offering me all sorts instead of what I asked for, but have offered to return my money.

So, as of Tuesday morning, I have no typewriter. Hopefully that situation will change soon! In the meantime I've become aware of the typeosphere, and have enjoyed reading posts on a variety of blogs, and many posts to this excellent forum. See you around!

 

Thanks, Uwe. I got my money back this evening, and will see what I can find locally, as you suggest. There's no hurry. Cheers.

I am sure your last line is offered in jest! Two nice typewriters you are getting.

Hello all. My name is Ken and I live in the UK. I'm a recent convert to typewriters, but found myself getting drawn to them after seeing the endless selection of them that passes through a local charity shop. I currently own a 1973 Hermes Ambassador, and a 1967 Olympia Splendid. Keeping my eye out for a Lettera 32...