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I am convinced that e bay is the place where you sell all that junk your wife told you to get out of the garage! No, we’re not selling batch freezers on e bay, I just wanted to share with you this month’s horror stories that we’ve heard from customers who bought Emery Thompson Batch Freezers on e bay. A woman had an old batch freezer (vintage 1940) that had just plain worn out. She tried a new Italian made machine built by a company with an American name. It just wouldn’t produce her style of ice cream. She called us for help. We convinced her that the way to go was with an Emery Thompson. She then proceeded to buy a 1980 machine on E bay. She bought it sight unseen and not even knowing what the operating voltage requirements were. Would you buy a used car without at least kicking the tires?? CAUTION!! IF THE BATCH FREEZER (ANY BRAND) YOU ARE CONSIDERING BUYING USED WAS BUILT BEFORE 1996, IT IS NOT IN COMPLIANCE WITH NEW FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION (FDA) GUIDELINES.
Another customer
called us and said “The beater is missing.” That’s the heart of the machine.
They never wear out. But, the replacement part for this customer will
cost $4,700.00
OLD ICE CREAM MACHINES WERE BUILT WITH AN INDUSTRY APPROVED METAL CALLED “DAIRY METAL OR WHITE METAL.” DAIRY METAL IS A STAINLESS MATERIAL BUT IT CONTAINS UP TO 4% LEAD FOR STRENGTH. EMERY THOMPSON REMOVED THIS METAL FROM ALL ITS MACHINES BUILT AFTER MARCH OF 1995. “Only used one season” Problem here it’s been in someone’s garage for the past 16 years! And why would you put a “perfectly good” piece of machinery in your garage for all that time? “The machine is missing the freezing cylinder.” Who buys an ice cream machine with the freezing cylinder missing?? This machine is worthless. ALL NEW EMERY THOMPSON’S ARE BUILT WITH CAST STAINLESS STEEL DASHERS, FRONT DOORS AND DRIVE COMPONENTS. “The machine was built in 1938 and has no condensing unit. The condensing unit is what makes the machine cold. Back in 1938 machines were built with the compressor separate from the batch freezer. To buy and install a new condensing unit will cost this owner about $4,600.00. And then, today’s higher pressure condensing units can blow an old (lower pressure) freezing cylinder apart. “I’ve had it for six years” Yeah, but how long did the person you bought it from have it? “The machine I bought is Three phase electric. How do I convert it to single phase?” You need to buy a new drive motor, a new condensing unit, new electric starters and contactors and then have an electrician rewire the entire machine. Single phase will run anywhere in America. Three phase will only run at three phase locations. Phase converters DO NOT work on our batch freezers due to the very large motors we use and the increasing load on the motor as you make ice cream or ices.
“AN EMERY THOMPSON DASHER CAN BE DROPPED FROM THE ROOF OF YOUR BUILDING AND ALL THAT WILL HAPPEN IS IT WILL DENT YOUR PARKING LOT” “My refrigeration man says I need a new condenser coil. This machine was stored in the previous owner’s garage.” Being subjected to below freezing temperatures, it froze up the internal workings of the batch freezer – just like a car radiator without anti-freeze. This machine is fully contaminated, the internal pipes are broken and is suitable only as a boat anchor! “The freezing cylinder frosts up all the way around – except in one spot.” This is called a “dead spot” – caused by pouring near boiling water into the cylinder to clean it out. A real NO NO in frozen dessert machines. This machine will now take twice as long to produce ice cream or ices.
“IMPORTANT MESSAGE FROM E BAY FRAUD PREVENTION DEPARTMENT” Item number – 300031 188XXX Item – Electro Freeze 20 quart batch machine model FT-1 (Built by Emery Thompson) “We recently removed this seller’s active listings and have suspended the seller’s trading privileges.” Like I said – BUYER BEWARE!! These are real life comments from customers who bought on e bay. We build the world’s best and longest lasting batch freezer, but do you really want to risk the $150,000+ that you’re investing in your new store on an old piece of equipment?? If one of these horror stories is your story, then you’re not only out the cost of your used batch freezer purchase, you’ve put your entire business at risk!
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