The Classic Typewriter Process

(Or: How dare we guarantee a 50 or 60 year old machine?)

(aka Why buy from us?)

Your machine will arrive within 4 weeks.

This time frame gives us ample time to ensure that your writing machine arrives in perfect working order.

You are not ordering the exact machine listed in the photos: you are ordering the model listed. There may be slight variations.

Since our main priority is providing working, inspiring writing machines, this model works best. Instead of spending most of our time diligently cleaning, photographing, and listing random machines, we can focus on the machine that means the most to you.

Process:

Each machine is carefully screened for quality and reliability.

Each machine passes a rigorous 14 point mechanical inspection.

Each machine is cleaned, serviced, and adjusted so that it functions as it was designed to.

Each machine is THOROUGHLY tested by a writer. (Usually people who say a typewriter ‘works’ haven’t tested most of its most important features. Sometimes the type bars move but are misaligned; sometimes the carriage won’t advance; sometimes lesser-used keys stick; sometimes whole pieces are missing, etc).

If it needs work, we have techs with 40 years of experience that do the work for us.

Once a machine is found to be acceptable…

It is described in vivid detail and carefully photographed from every angle in high resolution so you know exactly what you’re getting.

Each machine is cleaned, checked again, and carefully packaged for safe shipment (believe it or not, improper shipping is the MOST COMMON CAUSE OF DAMAGE for a vintage typewriter).

The Classic Typewriter LIFETIME Trade-In Policy

If at any reason you decide that you are done with the machine you got from us, you can trade it in for the full value, minus shipping and, if there is any, wear and tear. You pay the difference and we will send your next dream machine.