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  • WTB: Cheap boiler Machine for Work (SYD)

    Our Cafe Roma which makes about 15+ coffees a day is dying and Im looking for a cheap machine with a boiler. Budget of $100-$150 (we have alot of people willing to use the machine but unwilling to pay for a new one > much of this is out of my pocket) doesnt have to be pretty just has to work

    Tim

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    Re: WTB: Cheap boiler Machine for Work (SYD)

    Dont pay any more than your share.

    Tell them now they can all chip in or go without soon.

    Point out how much it will cost them to buy takeaway.

    15 a day times 5 days a week @ $3 each = $225

    So if everyone chips in for one weeks worth of takeaways you have your budget.

    If they dont fork out buy yourself an Aeropress from cuppacoffee (sponsor) and you can keep drinking nice coffeee while they contemplate their folly.

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    • #3
      Re: WTB: Cheap boiler Machine for Work (SYD)

      I second what TG has said
      He got his answer in B/4 me

      KK

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      • #4
        Re: WTB: Cheap boiler Machine for Work (SYD)

        Itd spend the money on a grinder and plunge it.

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        • #5
          Re: WTB: Cheap boiler Machine for Work (SYD)

          hahaha yea all very true!

          But there are 5 of us willing to buy the machine but we know there are another 5 who will use the machine whether we like it or not who also tend to give the machine a bit of abuse which is why were not willing to spend big $$$$ for a machine.. Maybe well just buy one for ourselves and give them the broken down cafe roma ;D

          Tim

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          • #6
            Re: WTB: Cheap boiler Machine for Work (SYD)

            Originally posted by Huhness link=1220402308/0#4 date=1220405600
            hahaha yea all very true!

            But there are 5 of us willing to buy the machine but we know there are another 5 who will use the machine whether we like it or not who also tend to give the machine a bit of abuse which is why were not willing to spend big $$$$ for a machine.. Maybe well just buy one for ourselves and give them the broken down cafe roma ;D

            Tim
            Easy Tim,

            Just buy something decent and make the tight ones pay $2.50/cup...

            Youll get a return in no time

            2mcm

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            • #7
              Re: WTB: Cheap boiler Machine for Work (SYD)

              ;D ;D ;D

              If I could I would!

              Might go around today and see if I can extract more money from people.

              Offer still stands for anyone willing to sell an old machine. Might just buy a new Ikon seems to get good reviews for entry level.

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              • #8
                Re: WTB: Cheap boiler Machine for Work (SYD)

                Originally posted by Huhness link=1220402308/0#4 date=1220405600
                hahaha yea all very true!

                But there are 5 of us willing to buy the machine but we know there are another 5 who will use the machine whether we like it or not who also tend to give the machine a bit of abuse which is why were not willing to spend big $$$$ for a machine.. Maybe well just buy one for ourselves and give them the broken down cafe roma ;D

                Tim
                Not wanting to upset workplace relations but what other personal property of other people do these 5 use?

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                • #9
                  Re: WTB: Cheap boiler Machine for Work (SYD)

                  Trust me where i work nothing is out of bounds. : I work right next to a Satyam IT outsourcing team.

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                  • #10
                    Re: WTB: Cheap boiler Machine for Work (SYD)

                    anyone invented a porter filter padlock???

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                    • #11
                      Re: WTB: Cheap boiler Machine for Work (SYD)

                      Originally posted by Ben_S link=1220402308/0#9 date=1220416673
                      anyone invented a porter filter padlock???
                      At my previous workplace, one team invested in a Sunbeam espresso machine. They left the machine in the kitchen but kept the portafilter amongst themselves so that others couldnt use the machine.

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                      • #12
                        Re: WTB: Cheap boiler Machine for Work (SYD)

                        And one for the beans as well, that was the problem I used to be in a larger workplace > .

                        Just another thought and much as it is not snob friendly, look at a coin in the slot fully auto for a while and see how much use it gets or if it will work.  One of the sponsors has some on their site http://coffeemachine.com.au/treviso-...ac30b31558fc91 Not sure what sort of leases or terms they offer but it couldnt hurt to ask.

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                        • #13
                          Re: WTB: Cheap boiler Machine for Work (SYD)

                          not a bad idea. Leave the porterfilter in and each keep your own filter basket

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                          • #14
                            Re: WTB: Cheap boiler Machine for Work (SYD)

                            Originally posted by Ben_S link=1220402308/0#12 date=1220417768
                            not a bad idea. Leave the porterfilter in and each keep your own filter basket
                            Until some clueless person walks up and puts the coffee in the portafilta with no basket.

                            Then again, you can guarantee they wont bother using your machine again.  

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                            • #15
                              Re: WTB: Cheap boiler Machine for Work (SYD)

                              They lost another basket here at work recently and just the other day while my back was turned, drinking my coffee and reading the paper, someone grabbed my beans off the bench and poured them into the grinder.  

                              I caught them and offered to make them one.
                              Lucky I did because theyd poured in enough to make 10 coffees.

                              Anyway, since the latest basket loss and also finding my jug unwashed in the sink (it usually lives in a nearby cupbard and there is another on the bench next to the machine) Ive taken to keeping all my paraphenalia on my desk and also take my own basket with me.

                              Theyre lucky Im still leaving the grinder on the bench (I used to carry it back and forward).

                              So I agree, get a new machine and a basket each for the 5 of you pitching in the cash.

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