Expert: Rodger Knutson - 7/15/2010

Question
Hello Roger,

I am thinking of selling my 5c Perk Up machine, with the original Chlorophyll pellets. Considering that the pellets are too old to be consumed, I was just wondering would it affect the value whether they were sold with the machine or not?

Thank you,

Answer
Hi Lucy,

I think I would leave them in there. I can't really say for sure if it would affect value, but as a dealer/buyer it would prove to me it's age and it would make me feel more sure that the machine was genuine and not a reproduction. Also some old chewing gum has a value just by it's self, but we are talking about packaged old chewing gum. Having a machine like yours with the original old gum almost tells you right away that this is an old machine, untouched for years and still in it's original condition. If I were looking for a machine like yours, and I had a choice of one restored with new product in it or yours, I would not hesitate, I would pick yours first without a question. You can always restore something to like new condition, but you can't make it old and original again. Only time can do that. I would leave it as it is and ask more for it then what the rest sell for.

I hope I have helped you make up your mind on what you may want to do with this. If for some reason it isn't selling like this, you can always remove the pellets and try again, but if you remove them and send them to the garbage, you will no longer have that choice. Which could be very important and a deciding factor to a collector looking for a good original machine.

Thank You
Sincerely
Rodger Knutson
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