A Western Electric 500 telephone issue....

[AdamAnt316]

Originally Posted by Jon A.

I want one of those Western Electric card dialers with a rotary dial, but they're so darn expensive.

I still have a land line and probably will as long as they're available. Early adopter I'm not.

I got lucky with mine. I found it at a local flea market, sitting in the seller's 'overflow' booth (where they stuck things which didn't fit in their regular booth) along with a couple of other non-descript phones. I asked how much they wanted for it, and they said one dollar. It was missing the ringer, and the hookswitch was messed up, but both were easy fixes. Unfortunately, the card dialer part no longer dials out correctly; I'm guessing the contacts involved with its mechanism have gotten dirty, but I'm not entirely sure. Hopefully, it will someday grace my computer desk once more...