Westinghouse H-125 Refrigerator Radio Find

[dieseljeep]

Originally Posted by Sandy G

I've got a white/cream colored version. Plays GREAT. Did they give these away as "Prizes" to stimulate fridge sales after the War ? Seems like I heard/read that about them, somewhere ...

My understanding was, the radio was included with the purchase of a new Westinghouse fridge. I don't think, it was available separately. They were available in several great colors.
The vertical design was rather easy to tip over or fall, so many were damaged.
A great sounding six tube radio.

[Sandy G]

Originally Posted by dieseljeep

My understanding was, the radio was included with the purchase of a new Westinghouse fridge. I don't think, it was available separately. They were available in several great colors.
The vertical design was rather easy to tip over or fall, so many were damaged.
A great sounding six tube radio.

Yeah, & the little carrying handle was kinda "Rikki-Tikki", too, which likely got a bunch more of 'em when it failed. I gave an INSANE amount for mine 10-15 yrs ago when I got it, $300, or so. But I've taken very good care of it, as a result..

[WISCOJIM]

Has anyone got a copy of advertisng showing this was given away with a refrigerator purchase?

The reason I ask is I've heard the "given away only with a fridge" story for decades, but that doesn't jive with the Westinghouse advertising I've seen.

If some were really distributed this way, I'd like to see some documentation of it.

[old_coot88]

Cute little bugger. A little more skinny on it here..

http://www.bing.com/search?q=westing...2eeb&FORM=QBLH

[dieseljeep]

Originally Posted by WISCOJIM

Has anyone got a copy of advertisng showing this was given away with a refrigerator purchase?

The reason I ask is I've heard the "given away only with a fridge" story for decades, but that doesn't jive with the Westinghouse advertising I've seen.

If some were really distributed this way, I'd like to see some documentation of it.

I was probably mistaken about "only with a refrigerator purchase".
I understand it was used as an incentive for the purchase of a refrigerator, package deal?
Back in the old days, many products were "fair traded", meaning a dealer couldn't sell an item, for less than the manufacture's list price. Either the dealer would give a trade in allowance on an old unit or throw in an item, that was 5 or 10% of the selling price of the large item. A lot of time, that would cinch the sale.