<span style="font-family: verdana,geneva; font-size: medium;">To tell the truth, the plastic ones are my favorites to clean, because there's a lot of flat surface area; no lumps, protrusions, frills, etc, like on the old metal ones. With those, I have a 6 step process: detergent, magic eraser on the rubber, plastic, and any scuffs elsewhere, mother's mag and aluminum on the chrome, turtle wax car wash on the paint, armor all on the plastic and rubber bits, and finally a "towel down". With the plastic machines, its detergent, magic eraser, detergent again, and armor-all. If absolutely necessary, I might do a bit of toothpick and q-tip detailing on the crevices and nooks. It's a blissful way to spend a couple of hours, and it makes a used machine really feel like my own. </span>
<span style="font-family: verdana,geneva; font-size: medium;">As for Ebay, its a scary proposition on the wallet, when you consider most of the machines are in the States, prices are in US $, and customs duties might be a part of the final price. I paid over $100 Canadian for a brown Model G (canister only), and most of the price was shipping and customs duties (not that I'm sorry I bought it). As I said above, I think most of my finds lately were "happy coincidences", given the age of the machines and the age of their former owners. </span>
