Who sells adding machines?

[Kay1]

In the past, I've seen people grocery shopping with handheld adding machines but I've never seen them in stores. Does anyone know if they still sell them and if so, where can I get one?

TIA

 

[phred52]

Do you mean a calculator? Those are sold at grocery stores, office supply places, the dollar tree .... all over. Or a pencil and scrap of paper works well, too.

 

[3boymthr]

Do you mean one of these?

http://whobut.wbmason.com/productDetails.aspx

W.B. Mason, Staples, Office Max, etc.

 

[Kay1]

Do you mean a calculator? Those are sold at grocery stores, office supply places, the dollar tree .... all over. Or a pencil and scrap of paper works well, too.

I have a calculator but I've seen women with a different sort of adding machine. Maybe they don't make them anymore.

 

[mrudman]

Not sure if this is what you are looking for, but there's a ton of printing calculators being sold on amazon.. here's a small one.. http://www.amazon.com/Casio-HR-8TM-...2?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1288791310&sr=1-2

 

[Kay1]

Do you mean one of these?

http://whobut.wbmason.com/productDetails.aspx

W.B. Mason, Staples, Office Max, etc.

I couldn't see the picture. I did some searching and found out they were called super add-o-matics and I guess they're gone. Here's what they looked like:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/lizhenry/121531453/

 

[lindsmom]

I couldn't see the picture. I did some searching and found out they were called super add-o-matics and I guess they're gone. Here's what they looked like:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/lizhenry/121531453/

Found one on ebay: http://cgi.ebay.com/Vintage-Super-A...436?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item3f045c73ac

There may be more there on ebay.

 

[mrudman]

Could always try to win one on ebay...

http://cgi.ebay.com/VINTAGE-RETRO-K...104?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_2&hash=item2a0b8d25f8

 

[beaucoup]

I couldn't see the picture. I did some searching and found out they were called super add-o-matics and I guess they're gone. Here's what they looked like:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/lizhenry/121531453/

Gosh, I remember those from when I was a kid. Um over 40 yrs ago. Those were fun to play with.

 

[beaucoup]

You can find EVERYTHING on ebay.

Only problem I see is with todays prices, and its ability to only go up to $9.99, its not really useful.
Get a calculator.
Or an abacus. ROFL

 

[Kay1]

Thanks for the help, everyone. Making someone should start making and marketing a more modern version. The problem I have with calculators is that, fo me, they take two hands or one hand and one non-slip even surface. Also, you're more like to hit the wrong button.

I used to watch women shopping with one hand and clicking away on that thing using their thumbs.

 

[beaucoup]

Maybe a tally marks method then. Ya know, 4 lines with a 5th line across it to equal 5.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tally_marks