Strike One! A BIG swing and a miss!
I have been researching for about a month now on CL and ebay and came across a Vintotemp for relatively cheap. Three other brothers wanted one too, so I called and reserved four of them. They assured me over the phone they were the 28 bottle thermoelectric. I went down today to pick them all up...pulled them out and looked at the back at the model number: VT27ts. I called Vinotemp while I was still in the store and they told me that these were compressor style not thermoelectric.
So freaking bummed out. The 25 minute ride back home was a bit depressing b/c now I am back at square one. Back to hunting!