Thread Number: 10572
The universe is groaning over this incomprehensible tragedy |
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Post# 114349 , Reply# 1   11/11/2010 at 12:59 (4,908 days old) by Sablekid ()   |   | |
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I saw that last night and was thinkin exactly the same thing. |
Post# 114370 , Reply# 2   11/11/2010 at 17:04 (4,908 days old) by electrolux~137 ()   |   | |
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The seller, clearly clueless, wrote back, "This is the thanks I get for rescuing the kirby from the dump?" |
Post# 114372 , Reply# 3   11/11/2010 at 17:18 (4,908 days old) by arh1953 ( River Park, in Port St. Lucie, Florida)   |   | |
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Post# 114406 , Reply# 9   11/12/2010 at 00:10 (4,908 days old) by joe22 ()   |   | |
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belt lifter is wrong too ? |
Post# 114419 , Reply# 12   11/12/2010 at 00:56 (4,908 days old) by jfalberti (Visalia, CA)   |   | |
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Man's desire to make everything as idiot proof as possible is only counter acted by the Universes desire to create bigger and better idiots.
What I mean by this is the seller isn't a collector. He didn't know that washing the bag would destroy part of what would make it a collectible machine. At least his opening bid was not $200. I've seen other collectors on this site who have washed a rare bag like that and messed up the logo, and then with their own or someone else's artistic talent fix it. Is it original? No, but I've seen others rave about what a good job they did after doing the same thing. I for one am happy this seller did not let this machine go to the dump. I hope I win it because even though the bag has been washed, I will live with it until I can find a proper replacement. This post was last edited 11/12/2010 at 01:30 |
Post# 114448 , Reply# 17   11/12/2010 at 15:35 (4,907 days old) by truckerx (Palm Springs, CA)   |   | |
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Post# 114452 , Reply# 20   11/12/2010 at 19:10 (4,907 days old) by arh1953 ( River Park, in Port St. Lucie, Florida)   |   | |
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Post# 114453 , Reply# 21   11/12/2010 at 19:15 (4,907 days old) by powertank ()   |   | |
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It's his vacuum at the moment, not yours. It's his loss if he ruins it. Yes, the bags are rare but at least he was trying. He just increased the value of the rest of the surviving bags. |
Post# 114454 , Reply# 22   11/12/2010 at 19:17 (4,907 days old) by powertank ()   |   | |
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Also, the reason he was rude to you is because you were rude to him. Perhaps you were just sad and shocked by the "tragedy". |
Post# 114455 , Reply# 23   11/12/2010 at 19:18 (4,907 days old) by Sablekid ()   |   | |
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Well it seems to not matter to the ones bidding! I was gonna bid, but not if its going to be another 100.00 machine |
Post# 114457 , Reply# 25   11/12/2010 at 20:09 (4,907 days old) by electrolux~137 ()   |   | |
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Post# 114458 , Reply# 26   11/12/2010 at 20:10 (4,907 days old) by electrolux~137 ()   |   | |
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I really do not think I was being "rude" to the seller. What did I say that was "rude?" I =was= being CLEAR in expressing my dismay that he had washed the bag and ruined it, but I was not being rude about it. |
Post# 114475 , Reply# 29   11/12/2010 at 22:26 (4,907 days old) by truckerx (Palm Springs, CA)   |   | |
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Post# 114483 , Reply# 30   11/13/2010 at 07:19 (4,906 days old) by vinvac (Dubuque IA)   |   | |
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Policing Ebay is really not what this club is about. Most Ebay sellers listing old vacuums just want the junk out of the house. We are lucky they list them before placing them at the curb.
We don't know why the seller would have washed the bag...perhaps it had a moldy smell...in fairness, I would have washed the bag...carefully, but I don't want someone else's dirt....again, he did not do anything wrong! Not understanding our hobby is not his fault. We should not feel the need to write every Ebay seller and tell them what they have done wrong. We all know that purchasing on Ebay is at your own risk. We have all had bad experiences, but for me, the good experiences far out number the bad. Forcing our opinions and thoughts on others just makes the club look bad. It keeps people from wanting to join, read or be a part of who we are. With that being said...lets move forward... Morgan |