Today's Garage Sale Finds

It was a terrible day outside but there were tons of town wide and subdivision garage sales around the area. First I found this Hoover Elite for $4. It just needs a belt. Unfortunately it came with no attachments. The next garage sale I went to had a Filter Queen D31x with just the hose, crown, and dusting brush for $5, and I was going to get it, but as soon as I spotted it and was walking up to the driveway, a lady was walking out with it because she got to it first! This had really upset me. Next is a Hoover Quickbroom that I found for a dollar. The Panasonic is something I have wanted for a long time. It runs pretty good, and it is TINY! This vacuum is seriously so small. It came with the hose, crevice tool, upholstery tool, and wand, all for $7. That same garage sale had an Electrolux LX for $50 but all it had was the vacuum and a replacement hose. So what a rip off that was, obviously I left it, as I have one anyways. Lastly is a Dirt Devil Platinum Force Hand Vac. I found this for $5 and I only got it because I have the matching upright, and these are actually pretty good hand vacs!


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Post# 136551 5/14/2011 at 15:52 (4,731 days old) by vacman117 (Chicago, IL)
Checkrate/Likes It was a terrible day outside but there were tons of town wide and subdivision garage sales around the area. First I found this Hoover Elite for $4. It just needs a belt. Unfortunately it came with no attachments. The next garage sale I went to had a Filter Queen D31x with just the hose, crown, and dusting brush for $5, and I was going to get it, but as soon as I spotted it and was walking up to the driveway, a lady was walking out with it because she got to it first! This had really upset me. Next is a Hoover Quickbroom that I found for a dollar. The Panasonic is something I have wanted for a long time. It runs pretty good, and it is TINY! This vacuum is seriously so small. It came with the hose, crevice tool, upholstery tool, and wand, all for $7. That same garage sale had an Electrolux LX for $50 but all it had was the vacuum and a replacement hose. So what a rip off that was, obviously I left it, as I have one anyways. Lastly is a Dirt Devil Platinum Force Hand Vac. I found this for $5 and I only got it because I have the matching upright, and these are actually pretty good hand vacs!

Post# 136552 , Reply# 1 5/14/2011 at 15:53 (4,731 days old) by vacman117 (Chicago, IL)
Checkrate/Likes Panasonic

Post# 136572 , Reply# 2 5/14/2011 at 17:29 (4,731 days old) by jodan3399 (Brownsville, PA)
Checkrate/Likes Nice Panasonic! My mom has an Elite just like that, only in green. Sounds like you had a good day, with the exception of the Filter Queen :(

Post# 136580 , Reply# 3 5/14/2011 at 18:10 (4,731 days old) by petek (Ontario)
Checkrate/Likes Aye, the small Panasonics the score there.

Post# 136587 , Reply# 4 5/14/2011 at 20:41 (4,730 days old) by suckolux (Yuba City, CA)
Checkrate/Likes Nice work there Chase, again you lucky bugger!

Post# 136599 , Reply# 5 5/14/2011 at 22:06 (4,730 days old) by Brandon_W_T ()
Checkrate/Likes I had one of those exact elites years ago. It was given to us by my grandma. I remember as a little kid using it to vacuum my grandparents house. It was an honor to use it! until I broke the handle release. It was a pain to deal with after that. Eventually we got it and somehow it died. I love the sound of them!!!!!! Also liked the tool set up on the side. Grey hose and off white tools.

Post# 136604 , Reply# 6 5/14/2011 at 22:40 (4,730 days old) by vacman117 (Chicago, IL)
Checkrate/Likes Brandon, your thinking of the Elite II. This model would have had a dark tan hose with black tools

Post# 136605 , Reply# 7 5/14/2011 at 22:55 (4,730 days old) by Brandon_W_T ()
Checkrate/Likes I think you are right. Mine did have 2 plastic wands opposed to one that it seems yours had.

Post# 136755 , Reply# 8 5/16/2011 at 20:13 (4,728 days old) by mieles7 (TX)
Checkrate/Likes *Dirt Devil Platinum Force* I always liked the way the platinum force vacuums looked. The upright was on infomercials all of the time. Was there a canister?

Post# 136786 , Reply# 10 5/17/2011 at 09:52 (4,728 days old) by fanonthefloor (Augusta,Georgia)
Checkrate/Likes I rember seeing the upright at Service Merchandise, before they went out of bussiness, it looked pretty cool.

Post# 136757 , Reply# 9 5/16/2011 at 20:47 (4,728 days old) by vacman117 (Chicago, IL)
Checkrate/Likes I've got the upright and it really is great! Unfortunately there was no canister though!