A great Kirby gift!!

Hello everyone,
Last night I went to have dinner with some good old friends of mine. An older couple Stan and his wife Cathy. While we were eating Cathy asked me if I remember her buying a brand new Kirby last Summer. Of coarse I did because when she bought it she called me to come see it but she never took it out of the box. She didn't want her husbend to know she spent 1,300.00 on a vacuum plus he had surprised her with a new Dyson DC-14 in light blue. Well she told me she still had never used it but her son took it out of the box and used it once and it never got touched again, the vac went right into the closet for a while longer. When we got back to their house she said I want you to take the Kirby. So I thought ok she wants me to sell it for her. Nope she said honey this is a gift for you. I asked if I could buy it and both of them said no I was a special person to them and it was a gift. I was so shocked and excited, omg I have a pretty much new Sentria!! I will post pics tomorrow. Sadly when the son took it out of the big box he tossed it and isn't sure where he put the tool caddy but the vacuum and renovator where put back in the laundry closet for safe keeping. I will most definately get pics tomorrow when I use it. I washed the dirt tube just for the heck of it and didnt get hardly any dirty water so her son must have just tested it out. I didn't get to see the hepa bag to see how much dirt was picked up as she took it out knowing she was going to give it to me.


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Post# 156804 10/25/2011 at 00:02 (4,566 days old) by kirbyvertibles (Independence, KS)
Checkrate/Likes 1 Hello everyone, Last night I went to have dinner with some good old friends of mine. An older couple Stan and his wife Cathy. While we were eating Cathy asked me if I remember her buying a brand new Kirby last Summer. Of coarse I did because when she bought it she called me to come see it but she never took it out of the box. She didn't want her husbend to know she spent 1,300.00 on a vacuum plus he had surprised her with a new Dyson DC-14 in light blue. Well she told me she still had never used it but her son took it out of the box and used it once and it never got touched again, the vac went right into the closet for a while longer. When we got back to their house she said I want you to take the Kirby. So I thought ok she wants me to sell it for her. Nope she said honey this is a gift for you. I asked if I could buy it and both of them said no I was a special person to them and it was a gift. I was so shocked and excited, omg I have a pretty much new Sentria!! I will post pics tomorrow. Sadly when the son took it out of the big box he tossed it and isn't sure where he put the tool caddy but the vacuum and renovator where put back in the laundry closet for safe keeping. I will most definately get pics tomorrow when I use it. I washed the dirt tube just for the heck of it and didnt get hardly any dirty water so her son must have just tested it out. I didn't get to see the hepa bag to see how much dirt was picked up as she took it out knowing she was going to give it to me.

Post# 156805 , Reply# 1 10/25/2011 at 00:10 (4,566 days old) by Sanifan ()
Checkrate/Likes 1 *Wow...* ...those are really special friends. You're very lucky to have such generous people in your life!

Post# 156810 , Reply# 2 10/25/2011 at 00:26 (4,566 days old) by lunchboxsean ()
Checkrate/Likes That is the bomb!! Tell you what... You got a new Kirby, why don't you continue the generosity and give me the old one?

Post# 156823 , Reply# 3 10/25/2011 at 04:06 (4,566 days old) by kirbyvertibles (Independence, KS)
Checkrate/Likes 1 This is off

Post# 156824 , Reply# 4 10/25/2011 at 04:07 (4,566 days old) by kirbyvertibles (Independence, KS)
Checkrate/Likes 1 And this is on

Post# 156825 , Reply# 5 10/25/2011 at 04:09 (4,566 days old) by kirbyvertibles (Independence, KS)
Checkrate/Likes Don't mind the finger prints on the nozzle, I tried to wipe them off but they sneak up on ya. Thats the one thing I hate about all that metal is the finger prints.

Post# 156826 , Reply# 6 10/25/2011 at 04:10 (4,566 days old) by kirbyvertibles (Independence, KS)
Checkrate/Likes Old one,,,,,hmmmmmm lol I have almost every model from 508 to now with the exception of a few 500's and the first Ultimate G.

Post# 156827 , Reply# 7 10/25/2011 at 04:18 (4,566 days old) by kirbymodel2c (Nottingham, England)
Checkrate/Likes *Very nice!* Great vac!! It's nice when people give you great things and its a total surprise.:o) James:o)

Post# 157033 , Reply# 8 10/26/2011 at 19:12 (4,564 days old) by dages70 ()
Checkrate/Likes Great gift! I have many fond memories of the Kirby. For some reason they've always reminded me of my Dad's old '69 Pontiac Bonneville. Just starting my collection, but hope to have a Kirby some day.