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Collecting Vacumms..? |
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| Post# 176058 , Reply# 1 4/6/2012 at 05:56 (4,395 days old) by sebo_fan (Scotland, UK, member AKA ukvacfan, & Nar2) | ||
Um.. not with every vacuum. Not everything has a throwaway factor. When I was a student, to make ends meet and had 4 jobs in one year at one point to see me through my last year at college, I ended up helping out in a repair electrical shop. I spent more of my time unclogging old Hoovers, putting new belts on etc and the WORST aspect of my job, repairing food processor motors and slipping belts. When I left the shop, the owner gave me three old Hoover models that I eventually did up and sold on making a tidy profit. People will pay good prices for original retro!
It is easy to get negative if you feel the Chinese built throwaway types won't make money - but then nothing these days seems to have a high resale factor. We should be thankful that the old dinosaurs of yesterday are still being passed around to collectors and those who put hours of time into restoration can reap benefits, either by keeping their machines or selling them on. | ||
| Post# 176075 , Reply# 3 4/6/2012 at 08:38 (4,395 days old) by gsheen (Cape Town South Africa) | ||
 I just started another thread about wasted collections as they just sit in a dark storeroom gathering dust, Yet I still bought two today. I own a vacuum shop so I spend all day around them yet i still get thrill when I see one that I have been after for a while and can't wait o get it to the workshop and test it out. Funny thing in SA people can't get enough of the old columbus floor polisher. we buy them and rebuild them up to order. some people want really funky colours but hey its retro and retro is back big time so are wooden floors | ||
| Post# 176081 , Reply# 4 4/6/2012 at 10:16 (4,395 days old) by Vacuumfreeeke () | ||
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I don't care about the monetary value... I like the vacuums themselves. If they become cheaper because nobody else wants them, all the better for me... it's only sad when people throw away good machines. | ||
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