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Post# 17795   8/2/2007 at 16:25 (6,083 days old) by ian88 ()        

In my thread about my collection, does anyone see anything they like? perhaps I could trade with you..

American vacs especially welcome ;) (if you tell me where to get a voltage convertor :P I don't fancy the vac and my house exploding)

Cheers guys,

You can Trust Ian Moore (tm)


Post# 17808 , Reply# 1   8/2/2007 at 20:34 (6,083 days old) by lux1521 ()        
Voltage Converters

Here are a few converters you could consider. I don't know if that site sells to the UK but you get the idea anyway.

Oh, and what kind of american vacuums did you have your eye on anyway? You must have some idea what you want.


CLICK HERE TO GO TO lux1521's LINK


Post# 17809 , Reply# 2   8/2/2007 at 20:46 (6,083 days old) by ian88 ()        

Well of course..

I am of course, very keen on the Royal all metal soft bag uprights, particulary one from the 70s or 80s. or perhaps an older Royal canister.. lol there's so much to choose from.

Seen anything of mine you like? maybe you can tell me if you've got any vacs you're willing to trade :]


As always any old japanese vacs are welcome :P


Post# 17831 , Reply# 3   8/2/2007 at 21:34 (6,083 days old) by lux1521 ()        

Well, Royals are very nice, but I sold the only royal upright that I had. It was far too loud with it's 7 amp motor. Royals of the style you like are fairly easy to aquire here so you can find one from someone easy enough. I had planed on getting another one sometime but they are common enough to put on my "things to get later cause they're not going anywhere" list.

Really my collection is so small anyway that I have very little to trade as most everything was bought with a specific reason and won't be traded. I'm sure someone else with a larger collection would jump at the oportunity to get a nice vacuum from England.

Oh, by the way, your collection looks very nice. Do you have any Electrolux cylinder cleaners? I think if you have any of those you could really interest some of us Lux people. They are so different than ours, yet they have key simmilarities.

Lastly, have you considered how to get vacuums across the Atlantic in an economical way. Thats your biggest problem when it comes to international vacuum trading. Makes the whole 220v issue sound quite painless when you have to sell your internal organs just to pay for the shipping fees!


Post# 17868 , Reply# 4   8/3/2007 at 02:51 (6,083 days old) by ian88 ()        

Well I know theres at least one US member that likes the look of the european lux uprights, and then of course..theres other UK members I can trade with.

Post# 17870 , Reply# 5   8/3/2007 at 03:24 (6,083 days old) by lux1521 ()        

Yes, but the point is to get a US machine. I'm sure that there are many US members that like the looks of UK Lux uprights. I don't think that is the real issue.

If you took shipping out of the equasion you (and every other UK collector) would have about 100 people all wanting to make a trade. The shipping is just a real pain when it comes to price, and it is the one major problem with the concept of international vacuum trading. As you know, in the end it all comes down to money. Money can put an end to a fun concept in a real hurry. We have all been there at some point.

You have some very nice machines in your collection, and in England in general, but I think for the most part they are trapped there. Too bad really.


Post# 17871 , Reply# 6   8/3/2007 at 04:50 (6,083 days old) by ian88 ()        

Well I suppose Seamus's american convertibles just fell out of a passing plane then, washed up on the beach ;p

lol but seriously, as a forum regular i'm sure someone will at least have an inkling to do business with me ;]


Post# 17891 , Reply# 7   8/3/2007 at 09:11 (6,083 days old) by seamusuk (Dover Kent UK)        
As a kinda rough guide....

Ian

This is prob a bit out of date(I believe the US post office have had a change to their services/pricing recently but here goes....

My two Convertibles came seperately by USPS airmail- give or take a few $$ they were about $85 to ship(£43.50 odd) and took just over a week to arrive.

If you ever get to send a vac to the US dont even consider Parcelforce - to say they are expensive would be polite lol!.

I currently have a couple of boxes to go as it were- see the link for the courrier I intend using ;)

Seamus


CLICK HERE TO GO TO seamusuk's LINK


Post# 17892 , Reply# 8   8/3/2007 at 09:15 (6,083 days old) by seamusuk (Dover Kent UK)        
And Transformers....

The cheapest type are the yellow building site ones- from roughly £40 ;)

Seamus


Post# 17896 , Reply# 9   8/3/2007 at 09:30 (6,083 days old) by ian88 ()        

God no wonder I never got that Royal off Reggie =p

Post# 17913 , Reply# 10   8/3/2007 at 13:51 (6,082 days old) by petek (Ontario)        

Canada post doesn't accept very large parcels anymore, nothing bigger than a breadbox really. And UPS and FedEX rates seem to have skyrocketed this last year. Makes shipping overseas very expensive. Even between Canada and the US the rate is near double the US domestic rate now.

Post# 17914 , Reply# 11   8/3/2007 at 13:58 (6,082 days old) by ian88 ()        

No big parcels? what are they scared of, East German surveilance devices.. ;p

north korean landmines..


Post# 17917 , Reply# 12   8/3/2007 at 14:21 (6,082 days old) by lux1521 ()        
Large Package Ban

"what are the scared of"

Postal workers with hernias perhaps?


Post# 17918 , Reply# 13   8/3/2007 at 14:36 (6,082 days old) by ian88 ()        

I can see we're not going to get on.

Post# 17919 , Reply# 14   8/3/2007 at 14:40 (6,082 days old) by ian88 ()        

Ghetto Edit: Sarcasm doesn't work well with my sense of humour ;p my jokes are..whats the word?

absolute :P one joke, one person etc..


Post# 17924 , Reply# 15   8/3/2007 at 16:20 (6,082 days old) by kirbyking ()        
Transformers

Seamus is right, the best transformers are the yellow building site ones
Think mine is rated at 1k Watt and its only a "small" one!

Its on the left of the pic, which Im sorry is poor quality, I took it at night :S

I'm "borrowing" mine from my dad, and he found it in a skip, but they can be found cheaply

James


Post# 17925 , Reply# 16   8/3/2007 at 16:27 (6,082 days old) by ian88 ()        

robots in disguise..

Post# 17927 , Reply# 17   8/3/2007 at 16:34 (6,082 days old) by seamusuk (Dover Kent UK)        
And this

Is mine- its only a 1kw one as well

Post# 17928 , Reply# 18   8/3/2007 at 16:40 (6,082 days old) by ian88 ()        

Nigella Lawson, Nigella Lawson, Nigella Lawson and Sharp "Carousel" am I the only one who sees the subtle humour?


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