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Post# 303510   10/28/2014 at 14:24 (3,438 days old) by jkbff (Dickinson, ND)        

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Look what I just bought for nearly pennies on the dollar!

For what I got it for, even though I can get the new ones, I couldn't pass it up...

I'll probably give it as a Christmas Gift to someone.


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Post# 303545 , Reply# 1   10/28/2014 at 18:23 (3,438 days old) by kirbykid63 (Wilmington Delaware)        
Used kirby's are a good bargain

Yes I also have purchased several newer gseries cheap,but I also know how to work on them.

Post# 303550 , Reply# 2   10/28/2014 at 18:51 (3,438 days old) by super-sweeper (KSSRC Refurbishment Center)        

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I better develop a vaccine before it gets too late! Then again, why would we want to cure THAT?

 

Speaking of vaccines, today would've been Jonas Salk's 100th birthday, thank you again, Dr.Salk! 


Post# 303560 , Reply# 3   10/28/2014 at 21:10 (3,438 days old) by Marks_here (_._)        

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Yes I've noticed as predicted since the Avalir was introduced the madning dash on Ebay to get rid of other Kirbys to make room for this one!

Post# 303590 , Reply# 4   10/29/2014 at 02:14 (3,438 days old) by cb123 (Mobile, Al.)        

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This Thread is just one more truth, that Kirby is the zenith of vacuum technology. Keep the evidence coming gentlemen! Your testimony's only add more credence to this infallible proof...prove on! laughing  


Post# 303592 , Reply# 5   10/29/2014 at 03:39 (3,438 days old) by jkbff (Dickinson, ND)        

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This was traded in on a Radiance Premium.

It was traded because the customers wife threw a fit when he came home with the Kirby. He wanted to dump it off with no money value... I told him what it was worth and he wasn't worried (he apparently had a huge fight because of it).

It was still in the box in the original packaging not even set together. The way he was going on, I was expecting him to drag in a Heritage that had been hit by a Mack truck. He asked if I would throw it away if he bought a vacuum.. :/

I gave him half off the Radiance Premium for it. I talked with her the week before and she picked out what she wanted without him there. She sent him in today to pick it up.


Post# 303615 , Reply# 6   10/29/2014 at 09:48 (3,438 days old) by dysonman1 (the county)        

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Great job selling the Radiance. Proof that on-board tools, lifetime belts, replaceable brushes on the roller, bare floor shut off switch, full bag indicators, etc. are things people actually WANT. That "vintage" sentria 2 relic would make a nice boat anchor or door stop.

Post# 303616 , Reply# 7   10/29/2014 at 09:54 (3,438 days old) by marcusprit ()        

Suction through the hose on the Radience isn't the best though.

Post# 303617 , Reply# 8   10/29/2014 at 10:03 (3,438 days old) by jscarlato (Clairton, PA)        

I know how well any of my "boat anchors" hold up over time and how well they clean my home. That's something I really want.

Post# 303630 , Reply# 9   10/29/2014 at 13:23 (3,438 days old) by jkbff (Dickinson, ND)        

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A high end vacuum only holds up under good maintenance... I sell about as many Kirbys as i sell Radiances...

I've seen brand new kirby's that we have sold come in in 3 years destroyed because people didn't take care of them or abuse them..

i have Kirbys coming in from the 60's that we clean up and send back home to their owners..

Though the tandem design hasn't been out that long, we still have Proto's in the field that are cleaned up and sent on their way. I've found ways to retrofit things that needed to be updated to keep the machines going.

We have 10 year old radiances that are still running strong.. It just takes proper maintenance ...


And no, the suction on the hose isn't that great off the radiance but is better than whats on the kirby...

If you want to see something impressive, Check the suction on the new Brilliance or Synchrony... The R30 or S30 Machines have awesome hose power, plus 17' hoses. The radiances will get that update as well, its just Maytag took precedence...


Post# 303633 , Reply# 10   10/29/2014 at 13:29 (3,438 days old) by jkbff (Dickinson, ND)        

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For what its worth, I sell vacuums where I see fit.

If it is for a house with thick carpet, no bare floors, and not a lot of above floor cleaning, I will sell a Kirby.. Especially if it is a new silk-strand, smart-strand or frieze carpet... If a customer is going to spend over 600, I'm going to make sure its on something that will do what they need it to do, regardless of the make/model.

I have no problems selling all makes and models except bissell and eureka...


Post# 303776 , Reply# 11   10/30/2014 at 19:27 (3,436 days old) by super-sweeper (KSSRC Refurbishment Center)        

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I'll second the cleaning abilities of my boat anchor! Never give left-behind dirt a second thought with the Kirby, even 50,60,70 years down the road! laughing


Post# 303826 , Reply# 12   10/31/2014 at 00:32 (3,436 days old) by jkbff (Dickinson, ND)        

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Kirbys have been and will always be a great carpet cleaner...


The problem with kirby is the people that don't like to wash their upholstery, or take their drapes down and launder them... The people that tend to be more "Grab it outta the closet quick cause we've gotta 'flight of the bumble bee' clean this place before company gets here" kind of people want on-board tools and they need the static lift from a clean air motor.

Now, like I said, I will sell what ever vacuum fits the person, not something to just sell and move it.

I had a lady come in with four dysons. One was an Airmuscle 28, one was my favorite, a 17, one a 14 and the last a 7... I'd say she had a bit of a collection..

Anyways, she just had new carpet put in and none of the dysons would clean it, they kept getting tangled up in it.. It was a silk-strand that reminded me of 60's shag.. It was so soft and luxurious.. I could have slept on that carpet had she not smoked in the house.. But For that floor, I sold her a Sentria II and traded her out of her DC 28. She loved how the Kirby pushed on that carpet and how it cleaned it. She said it was ironic that she threw her old kirby out to go to the Dysons and now she was getting rid of a Dyson for a Kirby. I said You'll really know why you need a kriby when you change the first bag...

On the main floor, I sold her a R30D Brilliance, because she had more bare floors than carpet, but had venetian blinds she needed to clean and tall walls that she wanted to vacuum the corners out of. She hated the way the hoses worked on the Dysons. We package the Riccar Soft-Sweep with the R30's so she could do her bare floors (yes the brush shuts off and you can adjust the head, but the soft sweep gets under cabinets).

In the Basement, I repaired her DC17 by replacing the canister with the modified version that doesn't leak the dust, replaced her filters and her brush-roll. I charged her for the brush roll and included the rest as a 'trade' for buying the Riccar.

The 7 she wanted to get rid of, because it was getting old and wearing out, so I traded it on a rebuilt Oreck Magnesium for her carpeted/epoxy floored garage.. The 14 was serviced about a year and a half ago, the brush was fine so I cleaned it out and replaced the filters all for buying the Kirby. She took the 14 to her lake house and threw away the $59.95 Walmart Special she was using there.

A few months after getting used to the vacuums she came back in and bought a DC65 and had me ship it to her daughter in law, bought another R30D for her Son that lived an hour away and bought a DC59 to run around the house when she's not feeling like getting a vacuum out.

She said she was just so thankful I was willing to sell her a Kirby because it was just what she needed for that carpet. She was afraid to call the Kirby guys because of all the new people we've had in town. She did say she loved how the Brilliance cleaned on the bare floors and the carpet on the main level, said it was like cleaning with the Kirby but the Kirby just pushed so much easier on that long carpet. She told me that I wasn't kidding when I told her what she'd find in that first bag on the Kirby.. Also said it was amazing what she found in the Brilliance after using her dysons... She said she's thinking about getting rid of the basement 17 and getting another Brilliance for that floor after she is done buying Christmas gifts this year.

I know this lady is an extreme case, but I guess I'm trying to say, even though I sell Tandem's I'm not afraid to sell a Kirby. There will always be room in someone's house for a Kirby. I've got a Diamond G and a Maytag M1200! Oh, theres a Synergy G9 Premium there too (thats just for show though)! ;-)


Post# 305201 , Reply# 13   11/7/2014 at 11:59 (3,429 days old) by hooverkid (PA,USA)        
I think....

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that kirbys new model will be like the steping stone that the heritage 2 legend and legend 2 where to the G3, the avalir has some new updated versions of accessories that are already in production and it looks like some things about the avalir are gearing kirby to the new design of what we thought the avalir would have been.

Post# 305297 , Reply# 14   11/7/2014 at 22:54 (3,428 days old) by gottahaveahoove (Pittston, Pennsylvania, 18640)        
I'll be posting my 3 Kirbys

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in Supermarket soon. I know a lover of Kirbys will give them a good home. As y'all know, I'm not a Kirby lover. But lots ofyou ARE. They're big and heavy. The cleaners, not the Kirby lovers. Well.........

Post# 305457 , Reply# 15   11/9/2014 at 11:50 (3,427 days old) by super-sweeper (KSSRC Refurbishment Center)        

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John, that's what you want us to think! You should quit now and admit your love for the great KIRBYRAMA!! tongue-out



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