Thread Number: 33885
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eBay: Model XXX Kit & Caboodle |
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Post# 367782 , Reply# 1   3/3/2017 at 14:17 (2,603 days old) by electrolux137 (Los Angeles)   |   | |
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~ It's a logical assumption that the hose on this "mint never used" XXX is as stiff as petrified wood. Look at how dry and cracked the rubber bumpers on the rug and floor nozzle are, and the bumper on the dusting brush is completely disintegrated. The hose is very faded -- the background color should be much darker gray and the black and white tracing should be very bold in contrast. See attached photos.
Quite some years ago an XXX in beautiful condition was listed. It literally looked like it had just come from the factory. The box was perfect and completely intact. Bidding went crazy on it, especially back in those days. When the winning bidder received the machine, he discovered to his extreme dismay that the hose was completely hardened into a permanent loop. It was so fossilized that he couldn't even pull it out straight.
So... buyers beware!!
P.S.: I doubt very highly that the machine was never used. |
Post# 367828 , Reply# 3   3/4/2017 at 09:21 (2,602 days old) by dysonman1 (the county)   |   | |
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The sales demo book would be the only thing 'rare' about that machine. The stiff hose is probably unusable. I'll bet (but cannot say for sure), the rubber cord literally fell to pieces as they took it out of the box - so they have conveniently 'lost' it. The entire rubber bumper on the dusting brush is missing.
Another scenario that might have happened - the doctor bought this from a (perhaps) Elux salesman/patient. Brought it home. Wife (or maid or both) did a little dusting with it (if that). Most probably they already had a Hoover and didn't like the tank. Stan Kann (a name ALL vacuum collectors should know) detailed the mother of a friend who owned a Lux 12 (and eventually, a Lux 30) who borrowed her sister's Hoover 700 twice a year, because she thought the Lux didn't get the rug very clean, but thought the Hoover was very hard on the rug - but did get it clean. Former VCCC board member, Clay Floyd, told the story of his own mother who bought a Lux 30 only to be very disappointed it picked up no threads or hair on the rug. She went immediately back to her Hoover 150, declared the Lux to be 'worthless' and returned it. These folks might have been disappointed as well, and put it in the attic. In any event, the heat from the attic did the cleaner no favors. The rubber motor mounts MAY be dry rotted, making the machine almost useless. In My Opinion, the words "New in the box" might come back to haunt the seller, as the buyer (after realizing the heat of the attic rendered the machine useless) has the right to return the cleaner as "not as described". |