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Thread Number: 13006
Dial-A-Matic Thrift Shop Sighting |
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| Post# 138664 , Reply# 1 6/6/2011 at 02:14 (4,973 days old) by electrolux~137 () | ||
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| Post# 138665 , Reply# 2 6/6/2011 at 02:14 (4,973 days old) by electrolux~137 () | ||
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| Post# 138679 , Reply# 4 6/6/2011 at 07:38 (4,973 days old) by henry200 (Saint Paul MN) | ||
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I have never had a DAM and wouldn't mind getting one but not at that price. I've been noticing lately that thrift store prices aren't necessarily thrifty anymore. | ||
| Post# 138694 , Reply# 5 6/6/2011 at 11:20 (4,973 days old) by collector2 (Moose Jaw, Sk) | ||
LOL - Just to underscore how well thrift stores are doing their jobs. I picked up a sunbeam hatbox style machine at one last year. They had it on the floor, hose only for $50. I picked it up and went over to the department manager and asked if it had been tested. "Oh yes - we test everything before it goes on the floor" and the usual speech about how it was worth the price etc (even though they were barely that much new). I then asked how they managed to test it as the CORD HAD BEEN CUT OFF!!! She went beet red and started stammering something about what would I give them for it. I got it for $5.00. The kicker was that all the small parts were inside the machine. Only the wands and rug nozzle were missing (and cord - LOL)
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| Post# 138695 , Reply# 6 6/6/2011 at 11:28 (4,973 days old) by HooverCelebrity (Germany) | ||
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Yikes! That is a lot for a DAM... I also see one of the tragic Hoover "Z" cleaners sitting behind it... That yellow Eureka Mighty-Mite is a cute little cleaner, those are good little machines. That is an early one, too. | ||
| Post# 138703 , Reply# 8 6/6/2011 at 12:54 (4,973 days old) by Oreck_XL (Brooklyn, New York 11211) | ||
Yes, $51.00 for a DAM is pretty steep. I purchased a power drive DAM from the thrift store a few weeks ago only to find out when I got it home the delrin bearing which holds the motor unit to the base on one side had not only snapped (which I've never seen on a power drive model before) but it was dropped with such force that one of the two mounting holes on the underside of the base had broken off. I don't think there's a way to fix that without finding another metal base. I wonder what they were asking for the Hoover Z?
- Hershel | ||
| Post# 138719 , Reply# 11 6/6/2011 at 15:31 (4,972 days old) by super-sweeper (KSSRC Refurbishment Center) | ||
red october,
was it an 1120?
i have one just like that,no self-propel,bag indicator. the bag indicator sticks out in idle and when the machine is is vacuuming,and sticks out when the bag is full. the way this works is there is a small lever under a rubber cap that when the bag is "full" (Hoover meant this indicate "full to MAXIMUM capacity").not the most efficient way to tell when a bag was full,but better than vacuuming and vacuuming till the thing explodes.in my opinion,the the best "check bag" indicator would be a component in the vacuum that Constanly weighs the bag,to a point (say,7 pounds) and shuts of the cleaner,leaving on nothing but a little red button saying "check bag" on. until then,the LX electrolux way i think is best :). -alex. | ||
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