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is a kenmore whispertone self propelled worth buying to resell? |
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Post# 141554 , Reply# 1   6/30/2011 at 11:40 (4,680 days old) by bagintheback (Flagstaff, Arizona)   |   | |
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I buy vacuums at thrift stores all the time to sell again. The trick to sell is to write a good description advertising the vacuum to both consumers and collectors. Older Kenmores are fantastic cleaners, so you could ask "Why pay more for a disposable vacuum at Wal-Mart when you can buy this durable Kenmore for less than Hoover's cheapest upright!
If it's less than $15, I'd get it and start the bidding at $40. If you don't sell it, then it will still be an interesting addition or wait to re-post it. Craigslist seems be good place to sell, but people want a vacuum cheap. |
Post# 141556 , Reply# 3   6/30/2011 at 12:03 (4,680 days old) by suckolux (Yuba City, CA)   |   | |
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Post# 141559 , Reply# 4   6/30/2011 at 12:34 (4,680 days old) by shag (Ontario, Canada)   |   | |
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Post# 141563 , Reply# 5   6/30/2011 at 14:20 (4,680 days old) by vacman117 (Chicago, IL)   |   | |
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Post# 141636 , Reply# 6   7/1/2011 at 03:03 (4,680 days old) by kirbylux77 (London, Ontario, Canada)   |   | |
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I personally don't have much problem reselling vacs in my collection I have gotten tired of, or vacs I have bought or found specifically to resell.
The challenge is, as Bagintheback stated above, is being creative in your description, finding the right places to advertise for free, & making sure you don't put too much money in the vacuum that you can't easily recoup what you've invested in it. You also have to know what your vacs are worth, price them accordingly & stick to your guns when sellers try to negotiate. For instance, my local vac shop will sell the brown Filter Queens for $300 refurbished. Last year, I had the opportunity to sell two brown Filter Queens....one I sold for $120 as it needed a new electric hose & I didn't have all the tools for it, & the other for $160 as it was in near perfect shape & just needed some tools. For the one that needed the new hose, I included a dead hose & told them to buy an outboard cord or buy a new hose....the guy offered me $80, & when I told him that I priced it at $125 because the vac shop sells them for $300 & that he was getting a steal, he quickly coughed up the $120 for it. The other Filter Queen was bought by a lady who loves them & made the mistake of replacing the Filter Queen with another brand that was problematic....again, she tried to lowball me, & again when reminded of what she could pay elsewhere, she coughed up $160 for it. Same with Kenmore canisters with the top-mount swivel hose....I sell those for at LEAST $125, as the vac shop will sell them for $150-$200 refurbished, & Sears sells new ones for $300 & up, so I know I can command the prices I do & easily turn away people who think they can "steal" the vacuum for much less. Whereas, cheap vacuums like Eureka Maximas, I can only get $30-$40 at most for them, as it's all too easy to walk into Walmart & buy it for $90 new. Bottom line....buy them cheap & sell them high, & stick to your guns till it sells for what YOU want them to pay for it, not what THEY want to pay for it. Rob |
Post# 141637 , Reply# 7   7/1/2011 at 03:04 (4,680 days old) by kirbylux77 (London, Ontario, Canada)   |   | |
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I personally don't have much problem reselling vacs in my collection I have gotten tired of, or vacs I have bought or found specifically to resell.
The challenge is, as Bagintheback stated above, is being creative in your description, finding the right places to advertise for free, & making sure you don't put too much money in the vacuum that you can't easily recoup what you've invested in it. You also have to know what your vacs are worth, price them accordingly & stick to your guns when sellers try to negotiate. For instance, my local vac shop will sell the brown Filter Queens for $300 refurbished. Last year, I had the opportunity to sell two brown Filter Queens....one I sold for $120 as it needed a new electric hose & I didn't have all the tools for it, & the other for $160 as it was in near perfect shape & just needed some tools. For the one that needed the new hose, I included a dead hose & told them to buy an outboard cord or buy a new hose....the guy offered me $80, & when I told him that I priced it at $125 because the vac shop sells them for $300 & that he was getting a steal, he quickly coughed up the $120 for it. The other Filter Queen was bought by a lady who loves them & made the mistake of replacing the Filter Queen with another brand that was problematic....again, she tried to lowball me, & again when reminded of what she could pay elsewhere, she coughed up $160 for it. Same with Kenmore canisters with the top-mount swivel hose....I sell those for at LEAST $125, as the vac shop will sell them for $150-$200 refurbished, & Sears sells new ones for $300 & up, so I know I can command the prices I do & easily turn away people who think they can "steal" the vacuum for much less. Whereas, cheap vacuums like Eureka Maximas, I can only get $30-$40 at most for them, as it's all too easy to walk into Walmart & buy it for $90 new. Bottom line....buy them cheap & sell them high, & stick to your guns till it sells for what YOU want them to pay for it, not what THEY want to pay for it. Rob |
Post# 142317 , Reply# 8   7/8/2011 at 05:47 (4,672 days old) by thermokid (Casper, Wyoming)   |   | |
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like that would be worth something to a collector. I have never seen a model like that that was self-propelled..... |