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Thread Number: 15097
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| Post# 160143 11/25/2011 at 18:35 (4,532 days old) by kirbykid63 (Wilmington Delaware) | ||
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I have been selling vacuum cleaner parts on eBay for 12 years my store is new2youvacuums.I specialize in kirby, electrolux,and all other higher end refurbished or used parts. Richard Groski new2youvacuums | ||
| Post# 160144 , Reply# 1 11/25/2011 at 19:15 (4,532 days old) by twocvbloke () | ||
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And I still have the Kirby Tradition shake-out bag and metal fan I bought from you about 4 years ago... :P | ||
| Post# 160164 , Reply# 2 11/25/2011 at 23:36 (4,532 days old) by gsheen (Cape Town South Africa) | ||
 I sell new vacuums , Dyson , Bissell, vorwerk, AEG , Electrolux , Morphyrichards.In december we will be adding Miele WE are very big Dyson agents. We have the official service centre for dyson in SA.
We sel allot of rebuilt dysons and vorwerks as well. those come with a 2 year guarantee My shop is called Vacuum Cleaner House located in Cape Town SA. Our website will be finished in about 2 weeks (I pray)
We are a family run business, My wife and I own the store, she is our rep, I am chief sales man and bottle washer we have two techs aswell. Our shop is small but nice. Busy doing some renovations to it. and yes I do display allot of my collection, customers love it
Running this business in SA is interesting , there is a short supply of high end vacuums but then again most peoples houses have hard flooring with a little carpet in the bedrooms.
this is a pic of our Dyson area , changed a bit now but not finished yet. I will post pics when its done hopefully today.
Gareth Vacuum Cleaner House 
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Post# 160168 , Reply# 3 11/26/2011 at 02:36 (4,532 days old) by tolivac  (Greenville,NC) |
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Used to sell TriStars DTD for a little while-worked with another person in selling them.now he sells cars and I still work at the transmitter plant-was sort of fun selling the TriStars on days off from the regular job. | ||
| Post# 160173 , Reply# 4 11/26/2011 at 03:49 (4,532 days old) by gsheen (Cape Town South Africa) | ||
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| Post# 160174 , Reply# 5 11/26/2011 at 04:49 (4,532 days old) by SuctionSelector (Leeds, England) | ||
Gareth | ||
| Post# 160176 , Reply# 6 11/26/2011 at 05:49 (4,532 days old) by gsheen (Cape Town South Africa) | ||
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| Post# 160198 , Reply# 7 11/26/2011 at 10:43 (4,532 days old) by SuctionSelector (Leeds, England) | ||
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Gareth | ||
| Post# 160199 , Reply# 8 11/26/2011 at 10:47 (4,532 days old) by SuctionSelector (Leeds, England) | ||
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Wheras | ||
| Post# 160200 , Reply# 9 11/26/2011 at 11:22 (4,531 days old) by gsheen (Cape Town South Africa) | ||
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| Post# 160230 , Reply# 10 11/26/2011 at 15:54 (4,531 days old) by goadie12 () | ||
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Well I sell vacuum cleaners here in edmonton alberta I rebuilt and sell vacuum cleaners on kijiji (a local online sales site like cregs list) and I have been doing it for about a year and a half now thanks. Zach | ||
| Post# 160296 , Reply# 11 11/27/2011 at 03:39 (4,531 days old) by SuctionSelector (Leeds, England) | ||
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Gsheen | ||
| Post# 160297 , Reply# 12 11/27/2011 at 03:44 (4,531 days old) by gsheen (Cape Town South Africa) | ||
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yep thats one of the Uk models , the yellow one in the pic is a dc07 origen bought from argos.
The dc07 was never sold here all the ones we get come from overseas. I have one of the blue and silver ones too , more rere than the blue and grey.
here is a better pic of thet dc07 but in this pick it is fitted with a USA version of the cleaner head and soul plate which has a much better brush roll and wider opening 
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| Post# 160298 , Reply# 13 11/27/2011 at 04:51 (4,531 days old) by SuctionSelector (Leeds, England) | ||
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Eh? | ||
| Post# 160299 , Reply# 14 11/27/2011 at 05:20 (4,531 days old) by gsheen (Cape Town South Africa) | ||
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| Post# 160300 , Reply# 15 11/27/2011 at 05:21 (4,531 days old) by gsheen (Cape Town South Africa) | ||
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| Post# 160422 , Reply# 16 11/28/2011 at 12:30 (4,529 days old) by scvacuumguy (SC) | ||
here is my showroom | ||
| Post# 160423 , Reply# 17 11/28/2011 at 12:31 (4,529 days old) by scvacuumguy (SC) | ||
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| Post# 160424 , Reply# 18 11/28/2011 at 12:32 (4,529 days old) by scvacuumguy (SC) | ||
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| Post# 160426 , Reply# 19 11/28/2011 at 12:59 (4,529 days old) by scvacuumguy (SC) | ||
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| Post# 160428 , Reply# 20 11/28/2011 at 13:01 (4,529 days old) by scvacuumguy (SC) | ||
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| Post# 160436 , Reply# 22 11/28/2011 at 13:27 (4,529 days old) by scvacuumguy (SC) | ||
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Everything on the floor with the exception of the Kirby and Rainbow are new. The Kirby and Rainbow are there to remind customers that we do work on them and carry products for them. I actually put the hardwoods in myself. We sell about 60% canisters out of this store and it is so much easier to sell with hard floors. We do have several grades of rug in the store.
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| Post# 160440 , Reply# 23 11/28/2011 at 14:05 (4,529 days old) by gsheen (Cape Town South Africa) | ||
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Lovely store Christopher
Yes hard wood floors are a must in a vacuum store these days. We had a small section and now are doing a much larger one, most houses these days have hard flooring somewhere in them if not most of the house. If customers can't see it work on hard flooring then they don't buy.
It also has a more upmarket feel to it. Gareth | ||
| Post# 160441 , Reply# 24 11/28/2011 at 14:11 (4,529 days old) by lunchboxsean () | ||
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Interesting... I don't know any vac shops with hardwood floors in them, even just in sections. People who deal with me never ask about hard floor cleaning. Why would anyone buy a vacuum for hard floors, why wouldn't they just sweep it with a broom? | ||
| Post# 160443 , Reply# 25 11/28/2011 at 14:36 (4,529 days old) by gsheen (Cape Town South Africa) | ||
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Basically because sweeping puts dust into the air again. In SA 75% of houses have hardflooring in the lounge kitchen family room entrance hall and passages.with only the bedrooms carpeted , a further 15 % have no carpets at all with only 10% of houses here been wall to wall carpets. I have cats and proper origin pine flooring in my house with certain rooms carpeted . you could never sweep the floor you would end up just spreading fur everywhere. we vacuum the hard wood fooring with a Electrolux Ultra one.
Most of the vacuums we sell will vacuum majority hard flooring. Gareth | ||
| Post# 160448 , Reply# 27 11/28/2011 at 15:32 (4,529 days old) by lunchboxsean () | ||
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Norm, I've heard about Carmens from a friend of mine who owns three vac shops in Fort Wayne but have not had the opportunity to shoot up there. I would love to come up to Columbus and make a day of it. | ||
| Post# 160450 , Reply# 28 11/28/2011 at 15:48 (4,529 days old) by gsheen (Cape Town South Africa) | ||
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| Post# 160454 , Reply# 29 11/28/2011 at 15:58 (4,529 days old) by lunchboxsean () | ||
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Maybe that's why Dysons are so popular overseas... They don't have any carpet to clean, so why would they need a good vacuum? | ||
| Post# 160463 , Reply# 30 11/28/2011 at 17:38 (4,529 days old) by scvacuumguy (SC) | ||
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Candles...
We sell candles, tons of scents, humidifiers, heaters, and air purifiers. The store's 40 year old name is Vacuums Etc. So anytime someone says, "Oh I didn't know yall sold...." We always say that's what the "etc." means.
Our other product lines work really well with our current vacuum selection. About 15% of our gross new product sales are not vacuum cleaners and 30% of our counter sales have nothing to do with vacuums. | ||
| Post# 160490 , Reply# 32 11/28/2011 at 22:25 (4,529 days old) by lunchboxsean () | ||
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Your store is beautiful. I like your commercial, too, oh "Vacuum Wizard" | ||
| Post# 160524 , Reply# 33 11/29/2011 at 06:26 (4,529 days old) by gsheen (Cape Town South Africa) | ||
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The other problem with carpet is that , and this sounds so pathetic, it gets dirty all the time, We have a lovely light colored carpet in our showroom , when clean it looks wonderfull but all it takes in bubble gum stuck on some ones shoe that leaves a messy stickyness allover the carpet , or a good rain and mud.
I was spending more time cleaning carpet at one stage than selling vacuums.
demo carpets and hard wood flooring are the way to go. It just looks so much more upmarket too | ||
| Post# 160558 , Reply# 34 11/29/2011 at 12:20 (4,528 days old) by lunchboxsean () | ||
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Where the heck do you get a vacuum branded rug anyway, I can't find a single one to save my life. | ||
| Post# 160560 , Reply# 35 11/29/2011 at 12:46 (4,528 days old) by scvacuumguy (SC) | ||
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| Post# 160561 , Reply# 36 11/29/2011 at 12:48 (4,528 days old) by gsheen (Cape Town South Africa) | ||
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From the manufacturers, or your rep. You can have them made, I am busy having a Vacuum Cleaner House one made $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$.
Fubby thing but as usual the first one is really expensive about $ 1200.00 but its good quality I decided to have 4 made and thats only $2800.00 you pay for the set up time on the machinery.
I have Dyson, Bissell, Aeg , Electrolux Vorwerk ones on the floor but in my storage I have a few Hoover ones and two sebo ones and a really old Electrolux one from the 50's with Electrolux stitched into the carpet. its new and wrapped up some were. I must get it out and take some photo's | ||
| Post# 160765 , Reply# 37 12/1/2011 at 06:25 (4,527 days old) by kenkart () | ||
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MANY ... Years ago I sold Rainbows..D-3s, and Electroluxes, and also worked in a vac shop in Boone NC, 1982-1985,which sold Airway, Turbotronic, and Panasonic.I also learned sewing machine repair there. | ||
| Post# 160766 , Reply# 38 12/1/2011 at 06:38 (4,527 days old) by scvacuumguy (SC) | ||
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| Post# 160776 , Reply# 39 12/1/2011 at 09:57 (4,527 days old) by kenkart () | ||
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Oh No!!!! What am I getting in to!!!!! Hope to see you sometime soon, we are headed to Georgia in a couple of weeks. | ||
| Post# 160778 , Reply# 40 12/1/2011 at 11:34 (4,526 days old) by scvacuumguy (SC) | ||
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| Post# 160787 , Reply# 41 12/1/2011 at 15:13 (4,526 days old) by gsheen (Cape Town South Africa) | ||
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