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Post# 218247   2/9/2013 at 00:00 (4,065 days old) by Schmidt-Center ()        

Well people I was stepping out to see who it is from opening my own store from my father. I need a some help. What kind of money am I looking at to get me started. What brand should I stay away from? Thanks to everyone

Post# 218295 , Reply# 1   2/9/2013 at 09:33 (4,064 days old) by compamac ()        
Stay away from...

Sometimes the cheaper vacuums are good sellers but you might get a lot of repairs in from them...You should sell some cheaper range vacuums for people that dont have a lot of money to spend on a vacuum an then sell Riccar like and Sebo, Oreck, Dyson, Miele. things like those sell CRAZY GOOD in my town

Post# 218318 , Reply# 2   2/9/2013 at 12:37 (4,064 days old) by mieles7 (TX)        

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Though I don't own a vacuum store, two store only brands I would recommend based on personal experience are Sebo and Riccar. Both are very durable and easy to work on. Another brand I've heard a lot about is the Italian made Lindhaus. Pretty much the Kirby of plastic vacuum, but still very durable. For the cheaper brands, you might look into selling manufacturer refurbished vacuum. These will often be the same vacuum that they see at Target or Walmart, but a bit cheaper.

Here is an older thread that you might find helpful.


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Post# 218322 , Reply# 3   2/9/2013 at 12:48 (4,064 days old) by dysondestijl (east midlands, UK)        

I always get asked about dysons, and how much they are, and where to get them. Seems people in the UK love dysons. If its not dysons people ask me about, it's mieles.
Then again I don't know what people are like over there!


Post# 218337 , Reply# 4   2/9/2013 at 14:16 (4,064 days old) by Durango159 (State College, PA)        
Some brands to stock and some I'd avoid based on cleanin

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I would go with Simplicity, Royal, Lindhaus, Miele, Sanitaire, Hoover, Panasonic, possibly Cirrus, Windsor Versamatic. Also the Perfect canister. For Royal I would do their Everlast series, shampooer and power head canister like Lexon SR30020. Putting their Windtunnel designed commercial unit, you might as well just have the actual Hoover Windtunnel series commercial and residential units out.

Central is something I would hope you'd eventually as well. Riccar kits, MD kits, Beam, Allegro, there are many many companies to choose from for vacuum units and attachment kits.

You can pick and choose models from each company to suit. Panasonic has a good mix of performance, and durability at fair price with power team canisters, uprights and commercial. Hoover is redoing much of their line to have several new models appearing over time. Their bagged power nozzle canisters are great, Commercial Conquests sell great. Windtunnel T bagged series has a very nice bag disposal system. Try to find the units that aren't found on display in big box stores such as the Hoover Windtunnel Anniversary canister, commercial lines, some Steamvacs, and new stuff.

Lindhaus makes powerful cleaners that are built well. Primarily geared towards commercial, their systems are sealed with terrific filtration I would go with them over Sebo. Sebo's don't do well in mind. They are built well but cleaning performance across several lines is a far cry away from power received in a Simplicity, Riccar, Miele, Lindhaus or other. The suction and cleaning performance of Simplicity canister blows socks off TOL Sebo with ET-1 head.

Sanitaires still have a great commercial line up. Mieles are great machines. Tacony owned Riccar & Simplicity are made in the U.S.A, they are powerful well built machines with great profit margin, excellent performance, easy to get parts. Their lightweight uprights will outclean most if not all Oreck lightweight machines.

Dyson is one of those that you may just have to carry to please those customers that want bagless. For bagless its the best design on the market. Their cleaning performance as seen on numerous youtube videos is surpassed by many other machines but some people just feel that Dyson is the top and their mind is set in concrete.

Bissell, Dirt Devil and Eureka are all big box stores. You can get a Bissell for $40 at WalMart, so selling that in a dealership just doesn't work to take up floor space for that. Newer Eurekas are nothing like they were years ago, the new line up with exception of Boss Smartvac and the classic Boss 1934 upright, is otherwise unimpressive.

I hope this is helpful to you.


Post# 218383 , Reply# 5   2/9/2013 at 20:58 (4,064 days old) by KirbyUltimateG (Troy Ohio 45373 USA)        

I would carry Riccar/Simplicity/Oreck/Dyson/Hoover/Royal/Eureka/Sanitaire if I had my own vacuum store.


Post# 218437 , Reply# 6   2/10/2013 at 08:39 (4,063 days old) by Blackheart (North Dakota)        
I've wondered the same thing

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I think if i had my own i would go with

One of the Tacony brands Riccar/Simplicity
Sebo
Lindhaus
Miele

and my value brand would be Panasonic

As for central vacuums Beam,Drainvac, or MD systems with Hanmi hoses. As for the heads eureka VG3 and lindhaus.


Post# 218605 , Reply# 7   2/10/2013 at 22:24 (4,063 days old) by lunchboxsean ()        


Here's some personal opinion for you. You're in Pittsburgh, Steel Town. Pittsburgh is a big manufacturing town and, therefore, a big "Buy American" town. You'll do very well with American made vacuums like Simplicity, Riccar, and Oreck. These brands are also spectacular because they span a large segment of the market in terms of price. Simplicity's can run from $249 to $1349 and Orecks can go from $199 to around $599, so you can offer the same brand and quality across the low, mid, and upper price brackets. How you handle used vacuums, though, can mean a huge part of your business, too, so make sure you buy right, refurb right, and sell right. Also, the manufacturer reconditioned thing is a great idea. I knew, a few years ago, an Oreck dealer who would, from time to time, go on down to Big Lots and buy up their recon Oreck XLs for $99 a piece and sell them for $149 as a cheaper alternative to the $199 new ones he had. Recons can be huge, too. Another big area is your service. You need to embrace Dysons for service and stock plenty of their parts because they are very complex and somewhat fragile machines. Small plastic pieces and any of the plethora of seals can go bad, get lost, or break quite often and people are more than willing to have them repaired since they spent so much on them.
Nothing against Sebo, Miele, and Lindhaus, they are all specatuclar products, but I think you would do better in Pittsburgh with an American vacuum brand.


Post# 218952 , Reply# 8   2/12/2013 at 22:40 (4,061 days old) by vacuumman206 ()        

I would agree with everyone else...miele, sebo, riccar/simplicity, Royal and sanitaire for sure. Maybe some higher end box-store vacs.I don't see anyone coming to a vac store for a dyson, plus I don't know any vac store that would recommend them. I don't see many average people buying sebos, but my vac guy said they do sell every now and then. Stock I think is where money will start disappearing fast. You'll have to decide what parts you want to have on hand in stock, like fans, cords, brushrollers/plates, bags, filters and belts. I'd say a big thing too is have everything neatly organized. Put the customers and for sale vacs in neat rows, put a variety of vacs in the window if you have room to display. To me, there's nothing like those chain vac stores that have 4 of the same thing in the front window or my local vac shop that has vacuums all over the showroom floor along with them taken apart all over the place. Now for the demographics of my area, the people couldn't care less, but normally that isn't the norm. I've also found that having the behind-the-counter belts/bags/filter selection alphabetized by make and style/part number is helpful for you and the customer. I've seen customers that know what bag or belt their vac takes when they see the picture on the bag package or see the bag type letter/number. So if it's all organized and such, it can help the customer quickly spot it and point it out, or help you locate it in seconds.


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