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Post# 223224 , Reply# 1   3/11/2013 at 21:43 (4,035 days old) by mieles7 (TX)   |   | |
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Post# 223228 , Reply# 2   3/11/2013 at 22:22 (4,035 days old) by piano_god (British Columbia, Canada)   |   | |
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It's actually very simple. Pull the bumper down from the front section (snout), then remove five screws. Once that's done, you'll have access to the fan and the fan case.
For $20.00, I'd snap that up in a second. I already own two, one of which I've fully restored and own all three bags offered by NSS (cotton shake-out, cotton disposable bag and denim shake-out, all new and unused). Here's my restored machine with the brand new denim shake-out bag... |
Post# 223273 , Reply# 4   3/12/2013 at 10:40 (4,034 days old) by rugsucker (Elizabethton TN)   |   | |
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Great vac.Great restoration!Great picture!!What is going on north of the border? Any vac pic is good to see but but those from Canadian collectors are among the very best. |
Post# 223276 , Reply# 5   3/12/2013 at 11:21 (4,034 days old) by dustin (Jackson, MI)   |   | |
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Post# 223342 , Reply# 6   3/12/2013 at 21:08 (4,034 days old) by vacuumman206 ()   |   | |
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I will have to talk to him about it again then. It looked rather dirty and only had the hose. |
Post# 223874 , Reply# 7   3/16/2013 at 16:59 (4,030 days old) by vacuumman206 ()   |   | |
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I was wrong on price. He wants $45 for it. Little more than I'm willing to pay. Any takers? |
Post# 223876 , Reply# 8   3/16/2013 at 17:05 (4,030 days old) by vacuumman206 ()   |   | |
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its condition and everything almost looks exactly like this picture I found. |
Post# 224006 , Reply# 10   3/17/2013 at 15:38 (4,029 days old) by vacuumman206 ()   |   | |
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would you know the smallest box size I can get this vac in? Dimensions on the machine for that? I'll get a price. |
Post# 224008 , Reply# 11   3/17/2013 at 15:43 (4,029 days old) by vacuumman206 ()   |   | |
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At most it looks like $35-40 shipping, $45 for the vac. I overestimate shipping but after box and packing I expect $30-35. So $80-90 total is my guess. |
Post# 224074 , Reply# 12   3/18/2013 at 02:39 (4,029 days old) by tolivac (Greenville,NC)   |   | |
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Sounds good to me-how can we hammer out a deal on this.I would have to measure one of my machines-The UPS store can pack and ship the machine if you bring it to them disassembled.-Bag support rod and bag removed from the machine.Can give you some measurements tomorrow. |
Post# 224332 , Reply# 15   3/19/2013 at 18:58 (4,027 days old) by vacuumman206 ()   |   | |
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The info you provided me is enough. It will be $33 to ship. email is my83mustang@yahoo.com let me know if that's doable for you. |
Post# 224485 , Reply# 17   3/20/2013 at 21:54 (4,026 days old) by vacuumman206 ()   |   | |
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with the dimensions of a box I'd have to use to fit that vac, it's $30 instead of $33 with your new dimensions. |
Post# 224504 , Reply# 18   3/21/2013 at 00:54 (4,026 days old) by tolivac (Greenville,NC)   |   | |
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The other Email address didn't work either.We will need to exchange our addresses somehow.Would like to get my check to you-Guess will be $75 total? |
Post# 224628 , Reply# 20   3/22/2013 at 01:51 (4,025 days old) by tolivac (Greenville,NC)   |   | |
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Vacuumman-Tried agin,lets see if it gets thru. |
Post# 259039 , Reply# 21   12/9/2013 at 00:40 (3,763 days old) by ultralux88 (Denver, Colorado)   |   | |
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I just snatched one of these up on Craigslist for $25 about a week ago. I bought a used genuine hose off eBay for $30, and a used genuine wand and rug nozzle for $60. I'm also waiting for a $20 bag clip that I ordered thru a janitorial place here in Denver. I've stuffed a genuine bag in there as well. I have an older model M as well that I need to get cleaned up and put back together. I've got a weird knockoff machine as well. I'll post a pic of all 3 once they're all ready.
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Post# 259158 , Reply# 23   12/10/2013 at 16:19 (3,761 days old) by ultralux88 (Denver, Colorado)   |   | |
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It does, it should be here any day now... When I got the machine the whole bag was held closed with those clamps. With the paper bag in it I can use it as it is but I will put the clamp on when it gets here. This one would have used the metal clamp I'm sure but I suspect the new one will be gray plastic. I've loved these machines for a very long time. I was about 5-6 when I first saw one in use while I was following mom around a fabric store and I think another one once in a walmart. Then they used them at my elementary school where my love for these machines really grew. Have you ever seen a Pacific Steamex like the one in this video on YouTube?
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Post# 259258 , Reply# 26   12/11/2013 at 21:15 (3,760 days old) by ultralux88 (Denver, Colorado)   |   | |
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Bag clamp installed! I don't think the plain aluminum shoe rug nozzle does overly well on pet hair. It does ok but nothing special, it gets everything else great tho. Vacuumed my BF's aunt and uncles house a few times so far while I'm here taking care of the dogs. I love this vacuum though. I think I could be content to have a collection that only these vacs.
Believe it or not I was thinking the same thing about the paper bag as I was stuffing it into the small bag opening. |
Post# 259295 , Reply# 28   12/12/2013 at 11:16 (3,759 days old) by ultralux88 (Denver, Colorado)   |   | |
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Post# 259391 , Reply# 30   12/13/2013 at 16:57 (3,758 days old) by ultralux88 (Denver, Colorado)   |   | |
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It was a filthy mess when I first got it. The bag was filthy and there was so much crap in the scrap trap on the front, so e of it looked rather nasty and it looked like it had been used to vacuum a garage out that was filled with leaves and other plant litter. I took the bag off and dumped it out followed by turning it inside out and a good blowing out with my Metro Masterblaster blower that was a great find, another store was going to scrap it but it works fine. It's the model with 2 Lamb motors in series inside. Extremely powerful!!! I made a MASSIVE cloud of dust outside when I did it and there was white dust everywhere and lots of fuzz and lint too lol.
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Post# 259424 , Reply# 31   12/13/2013 at 23:42 (3,758 days old) by ultralux88 (Denver, Colorado)   |   | |
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I moved their couch (the black leather one behind the vac in the last pic, and vacuumed under it. This pretty much removed any doubts i have about the nozzle's cleaning ability, it cleaned everything up very well and quickly. I was looking through the NSS attachment catalog and saw that the rug nozzle I have is listed as being good for low pile commercial carpet. Another collector is sending me another nozzle that might work better for household pile carpet but I'm not unhappy with the way it cleans. If you put the hose up to your ear while vacuuming you can hear it picking up a ton of sand and grit.
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Post# 259460 , Reply# 33   12/14/2013 at 10:10 (3,757 days old) by ultralux88 (Denver, Colorado)   |   | |
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Im hoping this weekend I'll get around to putting my M back together but we'll see. I need to track down a wand for the M as I have a rug tool coming from a friend. I'd like to find another genuine hose too but in the meantime I can just keep using the generic gray crush proof one it came to me with. Here is a video in the meantime. This was taken when my late best friend (God rest his soul) came to visit and brought the M to me.
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Post# 260008 , Reply# 35   12/18/2013 at 10:28 (3,753 days old) by ultralux88 (Denver, Colorado)   |   | |
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Post# 260122 , Reply# 37   12/19/2013 at 09:59 (3,752 days old) by ultralux88 (Denver, Colorado)   |   | |
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Post# 261767 , Reply# 39   1/4/2014 at 10:57 (3,736 days old) by ultralux88 (Denver, Colorado)   |   | |
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Back on the subject of the effectiveness of NSS rug nozzles... The nozzle I was sent from another collector finally arrived and I got to play with it (see pics!) and this is the 16in nozzle with plain shoe (easy to replace the shoe with the lint lifter shoe that has grooves cut in the back shoe that act like the gleaner bar on a Lux rug tool) that is listed in the NSS attachment catalog as being great for all carpet, but especially good for household type carpet, the 12in one I already had is more of a low commercial pile nozzle. Although the one I had did well enough, this does excellently. It glides with almost no effort, picks everything including hair and lint in one pass, leaves the carpet groomed and you can hear in the wand that its getting lots of sand and grit, and when you get up to a wall head on you hear it sucking against the baseboard and it gets everything up to the wall, so nothing is left at the edge of the carpet, and it cleans along the side edges great too!
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Post# 261787 , Reply# 40   1/4/2014 at 14:06 (3,736 days old) by ultralux88 (Denver, Colorado)   |   | |
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Post# 262248 , Reply# 42   1/7/2014 at 11:48 (3,733 days old) by Blackheart (North Dakota)   |   | |
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I recently bought a pig as well i'm pretty impressed. I do not have an actual hose for it so i attached my henry's hose with some tape the best rating i have got with that hose is 9.5 i think it has the potential to reach 10 but lacking a hanger the leather fill tube inside the bag gets a little...restricted when the bag bends.
The biggest surprise to me was how small it is i was expecting some monsterous machine i was really shocked to see that it had come in such a small box For comparison here it is next to my Riccar-1700. It does have a strange short cord coming off it which i think is this power nozzle connection i've heard of it kind of reminds me of a computer cord's end. The plate/sticker says this uses a 13.4 amp motor |
Post# 262249 , Reply# 43   1/7/2014 at 11:50 (3,733 days old) by Blackheart (North Dakota)   |   | |
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Post# 262251 , Reply# 44   1/7/2014 at 11:54 (3,733 days old) by ultralux88 (Denver, Colorado)   |   | |
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I love using this as it is with that nozzle I just got. I love the sound of stuff going up the metal wand and then you can hear it hit the inside of the trap on the front of it, and then if it is the right size and weight to make it I love the sound of stuff hitting the fan! Our kitten loves playing with q tips, so they end up all over, most of the time I have to pick them up and trash them, but the M-1 will suck them right up and I love the sound they make in the fan! I really think this nozzle would actually clean as well as any upright with a brush roll just because of the amount of air it moves, it actually hisses when you set it on the carpet, the flatter the rug the louder the hissing as you move it. Its actually pretty amazing when you think about how much airflow it takes to make a 16in rug nozzle hiss like that. But when it comes to moving air the M-1 really is an absolute monster with that fan it has. I'm using this one for at least a week, then after the last time I use it I'm going to immediately use my 2 speed Rainbow E2, which I kind of consider the "gold standard" in truly deep cleaning carpet as they clean so damn well and with the water its easy to see what it gets, so I'll base my opinion of the M-1s deep cleaning ability based on how much and what kind of dirt the Rainbow picks up.
Soon I'm going to go use my RinseNVac to shampoo my best friends carpet in his apartment. He lives there with his boyfriend and his BF's mom and he has a Miele Plus with the SEB213 that I gave him because he needed a decent vacuum and the Plus isn't one I find all that interesting. They love it and it does well, but I'm thinking about taking the M-1 to use before I shampoo, its either that or my Royal Powercast. Any thoughts? |
Post# 262254 , Reply# 45   1/7/2014 at 13:19 (3,733 days old) by ultralux88 (Denver, Colorado)   |   | |
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Post# 262392 , Reply# 48   1/8/2014 at 08:07 (3,732 days old) by Blackheart (North Dakota)   |   | |
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I see it was wise of them to create a model made for carpeting though i'm impressed by what it can do with a straight suction tool.
I did pair it with my lindhaus PB-14 yesterday it really brought up a lot of sand. I've been looking at the parts and prices and i think i'll just wait till some used ones show up i have ordered a generic crushproof hose for it though. I do like the idea of using it with a Kirby for the tandem effect i've also considering attempting to connect my sanitaire but i think it would perform even more amazingly with a wider hose than the kirby's perhaps a 2" shop vac hose? get that full 140 cfm? |
Post# 262551 , Reply# 50   1/9/2014 at 09:02 (3,731 days old) by Blackheart (North Dakota)   |   | |
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Post# 262555 , Reply# 51   1/9/2014 at 09:35 (3,731 days old) by suckolux (Yuba City, CA)   |   | |
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Post# 262573 , Reply# 52   1/9/2014 at 12:40 (3,731 days old) by ultralux88 (Denver, Colorado)   |   | |
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Post# 262576 , Reply# 53   1/9/2014 at 13:05 (3,731 days old) by ultralux88 (Denver, Colorado)   |   | |
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I guess I'll tell the story of the M and M-1 in my life... It goes back to when I was about to start kindergarten and Mom took me to the elementary school to sign be up. I happened to look into the open custodian's office/room and see something that I was mesmerized by, a big yellow canister vacuum that had a massive blue bag on top. Looked much like an oversized Kirby permanently setup with a hose on the front. I didn't know what to think about such a thing, all I knew is that I was in love! lol After that encounter I saw one bing used in a So-Fro ( I think I spelled that right?) while I was on one of the many tedious trips to the store with mom and I was again fascinated, and this scene was again repeated in a Wal-Mart as I heard a vacuum and followed the sound to a guy vacuuming the clothing area with one of these beasts. By 1st grade I had stayed in from recess to vacuum the classroom with one of them and then also stayed after school to get to vacuum some of the hallways at the school.
One fateful day the school janitor had me come to their office to see the latest toy, the brand new Pro-Team backpack, which they had me put on and vacuum the office with. I loved it as well and wanted one, but the fun was shaded when I asked what this meant for the Pigs that I so loved, and I was sightly heartbroken to learn that they were being phased out. I don't think I ever really forgave backpack vacuums for replacing my beloved beast, even today Ive never been as enthusiastic about the backpacks as I could be and I suspect thats why. My mom ended up working at the fabric store that had the M-1 and I even got to bring it home to play with, and doing so only intensified my burning desire to have one to myself. When that store closed my mom didn't want to try at all to buy the pig off of them for me and I was upset by that. I drooled over these every time I saw one and then one day I ran across my Pacific Steamex on Craigslist for $65 and I had to have it. It made me happy but I still had to have the real thing which I do now have. I love my M, M-1 and the Steamex which is a very obvious knockoff, even the fan looks identical, but its a mirrored copy with the motor turning the opposite direction and the fan is a mirrored opposite of the NSS'. It also has a chrome tube coming out of the fan chamber that the bag's metal elbow connector attaches to, and it has the metal rack that has the cord hooks and attachment holder, while the M-1 has the bag connect directly to the fan chamber and a metal rod hangs the bag and has the cord hooks and hose rack. |
Post# 262667 , Reply# 56   1/10/2014 at 10:38 (3,730 days old) by ultralux88 (Denver, Colorado)   |   | |
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I remember in elementary school the Pigs they were using were definitely early M-1s like mine with the cast metal hanger at the top of the bag rod and the cast metal lower cord hook too, I'd guess early 70s as thats when the school was built. The machines were definitely at least 20-30 years old back in 94-97 until they were replaced. I still think switching to backpacks was a mistake, as good as the Pro-Teams are theres no way one could last 30 years in a commercial use like that!
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Post# 262776 , Reply# 58   1/11/2014 at 10:15 (3,729 days old) by ultralux88 (Denver, Colorado)   |   | |
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From what I was told by NSS, the model M is the older machine with no guard wings over the carbon brush holders and thats the easiest way to differentiate between the M and M-1, there are a few other differences too that I'll compare later on when my M is back together. I've seen many M-1s with the plastic switch cup but mine doesn't have it. My M-1 also has the brush holder guards as all the ones I Remember in school did too. I think my M-1 came from a church (vacuuming pews) or something as it came with the wide upholstery tool and not the wand and rug tool.
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Post# 263306 , Reply# 60   1/14/2014 at 11:23 (3,726 days old) by ultralux88 (Denver, Colorado)   |   | |
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That kit is still listed as such in the accessories catalog. I can't find the 2in hose set for it tho, the type sold to Theatres for cleaning up the trash movie watchers leave everywhere. A good friend of mine in Utah remembers using one sometime in the early 90s I'd guess in an old small town theatre. It was an old gray one with the 2in hose setup and they had the tool I'm using on mine as well as a gulper tool. He preferred the regular tool like mine as it seemed to get the carpet clean while the gulper tool got all the bulk debris it didn't do much for actually cleaning the rugs.
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Post# 263428 , Reply# 62   1/15/2014 at 11:38 (3,725 days old) by ultralux88 (Denver, Colorado)   |   | |
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What my friend told me is that they'd sweep all the trash down the rows and onto the carpeted isle and then vacuum it all up. If it were me I'd have gone down the isle with the gulper nozzle to pick up all the large trash and then switch to the other one and come back up the isle with that to give the rugs a good cleaning. They aught to just use the leaf blowers in vacuum mode and suck it all up! Lol.
That Bronco sounds like a great versatile vacuum. Too bad they are no longer made. I remember in the 90s Granger sold a vac by Tornado that was advertised to do the same things. I loved the idea. |
Post# 263687 , Reply# 64   1/17/2014 at 12:21 (3,723 days old) by ultralux88 (Denver, Colorado)   |   | |
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Post# 263842 , Reply# 66   1/18/2014 at 09:26 (3,722 days old) by ultralux88 (Denver, Colorado)   |   | |
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Post# 264387 , Reply# 68   1/21/2014 at 16:39 (3,719 days old) by ultralux88 (Denver, Colorado)   |   | |
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Post# 264546 , Reply# 71   1/23/2014 at 11:43 (3,717 days old) by ultralux88 (Denver, Colorado)   |   | |
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I'd love to find out what sort of turbonozzle you used. I've seen Turbocats with a wand that was 1.5in but at the very end where it connected to the head it went down to the smaller 1.25in size. Could that be it? Generally I don't miss a PN much, as it moves so much air that I can hear it deep cleaning all the sand and grit from deep in the carpet. The nozzle I have been using does well on surface cleaning too even lint and hair comes up easily. Eventually I plan on replacing the nozzle shoes on it with the lint lifter version which just have a bunch of cuts in the back shoe that give it the same kind of combing and fuzz/hair grabbing ability that the gleaner bar on the old Lux rug tools have. The nozzle with the way the shoes have an edge on the inside that let them kind of grab the fibers and pull them up like a brush might do, so it even grooms the nap too. It really seems to clean well. I'm wondering how well it really is doing tho, so I'm thinking tonight I might use my Big Power right after I use the pig to see how dirty the water gets. I might also use the 2 speed E Series too. I know it'll be a water filter vac tho.
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Post# 264646 , Reply# 73   1/24/2014 at 12:36 (3,716 days old) by ultralux88 (Denver, Colorado)   |   | |
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Make sure you get a lint lifter tool, that will give you the best results. The tool really doesn't push very hard at all. It glides over the carpet very well. The only time it's hard to push is on small light rughs that the surface of the rug seals to the tool, like some of mom's braided rugs or the bathroom rugs. Regular carpet is fine.
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Post# 264708 , Reply# 75   1/25/2014 at 09:42 (3,715 days old) by ultralux88 (Denver, Colorado)   |   | |
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They make the lint lifter in a 12in version as well as a 16. The plain shoe tool I've got is a 16 and I have a 12in magnesium shoe tool as well. The lint lifter is definitely the way to go if you want the vac to pick up lint and hair and stuff well. You'd be surprised how easily the wider one moves around between furniture and stuff. I didn't get to choose what I got as a friend gave it to me but I was happy just to get a rug tool better for my carpet.
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Post# 265058 , Reply# 77   1/28/2014 at 09:45 (3,712 days old) by ultralux88 (Denver, Colorado)   |   | |
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And I got the other rug nozzle and wand used for $60 so I saved a lot there too. The only thing I've bought new from an NSS dealer was the bag clip. The hose was $30 off eBay and is in great shape. And the machine was only $25, which I still am pinching myself over! But lucky finds and cheap deals are what made the majority of my collection.
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Post# 265187 , Reply# 79   1/29/2014 at 10:56 (3,711 days old) by ultralux88 (Denver, Colorado)   |   | |
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On Craigslist I find it harder to get ripped off since if I think the price is too high I'll skip over the add, then I show up with cash. eBay is something I'm careful with, and I always use paypal so if the seller tried to screw me over I have some buyer protections. The vast majority of my collection was found locally on CL, thrift stores, work or otherwise.
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Post# 265495 , Reply# 80   1/31/2014 at 03:29 (3,710 days old) by tolivac (Greenville,NC)   |   | |
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Maybe Craigslist might be OK-but I am staying away from EBay. |