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Thread Number: 21697
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| Post# 242672 , Reply# 1 7/28/2013 at 20:53 (3,923 days old) by vegassucks () | ||
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Yes indeed Yes this has happened to me. You have to realize there are days these shops do not sell a single vacuum and are hurting. Try not to take it to heart. | ||
| Post# 242679 , Reply# 2 7/28/2013 at 21:31 (3,923 days old) by compamac () | ||
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Oh I dont take it to heart at all. I feel bad for the guy kind of. I mean your right I am not sure how he stays in business | ||
| Post# 242698 , Reply# 4 7/29/2013 at 01:53 (3,922 days old) by super-sweeper (KSSRC Refurbishment Center) | ||
It does happen, Although the local Kirby store and vacuum shop are very nice, A man at Kirby was so nice he offered me a job a while back :D As stated above, don't take it to heart. He's likely only rude to you when you're alone because if he was rude to you when you where accompanied by an adult, that adult would get of their car and teach Mr. Repair-man a piece of their mind!
Just my 57Cents worth of information. Thanks, -Alex. | ||
Post# 242751 , Reply# 5 7/29/2013 at 07:57 (3,922 days old) by bvac6  (Fort Wayne, Indiana) |
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Ive had that happen
Even into my twenties as an adult I have encountered shop owners that act like they have no time for you, are disinterested in the hobby, and also have no intention of selling you anything from their graveyards. One example I have is a gentleman that owns three shops in my area who has literally hundreds of vacuums in his basement that he will not sell. Always says he never has time to show them to me and doesn't want to sell them anyway. He must be doing well at his business because he turns down money often. On the flip-side, another older gentleman (up until his passing) would sell old vacs to me ten bucks a piece. I got used to spending hours digging through piles and coming up with five to ten machines at a time. Those were good times indeed!
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| Post# 242755 , Reply# 6 7/29/2013 at 08:26 (3,922 days old) by thekirbylover (Warrington, cheshire ) | ||
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| Post# 242763 , Reply# 7 7/29/2013 at 09:01 (3,922 days old) by dysondestijl (east midlands, UK) | ||
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Yes when I go to James's vacuum shop he is really evil and he dreads anyone coming in... Not really lol James is a great guy to be with and talk to and he is really kind! | ||
| Post# 242770 , Reply# 8 7/29/2013 at 10:59 (3,922 days old) by ncovert (Grove City, PA) | ||
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Luckily, never happened to me... ...because the nearest vac shop is 40 minutes from my house, making it impossible for me to get there on my own. Don't take it too personally, like I probably would if someone was rude to me. | ||
| Post# 242806 , Reply# 13 7/29/2013 at 18:38 (3,922 days old) by parwaz786 ( ) | ||
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I know, im sorry abput that, tge waste man even had a dc05 dyson absolute which looked nice, but he shouted at me in public, wot an embarrassment! I wish I had the rights to grab his vacs and chuck them or I keep them | ||
| Post# 242826 , Reply# 15 7/29/2013 at 21:38 (3,922 days old) by eurekaprince (Montreal, Canada) | ||
The independent vac dealers in Toronto, Canada were for the most part extremely unfriendly and down right deceitful unless you were interested in buying a $1,000 vac.
There were only 2 dealers that I found somewhat friendly and honest to anyone who walked in the door: AAA Vacuum on Wilson, and Superior Vacuum Systems on Yonge Street where I bought my Electrolux UltraSilencer Green. | ||
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Post# 242843 , Reply# 16 7/29/2013 at 23:30 (3,921 days old) by Durango159 (State College, PA) |
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Are you going in frequently to do business or try things out
I don't want to sound rude and please don't take offense but the economy is rough. Small businesses are struggling from the economy and also everyone now wants to shop around for best price and bypass customer service. Many buyers are pricing smaller businesses and then scouting out the product on eBay, WalMart or other source.
Additionally businesses are out there to make money. Most any business is geared to serving a customer that is a homeowner or business owner. A person of authority with means and desire to get things for their property. If you're not in that category, they don't see you as a customer and you're then a liability to their business and they think of you as possibly "abusing" merchandise. If they think you're coming in to spend money, they will probably treat you well-- hence your grandma or other adult accompanying you. But if they don't see you spending money then they think you are just coming to milk information and play with their merchandise. The machines to them are valued property, that they pay for and want to resell for substantially higher rate. They're not experiment toys. They want buyers and not lookers or players. Again this is just how they see it. So if you're a buyer and have the parental permission and means to spend money there, that's one thing to them. Otherwise they think you just want to play and they don't want their merchandise used for that means. | ||
| Post# 242988 , Reply# 17 7/30/2013 at 14:10 (3,921 days old) by compamac () | ||
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Durango159 EVERY single time I go in there I leave with at LEAST $30 of bags | ||
| Post# 243046 , Reply# 18 7/30/2013 at 17:50 (3,921 days old) by NYCWriter (New York City) | ||
Nick ...
... what Rob just said. Don't take it personally.
There are just some adults in this world who do not consider under-agers worth their time. $30 in bags is one thing. A $2,000 vacuum is quite another. And a customer satisfied with her $2,000 machine who will bring OTHER adults with their checkbooks is definitely another. Just continue to be pleasant. You'll win him over eventually. I was you back in the early '80s: 13 years old, and always wanting to go down to "Central Radio and TV" in my hometown; that was THE store for high-end electronics at the time. The owner was nice enough, but really only let me back into the "back" display room (with the REAL good stuff) when I was with my dad. But over the course of a year or so, seeing how I absolutely revered the equipment, he started letting me back there on my own. His wife really liked me too. It got to a point where they trusted me enough to actually extend me credit (to a degree); the owner made it quite plain he didn't do this for any other customer, but there was a receiver I wanted in the absolute worst way. It was one of the last great receivers made in the USA by Zenith, complete with flywheel tuning and both hi and lo filters. I just adored it, but it's retail price at the time was an ungodly $679 (adjusted for inflation, that's $1,540 in today's dollars! For a 13 year old, no less!). Well, as it happened, it was 1983, and the new trend in receivers was now DIGITAL. No one wanted analog tuners, even with the fabulous flywheel tuning. Nor did they want analog VU meters; they wanted the newer gradient LEDs (which have been all but abandoned these days on higher-end equipment, but it was the fad back then). In other words, that fabulous old Zenith -- along with the other '70s beasts of the day from Pioneer and Kenwood -- were now white elephants. They marked the price down by 70%, but it was still more than $200 -- still completely out of my reach. With those markdowns, the owner was finally moving those big beasts. But I didn't want to lose my beloved Zenith. The owner recognized this and cut me a deal: he'd put it layaway for me, as long as I made regular payments every single week. OMG! It took me an entire summer of grass-cutting money, but that day back in September of 1983 -- that beauty was in my bedroom. Out of all the possessions in the world, that is the one thing I absolutely will never part with. E V E R. My point is, I won him over. My dad told me later on that the owner pulled him aside and said he actually LOVED selling me that unit, because out of all of his well-heeled customers, he knew *I* would appreciate that unit the very most. Over the years, his trust in me grew to the point where he would let me take merchandise out of the store to try it out before buying it! And this while I was still in high school. Just be patient. You'll win him over one day. | ||
| Post# 243055 , Reply# 19 7/30/2013 at 19:02 (3,921 days old) by compamac () | ||
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I never take it personal Just when he isnt really nice I dont like it thats all and it is the only vacshop in my town | ||
| Post# 243672 , Reply# 25 8/4/2013 at 16:21 (3,916 days old) by compamac () | ||
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Benny... Where else am I gonna get all of my bags belts and filters? I HATE buying little stuff online. He is making money anyway. Like I said AT LEAST $30 of bags at a time. | ||
| Post# 243673 , Reply# 26 8/4/2013 at 16:24 (3,916 days old) by compamac () | ||
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Mike... That is exactly what im gonna do. Leave him the HELL alone and never go back! Thank you for making it clear to me. He can kiss my *** | ||
| Post# 243832 , Reply# 30 8/5/2013 at 14:51 (3,915 days old) by compamac () | ||
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SOLUTION IS FOUND!!! My local hard-ware store JUST started to carry lots of bags and filters! I will do my shopping there from now on | ||
| Post# 243841 , Reply# 31 8/5/2013 at 15:28 (3,915 days old) by sebo_fan (Scotland, UK, member AKA ukvacfan, & Nar2) | ||
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| Post# 243843 , Reply# 32 8/5/2013 at 15:45 (3,915 days old) by compamac () | ||
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Sebo-Fan You are exactly right! I should do a review of it on Google. Thanks for the idea !!!! | ||
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