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Thread Number: 32930
/ Tag: Brand New Vacuum Cleaners
Kirby of Wichita is gone |
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| Post# 360219 , Reply# 1 10/2/2016 at 07:35 (2,762 days old) by vacerator (Macomb Michigan) | ||
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The Kirby store here is closed as well, and our governor is the other party. | ||
| Post# 360224 , Reply# 2 10/2/2016 at 09:54 (2,762 days old) by Kirbyloverdan (Egg Harbor Twp . NJ aka HOOVERLOVERDAN ❤️) | ||
All Kirby stores 
Here in NJ are still open and we have a Republican governor.
I don't think political party dictates if a Kirby store will remain open . But then again look at Detroit the automobile Mecca of the USA run by Democrats and that city is a disaster and people are living in poverty . It has a lot to do with customer service and if people have jobs to be able to afford a luxury such as a Kirby . Dan | ||
| Post# 360232 , Reply# 5 10/2/2016 at 12:40 (2,762 days old) by Kirbyloverdan (Egg Harbor Twp . NJ aka HOOVERLOVERDAN ❤️) | ||
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Pakard motors | ||
| Post# 360233 , Reply# 6 10/2/2016 at 13:06 (2,762 days old) by myles_v (Fredericksburg, VA) | ||
Kirby of Fredericksburg, VA, is doing pretty well from what I can tell. They often donate their trade-ins to a local Goodwill.
I haven't known anyone to work for them for longer than a month, and they clearly have an issue finding people to hire because they have little signs at many major intersections advertising "WORK $450/Week per company agreement, Call MARK 540-XXX-XXXX" They often have 5-6 signs per intersection, and the signs do not tell you what the company is at all. The building they have their office in doesn't even say Kirby, it says "KOF Associates" (Kirby of Fredericksburg). Supposedly they only do door-to-door campaigns in cities that are half an hour to an hour and a half away, going up into Maryland. | ||
| Post# 360255 , Reply# 8 10/3/2016 at 08:44 (2,761 days old) by kirbyvertibles (Independence, KS) | ||
There was one in Bartlesville Ok. That I would get 50 to 60 trade in machines at a time from that's no longer here. No warning just gone. As far as I know the only one anywhere close to SE Ks and NE Ok is Joplin Mo. For you out West I imagine it would be Topeka.
Harley, do you know what ever happened to the Tristar dealer there on McLean? It was called something like Eagle Innovations or something like that. I used to buy trade ins there too. | ||
| Post# 360257 , Reply# 9 10/3/2016 at 09:25 (2,761 days old) by human (Pines of Carolina) | ||
I'm not sure about the Kirby dealer here. I've driven by it a time or two and noted its location but it's not on a side of town I frequent. A little closer to home, I did notice a few weeks ago that the local Aerus dealer is gone, replaced by Hungry Howie's Pizza. I can't say strongly affected by the fortunes of either establishment, since I've ever done business with them, not out of spite or dissatisfaction but because I just haven't had the need to since I prefer to buy most of my vacuum supplies online.
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| Post# 360261 , Reply# 11 10/3/2016 at 10:20 (2,761 days old) by dysonman1 (the county) | ||
Kirby dealers in my area come and go so fast. The last one we had, about six months ago, was a mid 20's woman, who told me she had worked selling Kirbys in almost 20 different states ('staying power' - lol). One of the women she had hired to sell Kirbys actually was wearing leggings instead of pants. They toured the vacuum museum and asked all kinds of questions about the history of the Kirby. I wished them well on their sales adventures and even suggested streets they might want to canvas. I saw them one other time, at Taco Bell eating lunch, then I never saw them again. Have had many phone calls from people wanting to know if we carry bags for their 'new' Kirby (we do). Like Judy Garland said in Wizard of Oz: "People come and go so quickly around here".
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Post# 360337 , Reply# 12 10/4/2016 at 02:37 (2,760 days old) by tolivac  (Greenville,NC) |
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Wouldn't a city as large as Wichita have more than one Kirby dealer??When I was in DC area--they had SEVERAL of them.The Kirby dealer of Greenville,NC is long gone-same with Filter Queen.Only Rainbow and Areus remain.both have been here as long as I remember. | ||
| Post# 360345 , Reply# 13 10/4/2016 at 09:59 (2,760 days old) by vacerator (Macomb Michigan) | ||
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Witchta isn't that big. The average mean incomes of the general populous must be considered. Kirby's are expensive, and there are Walmmarts, Targets, etc. with cheap vacuums everywhere. | ||
| Post# 360364 , Reply# 15 10/4/2016 at 14:18 (2,760 days old) by vacerator (Macomb Michigan) | ||
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I didn't mean to misspell it. I was having my first morning cup. | ||
| Post# 360813 , Reply# 16 10/12/2016 at 23:24 (2,751 days old) by panasonicvac (Northern Utah) | ||
Had two Kirby dealers close to where I live at both closed, now my only local Kirby dealer is about 25 miles away from me. My folks had one dealer by their old house before that closed WAY long ago. Yesterday I just found out that my local Aerus store had closed so now my local Aerus dealer is about 40 miles away from me.
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| Post# 360816 , Reply# 17 10/13/2016 at 06:24 (2,751 days old) by vacerator (Macomb Michigan) | ||
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Seems they will need more door to door sales staff then? | ||
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