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Thread Number: 37942
/ Tag: Member Selling Item(s)/Non Professionally
Vintage Kirby Collection |
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| Post# 404468 1/23/2019 at 12:18 (1,920 days old) by KirbyHoneyhole (Northern California) | ||
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I am trying to liquidate my friends 30 year old collection of vintage Kirby’s. Aprox. 30 to 40 complete machines and boxes of new/old stock repair parts and accessory kits. Would love to sell as a lot. Northern California location. Would deliver up to 300 or 400 miles. | ||
| Post# 404474 , Reply# 1 1/23/2019 at 15:43 (1,920 days old) by bnsd60m9200 (Akron OH) | ||
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| Post# 404810 , Reply# 2 1/29/2019 at 23:27 (1,913 days old) by huskyvacs (Gnaw Bone, Indiana) | ||
@ bnsd60m9200 
Nobody will buy them shipped unless they are really worth it. Shipping a vacuum from California to the east coast USA will run about $60-$70 in shipping cost. That puts off tons of buyers. A lot of the Kirby auctions I would see on eBay I used to see in 2017 are now virtually gone or are all "local pickup only", there's very little listed.
His best option would be to sell individually and locally. Try facebook too in collector's forums, and show photos of what there is. 40 machines + all the kits would be enough to pack a small UHAUL to the brim, you'd have to find someone that has that kind of money plus buying a storage unit just to accommodate their purchase, not a lot of people can do that. | ||
| Post# 404823 , Reply# 3 1/30/2019 at 11:39 (1,913 days old) by bnsd60m9200 (Akron OH) | ||
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huskyvacs
ive dealt with these large lot sales personally. NO ONE will go get the stuff. i tried that in 2014 in amarillo for two weeks and ZERO people went, over 400 vintage and rare machines were scrapped.
people wont buy it unless they ship it , and NO ONE will buy this many machines at once. many collectors are lazy and dont want to put the effort into getting machines. locally he wont get buyers. i can promise you this. people wont drive to get the things. | ||
| Post# 405037 , Reply# 5 2/3/2019 at 23:38 (1,908 days old) by Lesinutah (Utah) | ||
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| Post# 405072 , Reply# 6 2/4/2019 at 16:11 (1,908 days old) by bnsd60m9200 (Akron OH) | ||
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KirbyHoneyhole
sorry to be so rash about it, but having dealt with this before and others who have had trouble inheriting large lots to sell them, it pushes away most collectors because of the volume. if you get someone who wants them great. overall selling vintage machines (vacuums) in bulk just yields a frustrated seller.
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| Post# 405077 , Reply# 7 2/4/2019 at 20:35 (1,907 days old) by huskyvacs (Gnaw Bone, Indiana) | ||
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