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Thread Number: 40018
/ Tag: 80s/90s Vacuum Cleaners
Electrolux at Service Merchandise |
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| Post# 424783 5/3/2020 at 18:14 (1,447 days old) by ryan1994jeep (Georgia) | ||
Does anyone remember Service Mechandise selling Electrolux? I remember going with my aunt back in 1993 when she purchased her Hoover Powermax canister. Definitely dont remember seeing Electrolux there. The picture is from 91/92 SM catalog.
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Post# 424786 , Reply# 1 5/3/2020 at 19:08 (1,447 days old) by JustJunque  (Western MA) |
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Post# 424788 , Reply# 2 5/3/2020 at 19:43 (1,447 days old) by Compactelectra (Palm Springs) |
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There was a thread | ||
| Post# 424791 , Reply# 3 5/3/2020 at 20:34 (1,447 days old) by Ctvacman (CT) | ||
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Always found it funny they had the vinyl hose for that model while the dealer ones still had the woven type, I have a brochure for these and it even touts the lightweight vinyl hose | ||
| Post# 424794 , Reply# 4 5/3/2020 at 21:09 (1,447 days old) by vacman1961 (North Babylon, New York) | ||
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Macy's used to sell the Regency series also. It was light grey with light blue trim. Costco used to sell the TriVac electric broom and then they started to sell the L E. | ||
| Post# 424798 , Reply# 6 5/3/2020 at 21:35 (1,447 days old) by frkirby560 (Memphis, TN) | ||
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I remember it very well. During college back in the early 1970's I had worked as a salesman for Electrolux. We sold the 1205 and L at the time. So years later I remember walking into Serv. Merch. one day and shocked to find a brand new Lux being sold in a retail store! How things change!! | ||
| Post# 424898 , Reply# 8 5/5/2020 at 13:33 (1,445 days old) by human (Pines of Carolina) | ||
I worked briefly for a small regional competitor to Service Merchandise called Brendle's. It was a holiday gig after I graduated from college in 1986. I don't remember what vacuums they sold as I was working in a different part of the store. I was up front with luggage jewelry and fine china, while the vacuums would have been in the back part of the store with household appliances and electronics. Brendle's was an early dot com casualty and was out of business by 1997.
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Post# 425652 , Reply# 10 5/18/2020 at 05:42 (1,432 days old) by rodknock95 (Salem, Missouri) |
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Sams Club My Grandparents replaced their Olympia one with a 2100, they bought from Sams Club in 1991 | ||
| Post# 425656 , Reply# 11 5/18/2020 at 07:32 (1,432 days old) by gregvacs28 (U.S.) | ||
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I remember seeing the canister at Sams in the late 90s. Can't remember the price. It seems like it was around $400 | ||
| Post# 425657 , Reply# 12 5/18/2020 at 07:38 (1,432 days old) by Oreck_XL (Brooklyn, New York 11211) | ||
It's really not all that surprising, and I doubt there was much (if any at all) difference in quality compared to the ones sold door-to-door. Oreck did the same thing, first by offering it through strictly mail order, then offering it only through vacuum stores and then in 1997, telling said vacuum stores either go exclusively Oreck or you can't sell the product. Then, a few years later started mass-marketing Orecks on QVC and places like Costco and forcing the dealers to do free tune-ups REGARDLESS of where the vacuum was purchased. Wasn't there also a time where Kirby was sold in stores? Wasn't that how the elusive "R" series was sold?
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| Post# 425688 , Reply# 13 5/18/2020 at 20:36 (1,432 days old) by JustinAjax (Georgia) | ||
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Post# 425823 , Reply# 14 5/21/2020 at 18:26 (1,429 days old) by rodknock95 (Salem, Missouri) |
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sams club Greg, your right, they were like 399-425 or something to that effect | ||
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