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Thread Number: 41233
/ Tag: Recent Vacuum Cleaners from past 20 years
Are the Eureka Dream Machines and Carpet Cleaners with Power Pumps going extinct? |
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| Post# 437395 1/15/2021 at 19:04 (1,194 days old) by one9ki (Northern Kremisphere, Dixie Kong Country) | ||
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| Post# 437404 , Reply# 1 1/16/2021 at 12:26 (1,193 days old) by fan-of-fans (USA) | ||
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| Post# 437409 , Reply# 2 1/16/2021 at 15:01 (1,193 days old) by one9ki (Northern Kremisphere, Dixie Kong Country) | ||
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| Post# 437412 , Reply# 3 1/16/2021 at 17:51 (1,193 days old) by fan-of-fans (USA) | ||
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| Post# 437414 , Reply# 4 1/16/2021 at 20:20 (1,193 days old) by huskyvacs (Gnaw Bone, Indiana) | ||
True that. Most of the dream vacs I want are out of my price range consistently. Then all of a sudden, poof, someone puts one up for sale at a price I can afford. A Hoover Concept Two w/ power drive has been my dream vac forever since I started collecting in 2017. Just bought one this month when one came up for sale on ebay for $50. 4 years later. Just as long as you keep an eye out both online and in the real world, going to thrift stores and yard sales and such, you never know where one might pop up at.
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| Post# 437432 , Reply# 5 1/17/2021 at 13:39 (1,192 days old) by fan-of-fans (USA) | ||
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Yeah, I go to thrift stores regularly as well as estate sales, and it can take a few years but some rather unusual machines you have never seen before can pop in when you least expect it.
I try to use these methods over eBay, because generally thrift stores and estate sales tend to see vacuum cleaners (especially older ones and those that take bags) as utilitarian items rather than collectible, so they tend to price them somewhat cheaply. Mostly the only exceptions I've seen are newer high end vacs like Electrolux, Kirby or Rainbow, which sell for a lot (and tend to get sniped up quickly) as well as Dysons and other known European brands. eBay is still a great way to get ones if you don't want to wait or the item is just too rare, but you will tend to pay the higher prices because you're competing with other collectors, as well as high shipping and packaging costs. So there are trade offs. | ||
| Post# 437450 , Reply# 6 1/17/2021 at 20:51 (1,192 days old) by Electroluxxxx (……) | ||
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I actually saw one on the side of the road back in June, actually saw both a maroon and green one. Was going to pick them up but they were pretty nasty. Also spotted an Atlantis. | ||
| Post# 437453 , Reply# 7 1/17/2021 at 21:17 (1,192 days old) by one9ki (Northern Kremisphere, Dixie Kong Country) | ||
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