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Post# 440069   3/20/2021 at 16:32 (1,104 days old) by fan-of-fans (USA)   |   | |
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Anyone seen any curbed vacs recently? This week I've seen two in my neighborhood, one was a cheapo Bissell Powerforce bagless purple. It was still there the next day, along with some ride on toys.
Today I saw some kind of Dyson - or at least what was left of parts to one. I do wish last year when I saw that Kirby G4 down the street I'd have gotten it. But I would've been in big trouble! |
Post# 440073 , Reply# 1   3/20/2021 at 17:46 (1,104 days old) by gregvacs28 (U.S.)   |   | |
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The "ride on toys" sound interesting. |
Post# 440076 , Reply# 2   3/20/2021 at 18:03 (1,104 days old) by gregvacs28 (U.S.)   |   | |
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I did see a medium sized Shop Vac brand cleaner dumped with some old kitchen cabinets on a dead end road. And the spot was within site of a house. Strange to be dumping like that. |
Post# 440582 , Reply# 3   4/4/2021 at 22:44 (1,089 days old) by JustJunque (Western MA)   |   | |
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Last one I saw was a Shark.
I'm not up on my newer vacs, so I couldn't tell you anything about the model or anything. It was a very light blue color. Quite a nice color, actually, and it looked like it had just come out of the box. Clean, shiny, all the feature stickers still on it. I'm out of room, not into new vacs, and not into bagless, so I didn't take it. I know, many here think the trash is exactly where Sharks belong. Even though they're not my cup of tea, I still hate to see what's probably a perfectly good vacuum end up trashed, when it's most likely that someone just didn't maintain it properly. |
Post# 440586 , Reply# 4   4/4/2021 at 23:38 (1,089 days old) by huskyvacs (Gnaw Bone, Indiana)   |   | |
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There is always money to be made in cleaning up, fixing up, and reselling vacuums. I have seen 90's Hoovers going for over $200 on eBay fully restored. Also Sharks going for about $80+. It's pretty lucrative.
I have not seen any trash vacuums yet. I am just happy to see vacuums showing up in Goodwill again - sadly models I either already own or not that special - but it's at least something. |
Post# 440612 , Reply# 5   4/5/2021 at 21:44 (1,088 days old) by fan-of-fans (USA)   |   | |
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They seem to come in spurts here. I'll see two or three in the span of a week, and then none for many months.
Last week I saw some kind of bagless Hoover at the curb. It was there for a day or two and then someone must have picked it up. Rarely does anything stay on the curb until bulk trash pickup anymore. And with the new automatic trucks, the company won't pick up anything outside of the carts unless it is monthly bulk pickup day. So it stays there until someone comes along and takes it usually. I have as yet not picked up any vacuums. Most of the ones I see are newer bagless stuff that just doesn't interest me. And I'm practically at the point where I have to say "enough is enough" and only get vacuums that I am truly interested in collecting. Right now, for me that is mostly vintage metal vacuums. I've tried cleaning out multiple times, I've gotten rid of most of the vacuums that I wasn't that interested in, or needed too much work. But invariably I bring in more. At least now they are ones I really like though. |
Post# 441133 , Reply# 6   4/22/2021 at 20:43 (1,071 days old) by fan-of-fans (USA)   |   | |
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Post# 441163 , Reply# 7   4/24/2021 at 19:55 (1,069 days old) by human (Pines of Carolina)   |   | |
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I haven't seen a trash vac worth taking a second look at since I nabbed an Electrolux Diplomat LXE canister with replacement hose, wand and lighted power nozzle about a year ago. Somebody had cut the cord off of it but I lucked up on a cheap cord winder on eBay and had it up and running a week later. I'm still missing the suction control knob but I've disconnected the tubing that goes to it so the machine works just fine without it, even if it looks a little ugly with the knob gone. It's funny, you can get the suction control valves all day long but not the knob that attaches to it. I obsessed over it for a short time but at this point, I've pretty much accepted that finding one is just not meant to be.
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Post# 441175 , Reply# 8   4/25/2021 at 15:05 (1,068 days old) by human (Pines of Carolina)   |   | |
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Last night, after posting the above, I took another look on eBay and what did I find but an Electrolux 2100 (essentially the same machine as my Diplomat LX) being parted out so I finally got my knob. It's light gray, whereas the original was dark blue but it'll look just fine. It cost a bit more than I would have liked to have paid but given that I've never seen one for sale before, I went ahead and bit the bullet.
Okay, sorry for hijacking the thread. We how return you to your regularly scheduled programming... |
Post# 442299 , Reply# 11   5/27/2021 at 17:49 (1,036 days old) by JustJunque (Western MA)   |   | |
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Our neighborhood just had a bulk pick-up day this week.
Someone around the corner had some version of Oreck out on the tree belt. I'm guessing it was a version of the XL, because the overall shape looked like the one we have. This one, however, was green. I've seen white ones, and ours is the common blue. But this was the first green one I've seen. I can't tell you any details about it, because I didn't look at it up close...just drove by at a slow roll. Barry |
Post# 442314 , Reply# 12   5/28/2021 at 03:24 (1,036 days old) by Adam-aussie-vac ( Canberra, Australia )   |   | |
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Post# 442315 , Reply# 13   5/28/2021 at 03:25 (1,036 days old) by Adam-aussie-vac ( Canberra, Australia )   |   | |
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Post# 444932 , Reply# 15   8/20/2021 at 23:21 (951 days old) by fan-of-fans (USA)   |   | |
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I saw some kind of red and black bagless upright vac down the street a week or two ago, it disappeared before trash pickup.
This week I've seen a cheapo blue and black bagless Bissell upright on one road near me. Hasn't disappeared yet. I won't pick up these cheapo Bissell or Hoover bagless vacs from the curb, they are all I ever see thrown out. If it was a Hoover Windtunnel or something older I would. For a while there it seemed like the most common vac I saw were bagged self propelled Windtunnels. Now I'd rather one of those than these cheapo BOL bagless stuff. |
Post# 448044 , Reply# 16   11/20/2021 at 14:09 (859 days old) by fan-of-fans (USA)   |   | |
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I went out to several yard/estate sales this morning (but managed to miss the one I intended to go to).
Anyway while I was headed down a street to one of the sales, I happened to see a blue Kenmore Progressive canister vac parked next to some trash cans. One the way out I came back up the block and grabbed it. Usually all I see in the trash is cheap bagless Bissells or Hoovers so I was surprised to see something a little better. At quick glance throwing it in the trunk, it looks in pretty good shape, and it was at a nice looking house, so it might be ok. It's still in the trunk, I didn't have time to see if any attachments were with it. But it does have the hose, wands and Power Mate, which was neatly parked in the hanger on the bottom of the canister. |
Post# 448047 , Reply# 17   11/20/2021 at 18:25 (859 days old) by LadyDobermann (Marshfield, Wisconsin)   |   | |
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Post# 450034 , Reply# 19   2/12/2022 at 23:56 (775 days old) by MadMan (Chicago, IL, USA)   |   | |
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I got a Hoover recently, late model something-or-other. Bagless, obviously. But it's got a cord winder and a foot pedal that disengages the brushroll belt. Thought that was pretty neat. Dumped because the filter was clogged, obviously. Works nicely.
My mom started talking about getting a new vac. I told her to test drive the Hoover. It is genuinely a nice example of modern vacs. She tried it. Says she doesn't want a new vac anymore, wants to keep her old one. lol |
Post# 450914 , Reply# 21   3/19/2022 at 22:55 (740 days old) by fan-of-fans (USA)   |   | |
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Post# 451687 , Reply# 22   4/16/2022 at 20:13 (712 days old) by fan-of-fans (USA)   |   | |
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Post# 453703 , Reply# 23   6/11/2022 at 14:22 (656 days old) by fan-of-fans (USA)   |   | |
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Post# 453755 , Reply# 24   6/12/2022 at 13:25 (655 days old) by fan-of-fans (USA)   |   | |
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Well, last night I started having second thoughts on that Shark. I would not actually buy a Shark new, to me they aren't worth it. But I remembered we had a Shark Rotator at work and I used to like using it to clean my office.
So I decided if it was still there today, I'd get it. I really didn't expect it to be, and it rained a bit last night, but not much. Well, as I pulled up, I found it was still there. But not only was it a Shark, but I saw an electric hose handle attached to a chrome wand. As I got closer I realized it was a Rainbow SE!! So I immediately got out and grabbed both. Though dirty and damp, they seemed to be in good condition and I think should clean up fine. Kind of ironic that we had both a Shark Rotator at work, and now have a Rainbow SE, and I find both kinds of vacuums at the same house in the trash. LOL Also kind of glad I didn't pick up that Shark yesterday, as I would have missed that Rainbow. I'm almost certain it was NOT there yesterday. |