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Thread Number: 43286
/ Tag: 50s/60s/70s Vacuum Cleaners
1960s Electrolux USA Retail Sales |
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| Post# 452313 , Reply# 1 5/5/2022 at 07:16 (721 days old) by Dysonman1 (the county) | ||
There were a large number of vacuum cleaner parts suppliers to the industry that would rebuild cleaners and sell them at wholesale to many different types of retail stores. In many cases, the ridiculously low price was for a model 12, sometimes even a model 11. In many cases, it was a bait and switch scheme, baiting you to come into the store, and switching you to something more expensive.
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| Post# 452318 , Reply# 2 5/5/2022 at 08:20 (721 days old) by rugsucker (Elizabethton TN) | ||
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Electrolux Years ago I saw a Mo XXX in a '5 & 10 cent' type store.But there would have been nothing to switch to as it was the only vac. Electrolux started with no advertising,then in early 50s started yearly national magazine ads and only much later allowed salesmen to run ads. | ||
| Post# 452323 , Reply# 3 5/5/2022 at 09:53 (721 days old) by dysonman1 (the county) | ||
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Metropolitan Vacuum in Suffern, New York, rebuilt a huge number of trade-in Lux machines they got from the branch offices. These were rebuilt with "Metropolitan Parts". They advertised them in catalogs like Spiegels and they were sold in retail stores like Woolworths. I remember in the mid 1970's, they offered the model 30 as well as the 60. All the model 60's they sold had the automatic ejector disabled, and the machines came with one-ply bojack bags.
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| Post# 452507 , Reply# 5 5/11/2022 at 19:26 (715 days old) by Paul (USA) | ||
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Thanks for the responses Tom, Jimmy, & Joel. I'd never heard a thing about such in-store sales. I just thought that the Electrolux rebuilds were handled similar to Kirbys; except through a third party. | ||
| Post# 452515 , Reply# 6 5/12/2022 at 09:13 (714 days old) by dysonman1 (the county) | ||
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Here's an example of a Metropolitan rebuild. The model 30's had disposable liner bags for the cloth container. Foam post motor filter. A new hose. Painted wands. Fit-All plastic attachments (depending upon the retailer).
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| Post# 452519 , Reply# 7 5/12/2022 at 12:31 (714 days old) by rugsucker (Elizabethton TN) | ||
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More rebuilds | ||
| Post# 452524 , Reply# 8 5/12/2022 at 15:27 (714 days old) by dysonman1 (the county) | ||
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| Post# 452573 , Reply# 10 5/13/2022 at 22:34 (713 days old) by huskyvacs (Gnaw Bone, Indiana) | ||
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