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Thread Number: 46123
/ Tag: Other Home Products or Autos
Scarcity of Electroluxes in thrift stores; a theory |
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Post# 475781 3/1/2025 at 07:43 by JustJunque  (Western MA) |
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Hey all,
As I continue my quest for a 1960s-1980s metal-bodied Electrolux at a thrift store, something popped into my head. As I've said before, in all my years of thrifting, I don't know if I've ever seen an Electrolux. At least at the few stores I visit around here, I believe they do at least a bare minimum test of an appliance before they put it on the floor to sell. In the case of a vacuum, that would mean plugging it in, and having it do something when they hit the switch. If nothing happens, I believe the vacuum goes to the dumpster. I don't know how long they've had this feature, but I know that many Luxes won't run if there's no bag in place. And, probably a lot of people, when donating a vacuum, figure they'll take the old bag out, so as not to send their dirt to the new owner. It pains me to think it, but; do you think that many a perfectly good Electrolux got sent to the landfill as "not working", simply because there was no bag in it when an unknowing store employee attempted to test it? To those of you who have been lucky enough to find a thrift store Electrolux; do you remember if it had a bag in it when you bought it? Just a thought. | ||
| Post# 475783 , Reply# 1 3/1/2025 at 08:05 by rugsucker (Elizabethton TN) | ||
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"--no bag in place." With the AF,G & L the bag door would not close.The 1205 and newer would not turn on with the exception of a plastic body version of LE.I have seen more Electrolux at estate sales in better neighborhoods than thrift stores. | ||
| Post# 475801 , Reply# 2 3/2/2025 at 15:19 by fan-of-fans (USA) | ||
That could be possible. I don’t see many Electrolux I’m the thrift stores here either, although I have seen a few over the last decade or so, both metal and plastic models.
Do you ever have estate sales in your area? I’ve seen them fairly often at those, over just the last 3 or 4 I have seen a handful of them, in fact I just saw a Diamond Jubilee yesterday. I didn’t buy it as I didn’t have a need for one. | ||
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Post# 475805 , Reply# 3 3/2/2025 at 21:41 by JustJunque (Western MA) |
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| Post# 475824 , Reply# 5 3/3/2025 at 20:22 by fan-of-fans (USA) | ||
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They wanted $60 for that Diamond Jubilee at the estate sale, which was certainly higher than I’ve seen in thrift stores. I think they might have had it marked half off as it was the last day and most items were 50% off.
It depends on the sale, but sometimes they are selling things quite cheap, and sometimes not. | ||
| Post# 475831 , Reply# 6 3/4/2025 at 09:31 by kloveland (Tulsa) | ||
I think it's the area that you are in. I found a nice 1205 and a Silverado in my local thrift stores last year. Actually, this is the second Silverado I've found in my area within the past two years. The first one was nicer with the power nozzle. Tulsa was home for one of the regional offices for many years. If you look on the back on of the G or AF manual, it says Tulsa Oklahoma. This could be why Electrolux was popular in my area.
We had a family friend who used to answer phones for them back in day. | ||
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Post# 475835 , Reply# 7 3/4/2025 at 18:00 by JustJunque (Western MA) |
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Wow, Kenny. I would have dragged both of those home! They’re both beauties!
The Silverado even still has the model name decal! It could be a regional thing. But, I’m not too far from Connecticut, which also factored into Electrolux history. And, I was just looking at an Olympia One manual in another post, and they had an office of some sort at 1500 Main St in Springfield. That’s about twenty minutes from me! | ||
| Post# 475843 , Reply# 8 3/5/2025 at 11:34 by Human (Pines of Carolina) | ||
Regarding the bags...
...you could be onto something.
During and immediately after the height of the pandemic, thrift shops around here sold bagged cleaners with their bags removed, presumably to be more sanitary. These days, they've backed off from that for the most part, but I can see where some 'Luxes might have gotten tossed, if unwitting employees didn't understand that they didn't work without a bag in place. That said, I rarely see an Electrolux canister at a thrift. The last metal one I saw was a decent looking Olympia One about four years ago, for $39, but it was fitted with a non-electric hose and a flippy floor tool from a 1205. I walked away from the thing, but it was gone when I went back a week later. The last one I actually bought was a Diamond Jubilee in 2016 for $10, including the PN5 power nozzle, wand, and a generic replacement hose. The cashier and I got a little laugh at a local vacuum shop's $79 price sticker on the hose. What seem to show up much more frequently around here are twin motor uprights, Discovery II and its descendants, again at bargain basement prices. The ones I have, I paid between $3 and $8 for, except for the Discovery II I snagged off the curb for free. | ||
| Post# 475845 , Reply# 9 3/5/2025 at 13:09 by bikerray (Middle Earth) | ||
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Post# 475858 , Reply# 10 3/5/2025 at 22:48 by JustJunque (Western MA) |
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bikerray, | ||
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