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    <span style="font-family: trebuchet ms,geneva; font-size: medium;">Playing the Devil's Advocate here... what if someone's favorite upright IS a Dirt Devil?</span>   <span style="font-family: trebuchet ms,geneva; font-size: medium;">For many of us, the appeal of a particular vacuum...

      <a name="start_14204.150538">"I didn't ask you specifically for a quote or appraisal. It was an in general question." </a> <a name="start_14204.150226"><span style="color: red;"> </span></a><a name="start_14204.150226"><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms,geneva; font-size...

      <span style="font-family: trebuchet ms,geneva; font-size: medium;">Generally speaking, I was just speaking generally.</span> <span style="font-family: trebuchet ms,geneva; font-size: medium;">You'd be surprised at the number of queries collectors get about the value of old vacuum...

      <span style="font-family: trebuchet ms,geneva; font-size: medium;">Is the yellowing from nicotine do you think? If so, there's a special product you can get at hardware stores made specifically for cleaning nicotine stains off of wallpaper. I don't remember what it's called but I...

      <span style="font-family: trebuchet ms,geneva; font-size: medium;">Sounds to me like this guy is just on a fishing expedition... "I don't want to sell it but I am sure it's priceless and you all have to agree with me!"</span>   <span style="font-family: trebuchet ms,geneva...

      <span style="font-family: trebuchet ms,geneva; font-size: medium;">Very surprised this didn't do any better. It's in good condition other than needing a spa day, and it has the original hose which is very hard to find. To say nothing of its stunning mid-century styling.</span>  ...

      <span style="font-family: trebuchet ms,geneva; font-size: medium;">Verrrrrrrrry nice find, and scarcer than the usually-found 1949-52 version.</span>   <span style="font-family: trebuchet ms,geneva; font-size: medium;">Notice the flat-bottom runners and of the style attached to...

      <span style="font-family: trebuchet ms,geneva; font-size: medium;">hahahaha, that just sounds funny! :))</span>   http://www.ebay.com/itm/VINTAGE-FILTER-QUEEN-HOSE-FIT-ALL-QUEENS-/250884094251

    <span style="font-family: trebuchet ms,geneva; font-size: medium;">Here's an auction for bits and bobs from two Bisons...</span> http://www.ebay.com/itm/320752713518

<span style="font-family: trebuchet ms,geneva; font-size: medium;">Ah, okay, now I get it. That is not a genuine Electrolux hose; it's a bojack product from some vac supply place. </span>   <span style="font-family: trebuchet ms,geneva; font-size: medium;">As others have said, I reallly...

      <span style="font-family: trebuchet ms,geneva; font-size: medium;">Could you post the link to that listing? I'd sure like to see it.</span>    

    <span style="font-family: trebuchet ms,geneva; font-size: medium;">Electrolux did not make a 30-ft. hose for their metal tank canisters as far as I know -- only for their central vacuum cleaner systems.</span>   <span style="font-family: trebuchet ms,geneva; font-size: medium;">They...

    <span style="font-family: trebuchet ms,geneva; font-size: medium;">Furthermore, for most items, eBay does not allow payments via mailed money orders or money orders through instant, point-to-point cash transfer services (that are not banks) such as Western Union or MoneyGram. They have...

    <span style="font-family: trebuchet ms,geneva; font-size: medium;">You do realize, don't you, that as a seller you have recourse against non-paying buyers? You just have to file a complaint with eBay. They can force the buyer to pay under threat of closing their account or imposing...

      <span style="font-family: trebuchet ms,geneva; font-size: medium;">Um, who are you asking?</span>

      <span style="font-family: trebuchet ms,geneva; font-size: medium;">Actually, that style packaging -- small red Kirby circles all over -- was used for the 518 through the 560. The 561 packaging had the same pattern, however, the background color was turquoise. But the fact that the...

    <span style="font-family: trebuchet ms,geneva; font-size: medium;">I agree that it's a lot of mishmash and certainly not a D50.</span>

      <span style="font-family: trebuchet ms,geneva; font-size: medium;">I have uploaded a very large format version of this photo for those who may want to blow this photo up and really examine the details. It's a good-sized file, about 19mb, so it will take a little time to download. But...

      <span style="font-family: trebuchet ms,geneva; font-size: medium;">I have two Model Vs, the early "stick-vac" type with removeable runners, and the later one with permanent runners. The early one has the same hose you found, and the later one also has a coiled-metal hose but instead...

      <span style="font-family: trebuchet ms,geneva; font-size: medium;">Wow!! What are the chances of coming across one of those metal Electrolux hoses??! That's the same hose used on their very first machine, the Model V!!</span>