A mass of modern vacs going cheap...
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hoovermanmick
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i was looking in to getin a new motor for my lux dolphin rather than buying a new modern cleaner there about 95 pound but u get more than 2 years out of a geniune lux motor
i was looking in to getin a new motor for my lux dolphin rather than buying a new modern cleaner there about 95 pound but u get more than 2 years out of a geniune lux motor
sebo_fan
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twocv & jm.
The whole proposition of buying a modern vacuum can be "cheaper" when using sites like Gumtree and if you judge all modern vacuums as being rubbish, you could turn your thought more positively by doing up the machines and then reselling them. twocv - the Vax Mach Air is a very popular vac at the moment and you'd do well to buy what you can, do them up and resell on Gumtree.
The buyers who go on there are looking for essentials as well as bargain hunters and collectors. I did it when I first moved to Edinburgh able to buy essentials that proved to be too expensive at cost brand new with several articles.
So, as a collector you would be able to recoup a higher profit dependent on the machine you choose to sell. I've bought a few second hand Miele vacs and only one Sebo upright off Gumtree and it's surprising what you can also get from individual sellers if you push hard enough - one buyer I bought a surplus Miele S381 from (priced at £75) was selling the machine because it was too heavy, less than a year old and turned out to have bought a few floor head attachments which were not used at the time. Taking into account the cost price of those individual items, I offered £100 (knowing this is what the new machine cost at the time in Comet, since I had one myself) and the seller agreed also chucking in 4 BOXES of bags. I was extremely lucky - I eventually sold the Miele on another Gumtree region for £140 including the STB 205 turbo brush head and upgraded the filters to match the then current Miele models and offering a "pet" model based on the current spec. The S381 sold extremely quickly, eventually to a couple who were not prepared to pay out the then asking price of £249 for the bigger bagged S5 cat and dog model.
JM - Of course, these days buyers do feel protected with any kind of extra warranty - but there seems to be more of this newer generation of people (all ages, I've found) who don't care that much for warranties either based on the extra price incurred at the time, or if they have had existing experience before and have been put off. One buyer I sold a Numatic grey commercial tub to (similar to the original James with 800 watts, single rocker switch) pointed out that their previous Numatic's guarantee only covered the motor and body - not the hose, not the pipes and not the floor head. Thus, with the cost of those together including consumables, I could see my buyer's point of view that it would be just as cost effective to buy another "complete" Numatic than shelling out for all the parts at the same time. So he took the grey tub off me, complete with a shorter hose to use in his garage for DIY, cleaning out the cars and kept his "domestic" Henry in the home.
The whole proposition of buying a modern vacuum can be "cheaper" when using sites like Gumtree and if you judge all modern vacuums as being rubbish, you could turn your thought more positively by doing up the machines and then reselling them. twocv - the Vax Mach Air is a very popular vac at the moment and you'd do well to buy what you can, do them up and resell on Gumtree.
The buyers who go on there are looking for essentials as well as bargain hunters and collectors. I did it when I first moved to Edinburgh able to buy essentials that proved to be too expensive at cost brand new with several articles.
So, as a collector you would be able to recoup a higher profit dependent on the machine you choose to sell. I've bought a few second hand Miele vacs and only one Sebo upright off Gumtree and it's surprising what you can also get from individual sellers if you push hard enough - one buyer I bought a surplus Miele S381 from (priced at £75) was selling the machine because it was too heavy, less than a year old and turned out to have bought a few floor head attachments which were not used at the time. Taking into account the cost price of those individual items, I offered £100 (knowing this is what the new machine cost at the time in Comet, since I had one myself) and the seller agreed also chucking in 4 BOXES of bags. I was extremely lucky - I eventually sold the Miele on another Gumtree region for £140 including the STB 205 turbo brush head and upgraded the filters to match the then current Miele models and offering a "pet" model based on the current spec. The S381 sold extremely quickly, eventually to a couple who were not prepared to pay out the then asking price of £249 for the bigger bagged S5 cat and dog model.
JM - Of course, these days buyers do feel protected with any kind of extra warranty - but there seems to be more of this newer generation of people (all ages, I've found) who don't care that much for warranties either based on the extra price incurred at the time, or if they have had existing experience before and have been put off. One buyer I sold a Numatic grey commercial tub to (similar to the original James with 800 watts, single rocker switch) pointed out that their previous Numatic's guarantee only covered the motor and body - not the hose, not the pipes and not the floor head. Thus, with the cost of those together including consumables, I could see my buyer's point of view that it would be just as cost effective to buy another "complete" Numatic than shelling out for all the parts at the same time. So he took the grey tub off me, complete with a shorter hose to use in his garage for DIY, cleaning out the cars and kept his "domestic" Henry in the home.
