A mass of modern vacs going cheap...

[twocvbloke]

Well, yesterday, I found something new (to me), a clearance store in Stanley (Co. Durham), and once I finally got round to the vacs, they had loads of them!! Various bagless Vax models, a stack of Dyson DC22s, some Panasonic uprights, Nilfisk Wet & Dry tub vacs, a row of Miele S7s, and a load of other cheap things that are usually store-branded...

It was fun getting to look at these things up close, (bar the dysons & mieles, cos they were at about £130 a piece still so still boxed up), some of the vacuums had some pathetic filtration (like a Bosch thing with a post-filter that was smaller than my mobile phone), and some were rather flexible in places they shouldn't be, but some seemed okay...

But al that said, there's not really anything there that caught my interest, everything is minimum of 1.2 Kilowatts motor power (and I overheard a member of staff telling a trainee to emphasise on the air-watts to sell things, like those ever matter!!), maybe handy for getting cheap disposable vac, or something to experiment with, but we shall see...

But, as most of them are store returns, there may be faults and whatnot, so could be interesting to see what's up with the most cheap of the lot (like the Mach3s at 2x different prices, cos one's in a generic box an the other's in the original box), so I guess it'd be "buyer beware"... :S

 

[sebo_fan]

I like shops like that. Dependent on the prices you can pick up the premiums and popular ones, do them up and then pop them on Gumtree.

 

[twocvbloke]

For once, I actually agree with you, the Vac Mach series vacs were selling at half their catalogue price, and from what I could see of most of them, they were fine, so you could go in there, buy a couple, sell them for maybe 40% more than you paid, and there you have instant profit...

It is tempting to do just that for a little but of extra play money...

 

[jmurray01]

Sounds good, but personally I wouldn't go near any cheap modern Vacuum Cleaners...

In my opinion they are all cheap, over powered junk and even if they weren't, I'd still not be interested.

A shop selling boxed vintage cleaners however, I may be interested in that...

 

[Jakesvacs]

When all the vintage vacuums blow, its time to update with a MODERN vacuum. Not all are junk, some people just dont like change. I have plenty of modern cleaners, some collectors dont collect anything past the 70's cause its too modern.

 

[twocvbloke]

I'm not into modern vacs at all, I'm just looking at them purely thinking of money making, cos at £35 for a whole vac that could potentially be sold for £70 (look for the Vax Mach 3 on ebay), that's some profit there...

 

[jmurray01]

That's the thing though, vintage Vacuum Cleaners were made in such a way that they last a long time and when they do require repairs, it is easy to do so.

So I can safely say that vintage Vacuum Cleaners will NEVER be extinct.

To say I don't like change would be wrong, I do, but only if it is GOOD change

In my opinion almost all Vacuum Cleaners made these days are cheap n' nasty.

There are a few exceptions of course, there always are, but only a few.

 

[jmurray01]

"I'm not into modern vacs at all, I'm just looking at them purely thinking of money making, cos at £35 for a whole vac that could potentially be sold for £70 (look for the Vax Mach 3 on ebay), that's some profit there... " There sure is, so go and do it! Buy some cheap and sell for big money!

On the one condition you use the profits for a new vintage machine of course

 

[twocvbloke]

Well, it'd be something vintage, not necessarily vacuums...

 

[jmurray01]

You collect other vintage items ?

 

[twocvbloke]

Yeah, I have several old phones, some american, some canadian and the rest british...

 

[vintagerepairer]

Those ex-catalogue stores are cropping up all over the place. I myself have a contact who runs a small store selling Argos returned goods. All I will say is there are a good deal of reasons why most of it got sent back. One pays the money, one takes a chance.

 

[jmurray01]

You wouldn't think you could buy something from a shop that may not work these days...

 

[vintagerepairer]

I'm not sure what you mean, sorry.

 

[twocvbloke]

I think a lot of brand new items should come with a "buyer beware" note, especially if they're made using cheap labour in far eastern communistic countries that couldn't care less... :S

Still, for those who buy returns from clearance stores (a lot I looked at stated they were manufacturer refurbed, but they had a few that weren't and were still dirty), they're paying for what they get, something that may or may not work properly, regardless of what the item is... :&#92

Still, they had some neat looking stuff I wouldn't mind having even if they needed some minor repairs, if I had the money that is...

 

[jmurray01]

I meant, Benny, that if you buy something from a shop these days you expect it to be guaranteed to work, not "maybe" work.

 

[vintagerepairer]

Oh I see. Well no, not quite. 2CV has more or less said it for me. Where you buy something and what you pay for it can have a huge bearing on what you get. If you go to an ordinary shop and buy what one calls a new item then yes, you have the right to expect it to be 100% and any or all defects should be pointed out to you. But if one goes to a 2nd hand shop or an outlet where products being sold are returned goods, then that has to be taken into account too.

 

[jmurray01]

True. I suppose I've just never seen a shop selling returned goods. I didn't even know it existed until joining Vacuum Land...

 

[vintagerepairer]

They sell everything from electrical goods to furniture. I have not been impressed with the furniture I have seen. Clearly badly assembled the first time round and often obvious as to why it was returned.