Another Vintage Vacuum DESTROYED by a CARELESS ebay Seller's POOR Packing!! :-(

[moparhemipower]

Well, maybe not Destroyed, I can Fix it, but that's not the Point, because I Paid A LOT of Money for this Vacuum, A LOT, TOO MUCH, but it is the very same Model Kenmore Twin Fan my Grandma Gockel had, it's a Model 3040, my Grandma's was just Beige though, I like the Orange much better myself and she kept hers Downstairs, used it Daily, while Upstairs she had first a Brandywine Eureka Upright, then a Hoover Elite, but I always wanted the Kenmore and when she Died in 2004, my Dad's Family knowing I wanted it, TRASHED it and EVERYTHING else I was supposed to get, so when I saw this Orange Kenmore, no matter what, I HAD TO HAVE IT and did Win it of course, from the SAME Lady I Bought my Singer Golden POWERmaster from, not to mention, as most of you know, I ADORE Twin Fans; however, I didn't expect this Orange Kenmore to come to me seriously DAMAGED. :-( Well, many of you who have seen my Post about my Golden POWERmaster, know that I did have A LOT of ISSUES with the Seller Joan and how she Packed and Shipped it, like Damaging the Handle Grip and forgetting to Pack some Parts, but in the end, all was well, so I Bought this from Joan with Bill Me Later and even though I did in fact give her my usual DETAILED Instructions on how to Pack this Kenmore, she once again IGNORED them and this is how my Orange Kenmore was Delivered by UPS to me, OH, but I should mention also, that it was LAST Month when I Won this Kenmore and it was just this Week that Joan decided to have it Packed and Shipped to me with NO UPS Tracking #. :-( Anyway, here is the first of a few Pictures of how it was Packed and Delivered-

Yes, the Box came OPEN and TORN like that, but not with my Cat Misty...

 

[moparhemipower]

LOOK!!

Other then this Newspaper, as you can see, there is NOTHING in the Box to Protect it, so needless to say, the Handle is of course BENT, the Vacuum will only Turn On if you Wiggle the Handle and even then, it still Shuts Off, so I'm sure the Switch is Damaged, PLUS, there is a BIG Hole underneath the Kenmore and the Front Wheels are Broken Off and MISSING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :-(

 

[moparhemipower]

HOLE!!

This is the Hole that was right underneath the Front Wheels, which were BROKEN OFF and now MISSING!!!!!!!!!!!! :-(

I'm sure if I examine my Kenmore a bit more, I'll find more Damage. :-(

 

[twocvbloke]

At least you have a cat who has Laser eyes of awesomeness though...

 

[moparhemipower]

LOL

Yeah, she does, THANK YOU!! :-D Yup, she knew something was wrong and was there ready to help me Investigate... ;-p

 

[moparhemipower]

Well...

I sent SEVERAL Messages to the Seller, Joan, but haven't heard anything back yet, I am trying to be NICE about it, because she is an OLD Lady, but this is RIDICULOUS, so maybe I should just get NASTY and DEMAND my Money back or I'll REVERSE my Payment to her, I dunno, I HATE ebay. :-(

I thought I could Open a Claim with ebay, Jason told me about it on the Phone, BUT, ebay won't let me do any Claims with them, because I used Bill Me Later, so I really don't know what to do, other then Call Bill Me Later on Monday and have the Payment Reversed, since they did Pay for the Kenmore for me after all, but I just don't know what else to do and you know, this is gonna be the LAST time I Buy another Vacuum off ebay, I'll get them from other Collecters here and maybe Search around for them like Dave from Canada does you know... :-(

 

[vacuumfreak]

The switch:

The switch should be a quite easy fix. If you have to wiggle the handle for it to turn on for a second, its probably the same thing happened to me a few months ago. What I did was flip it upside down to remove the bottom plate covering the brush roll assembly and belt, and then behind the two back metal latches that hold the bottom plate on there should be 2 screws, one on each side. Unscrew those and then flip it over. The top hood will come off. Okay, now with the upright facing you, look down on the left side beside the handle. Release the handle with the handle release, and then pull it back up making sure that the bottom left side of the handle is coming in contact, and holding down the black switch button as shown in the picture. If not, kind of slide the handle over to whatever side it needs to move over to so that it holds that button down. Now, being careful that it doesn't slide back, put the hood back on and flip it over. Put the 2 screws back in that you removed earlier, and put the bottom plate back on. If this doesn't work, chances are your switch is broken. I do not have any extra right now that I could send you either.... If this is the case, maybe you could see if another collector has one.
I hope this helps!
Daniel

 

[vacuumfreak]

Another picture:

 

[kirbyloverdan]

Yeah that evil

eBay & Pay pal everyone should stay away from those sites. So keep hating ebay !!!!

 

[moparhemipower]

Daniel

Normally, I would Appreciate your Post and Pictures, but right now, I am ANNOYED by them and I know you are just a Kid and were trying to Help, but this whole Situation has me PISSED right now, because I Paid well over $100.00 for this Kenmore and well, look what I ended up getting you know. :-(

In case you didn't know Daniel, I am A LOT Older then you, so I Grew Up in the 80's SURROUNDED by these Machines, SURROUNDED literally, lol and now have a HUGE Collection of Twin Fans, have nearly EVERY Name of Twin Fan Upright, EXCEPT for my Holy Grail Canadian Lewyt, so believe me, I know how to Fix these, know EVERYTHING about them, know more about them then even the Vac Shops and other Collectors do, plus have LOTS of Spare Singer Twin Fan Parts, not to mention, I am an ASE Certified Auto Mechanic, so I already know how to Fix the Switch and Rebuild this Kenmore from the ground up, not a problem, but you know, the whole Point of this Thread is, the fact that I Paid nearly $115.00 for this Kenmore, one of my Dream Machines, I gave the Seller SPECIFIC DETAILED Instructions on how I wanted it Packed and all, she waited WEEKS to FINALLY Ship it and I get it like this you know, so that's what I need Help with here, on how to get my Money back, other then having Bill Me Later Reverse the Payment to her. I just REFUSE to let the Seller keep the Money for this BS here you know and I'm sure if it was you Daniel, you'd feel the same, so I Apologize to you and anyone who I may sound Rude to, but I'm BEYOND PISSED right now. :-(

 

[moparhemipower]

Dan

By the time I'm through, Joan won't be Selling on ebay anymore, she has no right to if she's gonna be like this and all. :-(

 

[vacuumfreak]

I understand! Not a problem at all, I clearly wasn't aware about your twin-fan collection! I'd love to see some pictures some day Hopefully you can get all of your money back without any troubles, because that was clearly horrible how they sent that. Not to mention that some of the parts were even missing. Ive never had this problem with ebay before, so I can't really help you on getting the money back, other than what you said before, about calling Bill Me Later, so that you can try and reverse the charge. That is just ridiculous, and it boggles my mind how people listen sometimes. I would definitely contact the seller again as well, and keep sending emails until you hear back from her.
Hope everything goes well,
Daniel

 

[kirbyloverdan]

James

I wish you were older than me lol .
I am 44 so I think that makes me a tad bit older .
All you have to do is file a claim through ebay . Bill me later IS a part of paypal .

 

[moparhemipower]

Daniel

Again, I Apologize, I'm just so UPSET, you have NO idea how PISSED I really am, I mean, this is way REDICULOUS, but I Appreciate your Help and Post!! Also, yes, I will Post Pictures of my Twin Fans for you sometime, but they all need Cleaned up a bit first, plus I'm waiting on an Original Lens for my Golden POWERmaster, I have to Rebuild my Self-Propelled Kenmore and of course Fix this one here you know, but you'll get Pictures... ;-)

Anyway, eventually I'm sorry to say, you'll prolly have a situation like this with ebay yourself I'm sorry to say, it is ebay after all, so be CAREFUL my young Friend... ;-)

Anyway, keep checking back here, because I am going to Post Pictures later of ALL Damge to the Kenmore itself, which is A LOT!!

 

[floor-a-matic]

So far I'm lucky this hasn't happened to me yet; but when I moved, my Eureka Dial-A-Nap's handle broke in half! That occured because furniture 'impacted' the vac.

 

[moparhemipower]

kirbyloverdan

Thanks, but I was Talking to the other Daniel above, about me being Older and all... ;-)

But here's the Problem, because I used Bill Me Later, I CAN NOT Open a Case with ebay, so I dunno and I'm not sure if I can even with Paypal, but if I can Open a Case with Paypal, they'll prolly want me to send my Kenmore back to Joan, which I WILL NOT DO EVER, this Kenmore is MINE now you know and as you and everyone else knows, it's ALL her FAULT here with that HORRIBLE Packing and everything, so no matter what, she NEEDS to AT LEAST Refund me the Cost of the Vacuum itself you know. :-(

 

[moparhemipower]

floor-a-matic

You are LUCKY because this situation I'm in is HORRIBLE here. :-(

Also, sorry to hear about your DIAL-A-NAP. :-(

 

[kenkart]

I Know!!

I bought a Canadian Lux that came packed the same way, it was beat to hell!!!Luckily one of our Canadian mrmbers sent me a body for it and I was able to fix it...What is with these idiots, its not difficult to pack stuff!!!

 

[moparhemipower]

THANK YOU kenkart Hans!!

YES, I see you get it EXACTLY and yes, I can Fix this, but as you already know, it's the Principle of the matter!!