I think what irked many of us about Mr. Keeler was...
that it seemed his first priority was to use Vacuumland to sell his product for profitable purposes. I have no idea whether his product is good or not, or whether it is worth the cost he is charging. And I imagine he feels quite proud of something he worked on. That's not the problem. The problem is seeing the citizens of Vacuumland solely as potential purchasers of his device.
Besides discussing vacs and sharing stories about our common hobby, we all use the forum as a way of easily acquiring vacs we love and parts we need. I don't think any of us intends to use the forum as way of making a financial profit. Even when I mentioned the appearance of a beautiful vintage vac on EBay, I had no connection to the seller and had no vested interest in seeing the seller make a profit. I just thought that I was doing the group a favour by shining a light on something they might have not otherwise known about.
If Mr. Keeler really was interested in enhancing the collections of our group, he could offer to send free units to any Kirby-lover who is interested.
Just my two amps worth.....
that it seemed his first priority was to use Vacuumland to sell his product for profitable purposes. I have no idea whether his product is good or not, or whether it is worth the cost he is charging. And I imagine he feels quite proud of something he worked on. That's not the problem. The problem is seeing the citizens of Vacuumland solely as potential purchasers of his device.
Besides discussing vacs and sharing stories about our common hobby, we all use the forum as a way of easily acquiring vacs we love and parts we need. I don't think any of us intends to use the forum as way of making a financial profit. Even when I mentioned the appearance of a beautiful vintage vac on EBay, I had no connection to the seller and had no vested interest in seeing the seller make a profit. I just thought that I was doing the group a favour by shining a light on something they might have not otherwise known about.
If Mr. Keeler really was interested in enhancing the collections of our group, he could offer to send free units to any Kirby-lover who is interested.
Just my two amps worth.....