Ok, there is a local Vac-Shop near me and has had many owners. I never really got to go there and get the things I needed until now. I am able to walk there from my Dad's business when he picks me up from my house to go to his business. The new-ish owner is an older guy gray hair. Every-time I go in there he just really doesnt seem friendly UNLESS another person is with me. One day my Grandma took me there to get an old Oreck from him that he was gonna throw out and I was gonna take it. When my Grandma was there he was the NICEST seeming guy on Earth. But when I go myself he is rude to me and he can get away with it because I'm only 13. Does that ever happen to you guys when you go to a vac shop the owner/employee is rude? Or is it just because he is a rude guy?
Does this ever happen to anybody???
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vegassucks
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Yes indeed
Yes this has happened to me. You have to realize there are days these shops do not sell a single vacuum and are hurting. Try not to take it to heart.
Yes this has happened to me. You have to realize there are days these shops do not sell a single vacuum and are hurting. Try not to take it to heart.
vegassucks
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The Internet is killing the,
The Internet with ebay and free shipping and no tax is killing small business. They survive on repairs and part sales. I usually buy my bags from local vendors even thou I pay a couple dollars more. It is nice to have some high end shops to check out the latest machines in person.
The Internet with ebay and free shipping and no tax is killing small business. They survive on repairs and part sales. I usually buy my bags from local vendors even thou I pay a couple dollars more. It is nice to have some high end shops to check out the latest machines in person.
super-sweeper
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It does happen,
Although the local Kirby store and vacuum shop are very nice, A man at Kirby was so nice he offered me a job a while back
As stated above, don't take it to heart. He's likely only rude to you when you're alone because if he was rude to you when you where accompanied by an adult, that adult would get of their car and teach Mr. Repair-man a piece of their mind!
Just my 57Cents worth of information.
Thanks,
-Alex.
Although the local Kirby store and vacuum shop are very nice, A man at Kirby was so nice he offered me a job a while back
As stated above, don't take it to heart. He's likely only rude to you when you're alone because if he was rude to you when you where accompanied by an adult, that adult would get of their car and teach Mr. Repair-man a piece of their mind!
Just my 57Cents worth of information.
Thanks,
-Alex.
bvac6
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Ive had that happen
Even into my twenties as an adult I have encountered shop owners that act like they have no time for you, are disinterested in the hobby, and also have no intention of selling you anything from their graveyards. One example I have is a gentleman that owns three shops in my area who has literally hundreds of vacuums in his basement that he will not sell. Always says he never has time to show them to me and doesn't want to sell them anyway. He must be doing well at his business because he turns down money often. On the flip-side, another older gentleman (up until his passing) would sell old vacs to me ten bucks a piece. I got used to spending hours digging through piles and coming up with five to ten machines at a time. Those were good times indeed!
Even into my twenties as an adult I have encountered shop owners that act like they have no time for you, are disinterested in the hobby, and also have no intention of selling you anything from their graveyards. One example I have is a gentleman that owns three shops in my area who has literally hundreds of vacuums in his basement that he will not sell. Always says he never has time to show them to me and doesn't want to sell them anyway. He must be doing well at his business because he turns down money often. On the flip-side, another older gentleman (up until his passing) would sell old vacs to me ten bucks a piece. I got used to spending hours digging through piles and coming up with five to ten machines at a time. Those were good times indeed!
thekirbylover
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Ive never had that issue the people at my towns vacuum shop are really friendly
dysondestijl
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Yes when I go to James's vacuum shop he is really evil and he dreads anyone coming in...
Not really lol James is a great guy to be with and talk to and he is really kind!
Not really lol James is a great guy to be with and talk to and he is really kind!
ncovert
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Luckily, never happened to me...
...because the nearest vac shop is 40 minutes from my house, making it impossible for me to get there on my own.
Don't take it too personally, like I probably would if someone was rude to me.
...because the nearest vac shop is 40 minutes from my house, making it impossible for me to get there on my own.
Don't take it too personally, like I probably would if someone was rude to me.
kirbysthebest
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Yes,
Not just in Vac shops, but in many stores they don't take younger people seriously.
Now that I am more experienced in years, I still get treated like I am unworthy to be in their establishment from time to time.
What I do is shop elsewhere. You can order just about anything you want from the internet. If the guy at the brick and mortar store doesn't want your business; someone else will.
Not just in Vac shops, but in many stores they don't take younger people seriously.
Now that I am more experienced in years, I still get treated like I am unworthy to be in their establishment from time to time.
What I do is shop elsewhere. You can order just about anything you want from the internet. If the guy at the brick and mortar store doesn't want your business; someone else will.
vintagerepairer
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A man running a local business on his own, and he's almost discouraging you from going in alone? Think about it. There is a huge amount of potential for him to be accused of all sorts of things if minors are in his shop alone with him. I doubt it's personal, he probably can't afford to risk his reputation by welcoming you in. If he's OK when you are with some then it's simple - don't go there alone.
I always had nice experiences, but once at the cqrboot the guy had computers and vacuums, i asked how much is that eureka the boss? (yes eureka the boss superlite yellow with UKBritish plug moulded) and he says £5. I ask if it works, then he went mental! I want to smash the vacs in his face, even to this day, I hate the sight of.him, lil cow
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Ouch tayyab!
I love how people think they can lie to me at carboots. For example that SEBO X4, he says it works, but dosen't! However I think I might have solved the problem.
From now on, I;m not buying vacuums off people with loads of white goods & other crap. They're too unreliable. Thank God I didn't buy a Bissell Flip-!t off the same stall!
I love how people think they can lie to me at carboots. For example that SEBO X4, he says it works, but dosen't! However I think I might have solved the problem.
From now on, I;m not buying vacuums off people with loads of white goods & other crap. They're too unreliable. Thank God I didn't buy a Bissell Flip-!t off the same stall!
Oh btw I bought a dyson dc05 yellow standard working once for £4 and then 2 mins after using ut, it blew up! My front room smelt of some next substance and half of the room was cloudy!
I also bought an untested dc07, it was so hairy. It was probs a dc07 bear! But it was a dead dyson, i replaced the.motor tho and after that and a full clean out, and it was all good then
I also bought an untested dc07, it was so hairy. It was probs a dc07 bear! But it was a dead dyson, i replaced the.motor tho and after that and a full clean out, and it was all good then
eurekaprince
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The independent vac dealers in Toronto, Canada were for the most part extremely unfriendly and down right deceitful unless you were interested in buying a $1,000 vac.
There were only 2 dealers that I found somewhat friendly and honest to anyone who walked in the door: AAA Vacuum on Wilson, and Superior Vacuum Systems on Yonge Street where I bought my Electrolux UltraSilencer Green.
There were only 2 dealers that I found somewhat friendly and honest to anyone who walked in the door: AAA Vacuum on Wilson, and Superior Vacuum Systems on Yonge Street where I bought my Electrolux UltraSilencer Green.
durango159
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Are you going in frequently to do business or try things out
I don't want to sound rude and please don't take offense but the economy is rough. Small businesses are struggling from the economy and also everyone now wants to shop around for best price and bypass customer service. Many buyers are pricing smaller businesses and then scouting out the product on eBay, WalMart or other source.
Additionally businesses are out there to make money. Most any business is geared to serving a customer that is a homeowner or business owner. A person of authority with means and desire to get things for their property. If you're not in that category, they don't see you as a customer and you're then a liability to their business and they think of you as possibly "abusing" merchandise.
If they think you're coming in to spend money, they will probably treat you well-- hence your grandma or other adult accompanying you. But if they don't see you spending money then they think you are just coming to milk information and play with their merchandise. The machines to them are valued property, that they pay for and want to resell for substantially higher rate. They're not experiment toys. They want buyers and not lookers or players.
Again this is just how they see it. So if you're a buyer and have the parental permission and means to spend money there, that's one thing to them. Otherwise they think you just want to play and they don't want their merchandise used for that means.
I don't want to sound rude and please don't take offense but the economy is rough. Small businesses are struggling from the economy and also everyone now wants to shop around for best price and bypass customer service. Many buyers are pricing smaller businesses and then scouting out the product on eBay, WalMart or other source.
Additionally businesses are out there to make money. Most any business is geared to serving a customer that is a homeowner or business owner. A person of authority with means and desire to get things for their property. If you're not in that category, they don't see you as a customer and you're then a liability to their business and they think of you as possibly "abusing" merchandise.
If they think you're coming in to spend money, they will probably treat you well-- hence your grandma or other adult accompanying you. But if they don't see you spending money then they think you are just coming to milk information and play with their merchandise. The machines to them are valued property, that they pay for and want to resell for substantially higher rate. They're not experiment toys. They want buyers and not lookers or players.
Again this is just how they see it. So if you're a buyer and have the parental permission and means to spend money there, that's one thing to them. Otherwise they think you just want to play and they don't want their merchandise used for that means.
nycwriter
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Nick ...
... what Rob just said. Don't take it personally.
There are just some adults in this world who do not consider under-agers worth their time. $30 in bags is one thing. A $2,000 vacuum is quite another. And a customer satisfied with her $2,000 machine who will bring OTHER adults with their checkbooks is definitely another.
Just continue to be pleasant. You'll win him over eventually. I was you back in the early '80s: 13 years old, and always wanting to go down to "Central Radio and TV" in my hometown; that was THE store for high-end electronics at the time. The owner was nice enough, but really only let me back into the "back" display room (with the REAL good stuff) when I was with my dad. But over the course of a year or so, seeing how I absolutely revered the equipment, he started letting me back there on my own. His wife really liked me too.
It got to a point where they trusted me enough to actually extend me credit (to a degree); the owner made it quite plain he didn't do this for any other customer, but there was a receiver I wanted in the absolute worst way. It was one of the last great receivers made in the USA by Zenith, complete with flywheel tuning and both hi and lo filters. I just adored it, but it's retail price at the time was an ungodly $679 (adjusted for inflation, that's $1,540 in today's dollars! For a 13 year old, no less!).
Well, as it happened, it was 1983, and the new trend in receivers was now DIGITAL. No one wanted analog tuners, even with the fabulous flywheel tuning. Nor did they want analog VU meters; they wanted the newer gradient LEDs (which have been all but abandoned these days on higher-end equipment, but it was the fad back then). In other words, that fabulous old Zenith -- along with the other '70s beasts of the day from Pioneer and Kenwood -- were now white elephants. They marked the price down by 70%, but it was still more than $200 -- still completely out of my reach.
With those markdowns, the owner was finally moving those big beasts. But I didn't want to lose my beloved Zenith. The owner recognized this and cut me a deal: he'd put it layaway for me, as long as I made regular payments every single week. OMG! It took me an entire summer of grass-cutting money, but that day back in September of 1983 -- that beauty was in my bedroom. Out of all the possessions in the world, that is the one thing I absolutely will never part with. E V E R.
My point is, I won him over. My dad told me later on that the owner pulled him aside and said he actually LOVED selling me that unit, because out of all of his well-heeled customers, he knew *I* would appreciate that unit the very most.
Over the years, his trust in me grew to the point where he would let me take merchandise out of the store to try it out before buying it! And this while I was still in high school.
Just be patient. You'll win him over one day.
... what Rob just said. Don't take it personally.
There are just some adults in this world who do not consider under-agers worth their time. $30 in bags is one thing. A $2,000 vacuum is quite another. And a customer satisfied with her $2,000 machine who will bring OTHER adults with their checkbooks is definitely another.
Just continue to be pleasant. You'll win him over eventually. I was you back in the early '80s: 13 years old, and always wanting to go down to "Central Radio and TV" in my hometown; that was THE store for high-end electronics at the time. The owner was nice enough, but really only let me back into the "back" display room (with the REAL good stuff) when I was with my dad. But over the course of a year or so, seeing how I absolutely revered the equipment, he started letting me back there on my own. His wife really liked me too.
It got to a point where they trusted me enough to actually extend me credit (to a degree); the owner made it quite plain he didn't do this for any other customer, but there was a receiver I wanted in the absolute worst way. It was one of the last great receivers made in the USA by Zenith, complete with flywheel tuning and both hi and lo filters. I just adored it, but it's retail price at the time was an ungodly $679 (adjusted for inflation, that's $1,540 in today's dollars! For a 13 year old, no less!).
Well, as it happened, it was 1983, and the new trend in receivers was now DIGITAL. No one wanted analog tuners, even with the fabulous flywheel tuning. Nor did they want analog VU meters; they wanted the newer gradient LEDs (which have been all but abandoned these days on higher-end equipment, but it was the fad back then). In other words, that fabulous old Zenith -- along with the other '70s beasts of the day from Pioneer and Kenwood -- were now white elephants. They marked the price down by 70%, but it was still more than $200 -- still completely out of my reach.
With those markdowns, the owner was finally moving those big beasts. But I didn't want to lose my beloved Zenith. The owner recognized this and cut me a deal: he'd put it layaway for me, as long as I made regular payments every single week. OMG! It took me an entire summer of grass-cutting money, but that day back in September of 1983 -- that beauty was in my bedroom. Out of all the possessions in the world, that is the one thing I absolutely will never part with. E V E R.
My point is, I won him over. My dad told me later on that the owner pulled him aside and said he actually LOVED selling me that unit, because out of all of his well-heeled customers, he knew *I* would appreciate that unit the very most.
Over the years, his trust in me grew to the point where he would let me take merchandise out of the store to try it out before buying it! And this while I was still in high school.
Just be patient. You'll win him over one day.
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