Dumping vacuums at my Goodwill?!

[niclonnic]

Hey

The "woman" who requested that the Kirby be thrown out was actually a girl my age. A cute girl with glasses, in fact. She is well-liked at my store.

Anyway, bagged vacuums ARE indeed sold at my store, mostly from well-known brands.

 

[daknx1994]

Kirby is a a rather "well known brand". It just unfortunately has a love/hate relationship. People either love them and rave about Kirby's or they hate them and/or had a bad experience with the vacuum or sales technique.

 

[huskyvacs]

A company that's been around for 104 years and been making vacuums for 93 years? Nah, definitely not well known.

 

[myles_v]

There's a Goodwill Outlet near me and I've found it's the best place to find good deals on vacuums. I've gotten a couple of Rainbows and a Kirby Sentria from them, I've also seen many Electrolux canisters. I hate going there though because there are lots of unsavory people who shop there, as one would expect.

 

[justjunque]

Goodwill Outlet

I just learned from recent posts on this site, that Goodwill even has outlet stores.
I also discovered that there is one, maybe a half an hour from me.
They're not open on weekends, and they close at something like 1:30 in the afternoon Monday through Friday.
That means that I'm going to have to wait until my vacation week to go check them out.
Unfortunately, Myles, I've heard the same thing about the one here.
Not the nicest atmosphere. But I'll check it out at least once, just to see what they have.

Barry

 

[rowdy141]

Amazinly, our goodwill (charity) shops have pre-set sales targets to acheive, so slow-moving, low-profit, or electrical items which need testing, are just not worth selling.

Our charity Directors are on £100,000 salaries, while staff are all unpaid volunteers. You can't expect unpaid volunteers to care.

In the UK, charities sell their good items on eBay, so only the really bad stuff remains in their shop, and the UK Car-boot-sale culture reduces availability further.

Sad though it is to see an old vac in the bin, this is pretty-much the reason we can buy them so readily. People generally feel that an untidy or old machine is not worth keeping. Our gain, I guess.

Dyson is spending a fortune on advertising those bagless machines as the way to go, but there's no real alternate advertising. Kirby, Electrolux, Hoover are just sitting quiet, with a diminishing market.

 

[panasonicvac]

I usually go to Savers. It's closer to me, the prices are always good, and they usually don't care what comes in. They just put a price tag on it and throw it in for sale. I recently picked me up a vintage Sears Kenmore Heavy Duty 2 speed but it sounds rough like the bearings are dry and it needs a belt. It was only $7 so I wasn't going to complain since that's a easy fix to do.