Expensive goodwill finds.

[super-sweeper]

the Ultimate G i saw,

Had not a SINGLE tool with it! You're right, if it had all the tools, $80 wouldn't seem as bad! That thrift store I go to sees 'Kirby' and thinks '$$$$$'!

 

[tolivac]

Another thought for donations to Salvation Army or Goodwill-could it be that folks are now trying to sell those higher dollar Kirbys,Filter Queens,Rainbows,'Luxes and other high end vacuums on EBay and Craigslist rather than donating them to those above places.And often vacuums are donated to the owners church when they buy a new one.Seems like this happens a lot with Kirbys.

 

[gsheen]

Why donate your old worn out vacuum to your church for them to use, why not buy them a new one and donate that. Just saying 

 

[kirbylux77]

Gareth, why would someone buy & donate a new vacuum with all the garbage being sold today?! You can easily spend $500 & still get a vacuum that's poorly made, Kenmore canisters are a perfect example of this. It would be much better in my opinion to donate a good old Electrolux or Kirby that has lots of life left in it, & won't break easily from abuse.

Rob

 

[gsheen]

I do understand that though you can get a good Sanitaire for S500.00. I just dont know why you would donate your old vacuum ( which you would have replaced for a reason ) to the church when it was the reason you bought a new one. Seems a bit of a cheek to me. Just my opinion 

 

[Gr8DaneDad]

Well sometimes the 'reason' is that you can't push it any longer or you ripped up all the carpeting and put down hard wood/laminate/tile and went from an upright to a canister, it was a gift that you just didn't care for, it's too big for your very small apartment or maybe it doesn't match the decor. To assume that the replaced vacuum was a poor performer or otherwise inferior may be so far from the truth as to be rather humorous. But you are right in that donating a broken or demonstrably inferior vacuum is indeed cheeky.

 

[gsheen]

Yes it was a bit presumptuous of me to assume that But then again most people will only replace a vacuum when its not working well or deemed to old for them. 

 

[DesertTortoise]

Of course no one ever buys a new vacuum just to have "newer, better" and maybe snazzier then parks a still perfectly serviceable old mare in the closet because it's old and boring, or maybe not as ergonomically perfect as some newer thing. Or the owner simply does not know how to change filter materials and the machine finally loads up with dirt and starts blowing dirt out the back. Still a good machine but the owner(s) don't know how to take care of their belongings. Heck, I have to beg my fiancée to let me change the oil on her car, doesn't see the value in it.

As I am finding out there are an awful lot of good running vacuums being discarded. They are ugly and filthy, having been used and abused for a couple of decades, but despite the abuse still run fine.