Today was a big thrifting day. My grandpa and I went over to a grand opening of a new Goodwill in Mesa. The store was packed. They had a radio station booth and people were passing out ads. There were almost no park spots, and this is in a large shopping center. I have never been in a store this packed. As we make squeeze our way to the electric area, I see a new early-2000s Hoover Bagless. For those you don't know, it's basically a Hoover Soft-Guard with a Twin-Chamber dust cup. It was in great shape and had a new brush roll. $20. I pulled it around the store but realized I'd have to buy a new filter and if I didn't like it I couldn't sell it easly, or make any money. So I left it. Plus the lines were insane. I've always wanted the purple version, but this was the more popular green model, so I'm not disappointed. We stopped into a record store next door and headed home.
After we eat lunch, we went out to our favorite thrift store and found no vacuums. My grandpa wanted to get a $15 current-model Hoover Floormate to clean his floors, but the brushes were too dirty for me. The filter needed to be replaced as well. We didn't want to spend money on that. He found a Sony dual-deck Cassette player there though, so not terrible.
Next we made our way over to a Goodwill there my grandpa has found alot of records, so we keep that store high on our list. There was an 80s Panasonic Jet-Flow that I thought about buying. $10. It had these spinning brushes to edge-clean that I thought was cool. But the bag was stuffed and smelled like a cat had thrown-up in it so I didn't even turn it on. Plus it was extremely similar to my Riccar 8000s series, so that finished my interest in it.
Last Goodwill before going back home. I've found one Eureka there a year ago, that I regret selling, but we check back 'just in case'. And I'm so glad we did! My grandpa started to look at the electronics while I went to the vacuums. There were the regular Chinese/Mexico Wal-Mart vacs there, but one thing caught my eye. A KIRBY TRADITION! I showed my grandpa and he was also impressed. We plugged it in and it sounds perfect. My grandpa even said while explaining the purchase to my mom that the sound of the motor is like listing to music. So I got it. I'm so glad I passed on the two other vacuums!
This is my first thrift store find, and vintage vacuum find, since February. Even more amazing is that even store had vacuums worth thinking about, and at reasonable prices. Most of time there is nothing, although I have passed on things recently like a Eureka 1934a that I should have bought.
After we eat lunch, we went out to our favorite thrift store and found no vacuums. My grandpa wanted to get a $15 current-model Hoover Floormate to clean his floors, but the brushes were too dirty for me. The filter needed to be replaced as well. We didn't want to spend money on that. He found a Sony dual-deck Cassette player there though, so not terrible.
Next we made our way over to a Goodwill there my grandpa has found alot of records, so we keep that store high on our list. There was an 80s Panasonic Jet-Flow that I thought about buying. $10. It had these spinning brushes to edge-clean that I thought was cool. But the bag was stuffed and smelled like a cat had thrown-up in it so I didn't even turn it on. Plus it was extremely similar to my Riccar 8000s series, so that finished my interest in it.
Last Goodwill before going back home. I've found one Eureka there a year ago, that I regret selling, but we check back 'just in case'. And I'm so glad we did! My grandpa started to look at the electronics while I went to the vacuums. There were the regular Chinese/Mexico Wal-Mart vacs there, but one thing caught my eye. A KIRBY TRADITION! I showed my grandpa and he was also impressed. We plugged it in and it sounds perfect. My grandpa even said while explaining the purchase to my mom that the sound of the motor is like listing to music. So I got it. I'm so glad I passed on the two other vacuums!
This is my first thrift store find, and vintage vacuum find, since February. Even more amazing is that even store had vacuums worth thinking about, and at reasonable prices. Most of time there is nothing, although I have passed on things recently like a Eureka 1934a that I should have bought.
