hoover119dude
Well-known member
I would like to know what some sellers are on!!!! Some clown has listed a vintage GE for a starting bid not of this world. I would just love to hear others thoughts on this.
GE cleaner is HOW MUCH!!!!!!
- Thread starter hoover119dude
- Start date
Help Support VacuumLand:
What kind of GE vacuum is this?Is this on EJip-I mean EBay?
s31463221
Well-known member
As an eBay Associate we earn from qualifying purchases.
eurekaprince
Well-known member
I love how sellers puff up their vacs on sale with attachments that have nothing to do with the machine being sold! This guy has included two concentrator nozzles for hair-dryers!!!
On the positive side, there is another eBay seller who really knows how to photograph his uprights...he gets down low to carpet level and faces the big motorhead of the upright as he snaps a shot of it in the "on and in-use" position! Just like a professional Eureka print ad from the 1980's. It's very, very effective.
On the positive side, there is another eBay seller who really knows how to photograph his uprights...he gets down low to carpet level and faces the big motorhead of the upright as he snaps a shot of it in the "on and in-use" position! Just like a professional Eureka print ad from the 1980's. It's very, very effective.
dysonman1
Well-known member
I think these eBay sellers are trying to take advantage of the interest in vintage cleaners that collectors have. Just because a vacuum is old, doesn't mean it's worth much. Especially a dust belching bottom of the line General Electric. The only vintage vacuum that's worth even close to $600 (in my opinion) would be a flawless and complete Whirlpool Imperial Mark 12 with Power Nozzle, or a Compact with ABC Power Nozzle and original electric hose. Perhaps a Lewyt Electronic, complete and in working condition. But a crappy old General Electric, of which millions were made, is not worth a fortune. The pricing on this brings to mind someone listing kirbys for almost a thousand dollars - just to show them off. No one in their right mind would pay a thousand dollars for a polished up old Kirby. At least I hope someone would be smarter than that. But like they say "a fool and his money are soon parted". Thankfully, with this forum, no collector would be foolish enough to fall for those outrageous prices.
vintagerepairer
Well-known member
The seller has invited offers. None of us know what amount he or she is willing to accept. The high 'Buy It Now' price may just be there to prevent it going too cheap.
Good luck to the seller. If someone wants to pay a high price for it, that's their business.
Good luck to the seller. If someone wants to pay a high price for it, that's their business.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but ...
Doesn't this dip stick have the hose connected backwards?
Doesn't this dip stick have the hose connected backwards?
dysonman1
Well-known member
$25 would be the MAX that machine should be selling for, IMHO.
~
~
Yes, the hose is connected backwards! Easy to do (for dum-dums...) since the diameter and type of connector is the same on both ends. I remember a lady who had one when I was a kid and she always had it connected that way! I'd "fix" it for her when I saw it, and the next time I would go over there it would be backwards again! I finally told her one time, "You're attaching the hose wrong." She said, "I know, but I like it that way. Now leave it alone!"
~
Yes, the hose is connected backwards! Easy to do (for dum-dums...) since the diameter and type of connector is the same on both ends. I remember a lady who had one when I was a kid and she always had it connected that way! I'd "fix" it for her when I saw it, and the next time I would go over there it would be backwards again! I finally told her one time, "You're attaching the hose wrong." She said, "I know, but I like it that way. Now leave it alone!"
vintagerepairer
Well-known member
"$25 would be the MAX that machine should be selling for, IMHO. "
I've no idea at all what the laws are where you live, but here in the UK there are very few if indeed any organisations which are allowed to set the prices at which goods are sold. I realise of course what IMHO stands for and that your comments were indeed just that. My own point is if governments forbid price fixing then we should embrace the freedom we have.
Here in the UK many rouges operate on peoples doorsteps, duping the vulnerable homeowners into paying thousands of pounds for shoddy work which may not even have been needed to start with. The tactics employed are not the same as those who list goods for sale in auctions and in newspapers for a price which it may never acheive. Perhaps the seller of this cleaner is a clown, a dip-stick, or indeed any other term. Maybe they are deluded or at best optimistic.
Whatever they are, they are hurting no one.
I've no idea at all what the laws are where you live, but here in the UK there are very few if indeed any organisations which are allowed to set the prices at which goods are sold. I realise of course what IMHO stands for and that your comments were indeed just that. My own point is if governments forbid price fixing then we should embrace the freedom we have.
Here in the UK many rouges operate on peoples doorsteps, duping the vulnerable homeowners into paying thousands of pounds for shoddy work which may not even have been needed to start with. The tactics employed are not the same as those who list goods for sale in auctions and in newspapers for a price which it may never acheive. Perhaps the seller of this cleaner is a clown, a dip-stick, or indeed any other term. Maybe they are deluded or at best optimistic.
Whatever they are, they are hurting no one.
Another EBay seller with farys flying around his head-yes,like how the hose is backward.
collector2
Well-known member
It isn't even a GE Rug nozzle on the machine. Generic with an adapter.
hoover119dude
Well-known member
There are so many things not right with this cleaner including the price!! I agree no more than $50 should be paid.
A mustard color model went last week or so for over £300 but that was in pristine condition and like new.
Those examples deserve to go for good money as they are clearly worth it.
A mustard color model went last week or so for over £300 but that was in pristine condition and like new.
Those examples deserve to go for good money as they are clearly worth it.
vintagerepairer
Well-known member
"worth" is only quantifiable by what the person who pays for something deems it to be worth.
