How many of us sell vacuums?

[kirbykid63]

I have been selling vacuum cleaner parts on eBay for 12 years my store is new2youvacuums.I specialize in kirby, electrolux,and all other higher end refurbished or used parts.

Richard Groski
new2youvacuums

 

[twocvbloke]

And I still have the Kirby Tradition shake-out bag and metal fan I bought from you about 4 years ago...

 

[gsheen]

I sell new vacuums , Dyson , Bissell, vorwerk, AEG , Electrolux , Morphyrichards.In december we will be adding Miele


WE are very big Dyson agents. We have the official service centre for dyson in SA.


 


We sel allot of rebuilt dysons and vorwerks as well. those come with a 2 year guarantee


My shop is called Vacuum Cleaner House located in Cape Town SA.


Our website will be finished in about 2 weeks (I pray)


 


 


We are a family run business, My wife and I own the store, she is our rep, I am chief sales man and bottle washer we have two techs aswell.


Our shop is small but nice. Busy doing some renovations to it.


and yes I do display allot of my collection, customers love it


 


Running this business in SA is interesting , there is a short supply of high end vacuums but then again most peoples houses have hard flooring with a little carpet in the bedrooms.


 


this is a pic of our Dyson area , changed a bit now but not finished yet. I will post pics when its done hopefully today.


 


Gareth 


Vacuum Cleaner House 

 

[tolivac]

Used to sell TriStars DTD for a little while-worked with another person in selling them.now he sells cars and I still work at the transmitter plant-was sort of fun selling the TriStars on days off from the regular job.

 

[gsheen]

Hey guys post some pics of your showrooms or how ever you have it set up. I am going to post some more this afternoon 


 

 

[suctionselector]

Gareth

Are the cyclones on SA Dysons different to UK ones, because they appear to look different.

Thanks

Jacob

 

[gsheen]

No they are identical , just different colors , what one looks different ?

 

[suctionselector]

Gareth

The lower cyclone on the yellow machine is different to the UK ones. I think its a DC04.

Jacob

 

[suctionselector]

Wheras

My grandmas DC04 Absolute.

Jacob

 

[gsheen]

The yellow machine is a Uk model , dc07 mate thats why they are different 

 

[goadie12]

Well I sell vacuum cleaners here in edmonton alberta I rebuilt and sell vacuum cleaners on kijiji (a local online sales site like cregs list) and I have been doing it for about a year and a half now thanks. Zach

 

[suctionselector]

Gsheen

UK DCO7

 

[gsheen]

yep thats one of the Uk models , the yellow one in the pic is a dc07 origen bought from argos.


 


The dc07 was never sold here all the ones we get come from overseas. I have one of the blue and silver ones too , more rere than the blue and grey.


 


here is a better pic of thet dc07 but in this pick it is fitted with a USA version of the cleaner head and soul plate which has a much better brush roll and wider opening 

 

[suctionselector]

Eh?

Hang on, on the picture with the Electrolux, the yellow DC07 has a different cyclone?

 

[gsheen]

No thas the same machine , I just changed the cleaner head assembly 

 

[gsheen]

and again 

 

[scvacuumguy]

here is my showroom

Our Riccar Canister collection....sorry about the sideways pics, my computer skills are ZERO

 

[scvacuumguy]

Riccar Lightweight, and Brilliance/Radiance

 

[scvacuumguy]

China-vac display- notice the Kirby Sentria and Rainbow E2 (two of the only used machines we have on the floor for posterity)

 

[scvacuumguy]

Royal Display: 300080, 300085, CR50075, S20, S15, S17, Everlast

 

[scvacuumguy]

Candles, handvacs, broomvacs, compact canisters, cleaning products. I would take a pic of the shampooer display, but we are out of Royal extractors- TTI says 2 more days, but they have been on order for 2 weeks.

 

[lunchboxsean]

Christopher,

You have a beautiful shop and a lovely showroom. How upset are you that your landlord stuck you with hardwood floors for a vacuum store??? I would be. It seems like it would be difficult to demonstrate them unless you have a lot of rugs around. I think that your cross merchandising the candles with the vacuums makes a lot of sense. I think that people who are actually willing to pay for a respectable vacuum are also the kind of people who want their home to smell nice. How do you do on sales of the candles? Do you sell Hoovers new or are those just meticulously clean used models in the third picture? Sorry to ask so many questions, I am very curious and I think I like vacuum stores just as much as I like vacuums.

 

[scvacuumguy]

Everything on the floor with the exception of the Kirby and Rainbow are new. The Kirby and Rainbow are there to remind customers that we do work on them and carry products for them. I actually put the hardwoods in myself. We sell about 60% canisters out of this store and it is so much easier to sell with hard floors. We do have several grades of rug in the store.

 

[gsheen]

Lovely store Christopher 


 


Yes hard wood floors are a must in a vacuum store these days. We had a small section and now are doing a much larger one, most houses these days have hard flooring somewhere in them if not most of the house. If customers can't see it work on hard flooring then they don't buy.


 


It also has a more upmarket feel to it.


Gareth  

 

[lunchboxsean]

Interesting... I don't know any vac shops with hardwood floors in them, even just in sections. People who deal with me never ask about hard floor cleaning. Why would anyone buy a vacuum for hard floors, why wouldn't they just sweep it with a broom?

 

[gsheen]

Basically because sweeping puts dust into the air again. In SA 75% of houses have hardflooring in the lounge kitchen family room entrance hall and passages.with only the bedrooms carpeted , a  further 15 % have no carpets at all with only 10% of houses here been wall to wall carpets.


I have cats and proper origin pine flooring in my house with certain rooms carpeted . you could never sweep the floor you would end up just spreading fur everywhere. we vacuum the hard wood fooring with a Electrolux Ultra one.


 


Most of the vacuums we sell will vacuum majority hard flooring.


Gareth   

 

[normvac]

come to columbus !

Sean
come to Columbus, and I'll take you to Carmens Vacuum cleaner sales and service. They are the largest Hoover dealer and one of the major Dyson dealers in the Mid west. Their North store opened about 3 years ago, with complete hard surface floors in it. I was appauled, could not imagine not a piece of carpet but a walk off matt at the door. Now 3 years later they do have 9x12 rugs of different pile heights in 3 or 4 different areas of the display. Which is much better, for both needs. I know people who buy dysons who have 80% hard surface in there house. Because they would rather vacuum with an upright than a cannister.
Christopher, I know the south has always been a big seller of Cannister, tank cleaners for decades. Especially Electrolux, now rainbow.
Just my experience thoughts on the issue of hardwood floors in a vacuum sales shop!
Norm

 

[lunchboxsean]

Norm,
I've heard about Carmens from a friend of mine who owns three vac shops in Fort Wayne but have not had the opportunity to shoot up there. I would love to come up to Columbus and make a day of it.

 

[gsheen]

Most of the Dyson dc25's we sell go into homes with mostly hard flooring with scatter rugs in them, it cleans so well on both that it is a great choice for a multi surface house