Increase in Vacuums in the trash?

[fan-of-fans]

Does anyone notice more vacuums being thrown out near the Christmas season? I ask, because I have noticed more vacuums thrown out in the last few weeks than in a few years! I picked up that Dirt Devil Roommate a few weeks ago. Then two weekends ago, I saw an older Panasonic upright in the trash. I guess late 80s/early 90s. There was blue painter's tape holding the bag cover on. Last Saturday I was headed to town and passed a yard sale with a Bissell Powerforce Turbo bagless and a mid 90s green Kenmore upright with the metal handle. As I was driving home, the sale was over and the Kenmore was in the trash. Then the next day some people were moving out of a house and there was a red Dirt Devil Hand Vac in the trash.

So it's been a busy few weeks for trash vacs! LOL Maybe I just happened to be in the right places to see them? If I had room I probably would have gotten the Kenmore and Dirt Devil Hand Vac.

 

[kirbyclassiciii]

I just hope none of these recent trash finds are vintage Kirbys...

~Ben

 

[suckolux]

Guessing maybe folks getting out decorations and such, digging in places they don't always and find stuff they were going to throw out??

 

[tolivac]

Kirbys and other high end vacuums thrown out don't stay on the curb for long-other folks will pick them up-Years ago was riding home from work on the bus-DC area-found a curbed Kirby Classic in front of some townhomes near the apartment building where i lived-Ran off the bus-went over to the area where the Kirby was-it and its attachments were GONE-someone else spotted it too,and grabbed it.From the bus vantage point the thing was in nice shape and the attachment caddies beside it.Now-hardly see and curbed vacs-if I do its usually those bagless things that were pretty at one time when new-but on the curb-look so dirty,sad,dusty broken,and forelorn.Just leave them--not interested in those-now if it was that Kirby??After all the EZ Pack "Boss" has to eat,too!Haven't seen the Boss eating any of those yet-bet it would be crunchy!I am just not into beat up bagless plastivacs.I always do keep my eyes open for vac handles sticking up from trash piles or yard sales.So far--no yard sales here at all.

 

[dustin]

I haven't seen one in over a year! My last trash find vac was in the summer of 2012...

 

[ultralux88]

I see cheap plastivacs in the trash all the time. Unless I see something really worth grabbing I really don't even bother stopping. I've become a bit if a vacuum snob I guess.

 

[fan-of-fans]

Around here any vacuum will get picked up pretty quickly. People pick up snything that even looks like it might be worth something. When I was a kid my parents would let me get most vacuums in the trash, but I usually had to throe them out later.

 

[beko1987]

Pickings over in the UK have fallen off a cliff too. Thanks to some new euro-rubbish the binmen wont take electrical appliances, so whereas back in the day people would put them out by the bins now they have to take them to the tip, whom dont sell them for a few quid into the tip attendants pocket now...

Best I get now is a free listing on scumtree or preloved, or looking into skips.

 

[nycwriter]

I have absolutely no idea ...

… what that guy just said.

 

[kirbyclassiciii]

I just hope the remainder of the old vacuums won't turn out to be a case of "Cash for Clunkers." That nearly destroyed the goldmine for classic cars and trucks.

~Ben

 

[davetranter]

"Cash for Clunkers"

Not intending to hijack the thread, but....

I'm assuming this was a Govt. sponsored ruse to get older cars off the road, and completely destroy the 'used' car market??

We had something similar on this side of the 'pond' a few years back. The Govt. sponsored 'Scrappage' scheme had thousands of middle-class people scrapping perfectly serviceable cars for cash, thereby depriving poorer people of 'runabouts' with a few years' life left in them.

I am assuming that the intention on the part of H.M. Government was to stimulate new car sales... Unfortunately, from their 'Ivory Towers' they cannot see or understand that the heavily taxed 'working man' can't afford a new car, no matter how he juggles his finances, and now can't afford a 'used' one, either, as the laws of 'supply and demand' have pushed the prices of used cars WAY high.

This country now has a 'debt crisis', no doubt partly caused by people needing to arrange finance just to buy a 'cheap' runabout.

.... And don't get me started on fuel prices over here....

Rant over.....

All best

Dave T

P.S. Forget about public transport over here. Outside the major cities it effectively does not exist.

 

[nycwriter]

And ...

"P.S. Forget about public transport over here. Outside the major cities it effectively does not exist."

Ditto here in the U.S.

 

[fan-of-fans]

Saw another

Last night I saw a Self-Propelled Hoover Windtunnel around where I saw that Panasonic in the original post. It was dark out and I couldn't tell what color it was, but it had the Turbo Tool, but a Filtrete (not HEPA) Filter, so I guessing it was an older one. I thought about picking it up, but the whole thing was soaking wet for some reason and some tools were missing, so I left it. I would prefer to have the newer blue or green model anyhow.