Well, I am pretty happy.
I admit my weekend didn't start off wonderful. After talking to the sellers of the vacs I bought in Pittsburgh, we decided to ship because it would be cheaper (forgot about tolls etc), which is good, just no cleaners right away... So over to Hagerstown I go to pick up the Hoover 835..At least I'll have that I think to myself...It was a business, and I knew it was normally closed on Sundays, but I had made specific arrangements with the seller to pick the vac up on a sunday, and they agreed. I get there after hour and a half driving...and I know its the right place-has an "ebay pick-up, drop off" thing (inside)...and wait....and wait...Finally after an hour, angry that I wasted so much time, I drive home. Not a good start to my weekend... (well actually end-it was Sunday). But then today (ok so technically its not the weekend but oh well) luck turns around. I had stopped by at a little vac shop on Main Street a few days ago, and the owner had said he would pay me to haul all the old vacs out to the junk. Which was awesome!, because there were definately some vintage vacs in there. So today I come in, he says actually the Salvation Army is coming to take them, so I'm a little disapointed. But then he says he wouldn't know why, but if I really wanted to just pull around out back and take what vacs I wanted! He gave me 2 old e-lux hoses as well, and promised when the rest of the vacuums were taken, he'd pull out his boxes of attachments and wands and whatnot and let me have any of the old ones. I asked him if he had any other older vacs, and then I almost cried as he said "Oh, I get them occasionally, but anything older than 60's I just throw away". But then he said whenever he gets any old trade-ins, he would call me and let me have them. I even asked him about connies, and he said "Oh yea, those round ones? I've gotten a few of those, but I just throw them out...". Sigh...
I admit my weekend didn't start off wonderful. After talking to the sellers of the vacs I bought in Pittsburgh, we decided to ship because it would be cheaper (forgot about tolls etc), which is good, just no cleaners right away... So over to Hagerstown I go to pick up the Hoover 835..At least I'll have that I think to myself...It was a business, and I knew it was normally closed on Sundays, but I had made specific arrangements with the seller to pick the vac up on a sunday, and they agreed. I get there after hour and a half driving...and I know its the right place-has an "ebay pick-up, drop off" thing (inside)...and wait....and wait...Finally after an hour, angry that I wasted so much time, I drive home. Not a good start to my weekend... (well actually end-it was Sunday). But then today (ok so technically its not the weekend but oh well) luck turns around. I had stopped by at a little vac shop on Main Street a few days ago, and the owner had said he would pay me to haul all the old vacs out to the junk. Which was awesome!, because there were definately some vintage vacs in there. So today I come in, he says actually the Salvation Army is coming to take them, so I'm a little disapointed. But then he says he wouldn't know why, but if I really wanted to just pull around out back and take what vacs I wanted! He gave me 2 old e-lux hoses as well, and promised when the rest of the vacuums were taken, he'd pull out his boxes of attachments and wands and whatnot and let me have any of the old ones. I asked him if he had any other older vacs, and then I almost cried as he said "Oh, I get them occasionally, but anything older than 60's I just throw away". But then he said whenever he gets any old trade-ins, he would call me and let me have them. I even asked him about connies, and he said "Oh yea, those round ones? I've gotten a few of those, but I just throw them out...". Sigh...
. This was so much more quieter than expected! I love it! Now to find a hose and attachments... Oh, and for the record, all of these have yet to be cleaned up...only had time to quickly take some pics. (and maybe try one or two out!)
