beekeyknee
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In 1976 a Kirby salesman came to my Grandparents door and wanted to demonstrate. She allowed it. The price started out high and when my Grandmother refused he would come down a bit. They kept going back and forth and finally he said he would give her a trade in allowance for her old vac and let her keep it. I told her I would throw in some money on the purchase.
The salesman said he would put the vacuum in my name and the rebuild aggrement would be good for my lifetime. It was nice of him to do and it was a good thing because unfortunatly my Grandmother died three years later in 1979. My Grandfather kept it until his death in '89. After he was gone, I went and got the machine. If it hadn't been that salesmans idea to put the machine in my name it's hard telling if it would even be around today.
I got the paperwork out last night. I didn't realize it, but I've had it rebuilt 3 times. One time it came back with a grey generic bumper on it and I didn't care for that and they also replaced some of the tools with the wrong color, so the next time I took it in to the rebuild dept. I told them to use the correct colors on it and if they didn't have them to clean up the old ones and send it back that way. I also asked them which replacement tools they had available and took the ones they didn't have anymore back home with me. Here's the end result. I don't use it often, because I have other machines, but's it's neat to look at and remember.
The salesman said he would put the vacuum in my name and the rebuild aggrement would be good for my lifetime. It was nice of him to do and it was a good thing because unfortunatly my Grandmother died three years later in 1979. My Grandfather kept it until his death in '89. After he was gone, I went and got the machine. If it hadn't been that salesmans idea to put the machine in my name it's hard telling if it would even be around today.
I got the paperwork out last night. I didn't realize it, but I've had it rebuilt 3 times. One time it came back with a grey generic bumper on it and I didn't care for that and they also replaced some of the tools with the wrong color, so the next time I took it in to the rebuild dept. I told them to use the correct colors on it and if they didn't have them to clean up the old ones and send it back that way. I also asked them which replacement tools they had available and took the ones they didn't have anymore back home with me. Here's the end result. I don't use it often, because I have other machines, but's it's neat to look at and remember.
