Royal Powercast - beat up - premium price - $100 shipping

[ralph123]

Note: this is not my auction item.

Are Royal Powercasts really this valuable? Had no idea that a beat up red model with no bag, and a damaged cord might be worth $200 + shipping. And to beat it all, it's not even guaranteed to power up.

It's not like the bags are hard to come by. It uses Dirt Devil type U bags. I may have to clean up my working Powercast 9200 and list it on ebay if this one sells...

http://www.ebay.com/itm/royal-Power...272?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item4d1410d150

 

[tolivac]

Glad I have two working Powercast in good shape-on one the upper cordholder broke.These machine did perform well-but were HEAVY and delicate.A cleaning service in Greenville tried them-but they were too heavy,and broke easily-they were replaced with Sanitaires.Think the Sanitaire is better,and cheaper.And the Powercast dimmed the lights as you turned it on.I am afraid the Royal direct air metals were lighter-performed better,and more rugged.I don't think the machine offered is anywhere worth 200 bucks-this looks like the ones after the cleaning service tried them.The built in GFI device was a nice touch.Only vacuum I have seen that had this.The small "U" bag was another problem for this machine-it filled so quickly!Another bag type should have been used in the Powercast.

 

[ultralux88]

Back In 2008 I bought one brand new in the box with the tools for $100...