Someone's smoking something...

[electrolux137]

 


 


$5000 ... buy it now ... "most of them work" ...



http://www.ebay.com/itm/Large-vintage-vacuum-cleaner-collection-for-sale-/151231484176

 

[kirbyclassiciii]

Charles,

Good luck to the highest bidder... if he can meet the reserve, too.

~Ben

 

[electrolux-dude]

They all do work-They are mine

They all do work--They are mine, my reserve is $2500.00.

 

[stricklybojack]

Hello Nathan,

what's the back story, getting out of the hobby all together or cutting down the herd to a manageable size?
The pics you post here of your vacs are so much better than those on Ebay, must be a low light area they are kept in.
Good luck...i hope to let go of about 1/2 of mine over the course of this coming summer, or at least get down to about 50.

 

[kirbyloverdan]

Why such a

Nasty heading to this thread ?
The person is just trying to sell his collection .


Dan

 

[kirbykid]

5000 doesn't seem like a good buy it now price. I think it is way over priced, and anyone that thinks they could get that much for them all is crazy. But that is just my opinion, and I dislike electroluxes and other tank style machines. That is why I have such a low evaluation of all of those machines in mind.

 

[electrolux137]

My heading is not "nasty." It's astonishment.

Does someone really believe they're going to get $5000 (Buy It Now) for 200 vintage vacuum cleaners, for the most part sight-unseen and in unknown condition? The seller does state in the listing, "Most all of the vacuum cleaners run." But that says nothing about how many actually do run, nor the cosmetic condition / completeness / originality of parts etc.

$5000 comes out to $25 per machine which, if they are all in tiptop condition, is a pretty good deal. But again, how is anyone supposed to gauge the desirability and scope of this collection based on a few dark and blurry photos? From what I can see, most of the machines have motor units only and are dented, rusty and dirty. The one machine that does show attachments has black tape all over the power nozzle wand.

The seller did state here -- but not on the listing -- that the hidden reserve is $2500.00. I'd be surprised if anywhere even near that amount is reached.

So, yes, I'd have to say -- with astonishment, not nastiness -- that someone must be smoking some wacky-tobaccy.

 

[gsheen]

For me and I am speaking totally personally here and with a view of how hard itis to collect vacuum sin my own country I think the price s fair but I would never spend that kind of money with out viewing personally first. 


 


If you have that kind of money to spend on your passion chances are you work very hard and don't have allot of spare time to go thrift store shopping. This would seem like a good deal then. 


 


I would view it as a business proposal. Chances are there are some duplicates and machines I don't want so I would work out what I could sell those for  and then go from there.


 


I know what my collection would be worth if I sold it at rock bottom prices and it would sell for more than that even in SA.


I would never sell the whole lot though but if for some reason I needed to I would sell individually, I do this every now and then any how, clean up my collection and sell machines I no longer want to be able to get new ones i do  

 

[nycwriter]

My two cents ...

... I think your chances of finding a random collector willing to spend $5,000 sight unseen for **200** vintage vacuum cleaners are miniscule compared to selling them one at a time.

I know it would be a hell of a lot more work selling them one at a time, but I think you're:

a) likely to find more people who are looking for those exact models, and

b) much more likely to get more than $25 per machine.

 

[stricklybojack]

$5000

Is the buy it now price...the, "Make me move" price. You set that way up there, he did, seems many here agree on that. But it's a normal Ebay practice for many, no shock value to luxes at $20 each, have you been to a dealer recently?
Some probably think them worthless, he got a bid for $1000 already, (way down there) where he started the bidding at...not worthless, worth a grand right now to someone says the market, the only knowledgeable entity in these matters, can we agree? "Not worth it to me", clearly for some.
Plenty of time to ask for better pics or other info.
If you have your own business as i believe Nathan here does, (search Electrolux-dude he posts here a lot) your time is likely far far more profitably spent there as Gsheen has noted.
He has stated a reserve price, you can lower your reserve if you wish.
Shops get old vacs brought to them for free or a token sum to secure a sale on a new profitable vac. They have an abundance of spares, and can spend a rainy afternoon putting it into shape for sale and pocket a little cash for time they might otherwise be idle. There is a video recently linked here of someone doing this to a Hoover Convertible. They, and some clever dedicated auction buyers, are probably the only ones who make a cent on these things, ahem, imho.
The luckiest of collectors, i imagine, would be able to pocket a fraction of minimum wage after gas expenses, over time.
I'm glad Richard posted this, it will be interesting to see what happens. For myself, I disagree on the 'wackiness' stated though. I'd probably do near enough the same if i was in his shoes unless i needed to sell ASAP. But i would imagine any buyer at or past the reserve price would want to see better pics before laying down the cash.
The CEO of JP Morgan made a $20 million yearly salary while steering the bank into $20 billion in fines (and counting), that to me is some WHACKY TABACCY smokin' goin' on.[this post was last edited: 2/17/2014-08:11]