The Thrift Stores today

[delaneymeegan]

"...Dirt Devil Vision ( is it a vision or a nightmare ? )"
lol

God, you've been having fun. I could peruse the charity shops daily. Just get a map and go from one to the next. In fact I did that at one point in the Chicago land area, but it was in the North suburbs near Gurnee. It was so much fun.

 

[bikerray]

The Goodwill in Woodridge has a Eureka World Vac canister with the powernozzle.
The Goodwill in Willowbrook has a Singer upright.

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[bikerray]

Not sure why there is a link in my previous post since I didn't link to anything.

 

[bikerray]

Hit the flea market then did a tour of the Goodwills. The Goodwill in Glen Ellen has an Electrolux Discovery II for $5 with hose and attachments. the rest was pretty boring.

 

[vacuumlad1650]

Hmm, maybe i need to get over to Glen Ellen!

 

[delaneymeegan]

Ray, can you be a personal shopper? What's your fee?

 

[vacuumlad1650]

ray, whatever happened to those helpful phone calls about local vacuums at thrift shops? I may not be buying, but its an excuse to get over to a thrift shop...

 

[bikerray]

The Goodwill in Willowbrook still has the Singer Vacuum
The Goodwill in Downers Grove has a Hoover Windtunnel canister with Power nozzle
The Goodwill in Woodridge has a Hoover Futura and a Eureka Europa canister both with power nozzles.

 

[bikerray]

Hit 10 Goodwills today, lots of plastic, saw what I thought was one of those folding Hoovers. It turned out to be an Electrolux Quicklux (OMG there are still some of those around?)

 

[human]

Plastic, plastic, plastic....

The last time I saw a decent vacuum of any sort at any thrift store around here was last spring when I snagged a pristine Kirby Gsix with accessories for $50. The only other thing that even halfway caught my eye in recent memory was an Electrolux upright last fall, that was until I saw how trashed it was.

 

[gottahaveahoove]

Every Thursday, I make my

redular rounds.  I've been snapping up great treasures for the raffle. It'll be fab.

 

[fantomfan]

Lucky find

I found a Kenmore Drytech last month at Amvets for $20. It runs flawlessly I also found a few days later, a newer Panasonic Jet Flo for $5 and a Kirby G4 for $40. I rarely find something truly interesting to buy so the Drytech was a score. Now I have two Drytechs.

 

[bikerray]

Hit the Goodwill in Downers Grove and found this Hoover Model 64 for $4.99, the bearings are going but I figure I can salvage parts off of it.

 

[vacuumlad1650]

Hey Ray, could i take some parts off that 64 for the Model 63 im buying off Tyler? I need the Handle, Cord, and bag setup

 

[bikerray]

The Salvation Army store in Montgomery has a Lavender Model 33 Hoover for $8.59. The dump out bag on it looks like it came off some commercial vac with the plastic at the bottom of the bag facing backwards.

 

[vacuumlad1650]

I bought Mr Fix it's hoover 62, he says you dropped by

 

[suckolux]

Our shops never have anything I would take home if they handed it to me. Just filthy junk.

 

[gottahaveahoove]

I'm literally amazed at

some of the things I have found at my 'haunts'. Simply amazing stuff. Then, for a while, nothing at all.

 

[bikerray]

Going thru the thrift stores always amazes me how much crap people buy and then discard a year later. We truly have become a disposable society.

 

[delaneymeegan]

 


 


 


"...Simply amazing stuff. Then, for a while, nothing at all."


 


I don't think it's just the shops either.  It will be like that on Ebay, Craigslist, and the like as well.  


 


One weekend I found 5 things on Craigslist that needed to be purchased and juggled to make it happen.  Other times, it's like like a funeral parlor. 


 


Same thing with Ebay.  Back in November, I couldn't buy enough stuff, then in February, it's like Ebay put a moratorium on listing canister vacuums.