the unwanted kirbys

[vacuser]

when you try to generate interest in your 500 series kirbys & no one is interested,this is what happens.one of my spare rooms was full of them & i wanted my room back so i got busy with breaking them down to this.tomorrow they go to the recycling yard.i kept bits & pieces & all the bags & emptors.it's nice to have the space & i still have around 7 kirbys left.more than enough to keep me happy the rest of my life.

 

[ohiokirby]

A Potential Lifeline?

Any chance of obtaining any of these parts before you get rid of them? (I’m in your area.). Hope to hear from you. Thanks.

 

[huskyvacs]

Your loss, there is something called eBay.

I guess this site is no longer for collectors, it's for posers.

 

[vacuser]

to huskyvacs

ebay was a flop & i even posted on this site to see if anyone was interested.GUESS WHAT ? nope so therefore by by.i'm not a poser or whatever that is supposed to mean.

 

[vacuser]

to ohiokirby

sorry they are loaded up & going tomorrow.

 

[rugsucker]

"unwanted"

I understand as I have same problem here. "Your loss"-This would gaining space more than losing vacs which must also happen here.---"posers"??-Not there, not here.He and I both have collections as others can have if they speak up before vacs are gone.

 

[hoover300]

How much did you price them at. Unless they are really nice and all original, or really really cheap, selling that era of Kirby is hard. EBay is the best place for it, most collectors here and on FB either have or have relatively easy access to get a late 500 series Kirby.

 

[blackheart]

Been there.

Don't beat yourself up about it. You at least made an effort to pass them on. I've done that before too if something fails to sell it gets donated or tossed depending on what it is.
Once you've decided to part with something you want it done with you don't want it sitting around for weeks or months waiting for someone else to buy it.

 

[vacuser]

blackheart

you are correct.i have had MANY kirbys for a lot of years.after my folks passed i filled their bedroom with kirbys.then when i moved & they came with me.i live in a retirement mobile home park & now space is a premium.i kept them here for ten years.it almost breaks my heart to do what i did but i want my rooms back.two spare rooms were full of them.yes i was a KIRBY HOARDER for a lot of years.i still have seven but now i can put them in closets & still have some setting out & have space to spare.my kirby life has changed this week.still love them greatly but not enough to have sooooo many.i have four 500 series which is my fav because thats what i grew up with.a classic III. two kirby classics cr's. my affection will never die but i needed to get it under control some.i have succeded this week in doing that.thanks for being positive to my delima & not making negative remarks.the pictures are a small part of what i once had.

 

[electrolux137]

 


 


Congratulations! Those of us whose collections have grown out of control understand exactly what you've had to deal with. We also understand how good it feels to take charge and "uncover, discover, discard." My workshop needs another clean-up/clean-out, which will happen very soon.

 

[vacuser]

thank you electrolux137

it was hard to do & some do not get it & some do & have been in my position.my personal space is more important than my how many kirbys can i collect.you know what ? i'll be fine.i still have plenty of kirbys to feed the need.plus now my space in my rooms are not filled wall to wall.thanks for your kind comments.others on this site know exactly what i'm going through & have had the same issues.

 

[bnsd60m9200]

i remember your posting on ebay, you wouldnt ship, and refused to sell except as an expesnive $2000 lot. when you set such rigid requirements to offload things. guess what? they dont sell.

 

[human]

I can relate...

I have a small ranch house with a storage building out back, that I have lived in for nine years. After two years, I had finally made some progress on going through my own junk, cleaning out one bedroom to become a library--something I've always wanted--and making the storage building usable, not just for storage, but as a workshop. No sooner had I begun making progress on this then my parents announced they were moving into a retirement community, downsizing from their 4,000+ sq.ft. house with a four-car garage in the back, to a 1,300 sq.ft. apartment, about the same size as my house. For six months, I tried to help them sort through stuff, although to this day, I'm not sure what was really accomplished, other than moving boxes of stuff that had been unopened for decades from one spot to another, and bringing stuff back to my house by the car/van load. They made the actual move in the fall of 2016, Dad passed away in the winter of 2018, and now, I can't walk in my storage building or the guest bedroom, and I also have a rented 10 x 20-foot self-storage unit for my Dad's toy collection (antique electric trains, die cast car models, etc.) that's costing me almost $200 a month. I was selling stuff on eBay for a few years, and made some decent extra income, but eBay and PayPal fees, higher shipping costs, and now the IRS, if I sell more than $600 a year, have taken all the meat off of that bone. I've considered renting a booth at an antique mall (same tax issues would apply), but I'm rapidly getting to the point where a big ass auction is looking like a good idea. I just need to figure out the logistics of pulling that off.

 

[vacuser]

to:bnsd60m9200

that was not my posting.someone else did that.

 

[electrolux137]

 


 


A friend (now deceased) who was a pipe organ and piano technician had a big old house


full of accumulated stuff, a lot of it packed in sealed boxes.


 


He eventually decided to clean up his house. He threw out box after box, declaring if he hadn't seen the contents in 20 years then he didn't need it!

 

[justjunque]

I can relate as well. I've filled our house with so many different "collections", that a significant portion of the house is no longer useable. Classic hoarding.
However, no matter how much I'd love to have our house look beautiful again, I could not bring myself to discard anything. It's still pretty much impossible for me to sell off anything, even knowing that it would be going to a good home. I feel like I'm being robbed of my opportunity to enjoy it.
I know...I'm not able to enjoy it now, crammed away in boxes and such. But, at least it's there. It's like, there's the chance that I might be able to enjoy it "some day".
I didn't say it made sense; it's just the way my brain works.

 

[vacuser]

TO: justjunque

took me ten years to finally say enough.some will rise to the ocassion & others will not.it's just a personal choice to decide what you want.what i like is being able to move around in the room where my music equipment is & not have to play checkers with the kirbys to be able to get something out of the room.like i said i still have seven.a couple will still set out to be seen & used for my enjoyment but the rest will reside in a closet.i still have plenty of options for my kirbys.once again thanks for the kind comments.yes it stings some to get rid of them but it will be fine & i still have more than enough.i would hope if someone else has the same problem to step up,take control & move on.the regret should not weigh you down.to be on the lighter side of things there's probably a 1-800 number to call to get help. LOL !! they will not come with you when you leave this world.enjoy them in the present.

 

[dysonman1]

Not a week goes by where someone doesn't give me an 'old' vacuum. I have to go through the stock room often and discard anything that either isn't museum quality or could easily be museum quality or will give up its parts for a museum machine. Little more than a week ago, the recycler guys took more than a thousand pounds of wands, cords, motor, hoses, attachments, as well as entire machines. If I didn't do that often, I'd be over-run with stuff.

 

[human]

vacuser wrote:
on the lighter side of things there's probably a 1-800 number to call to get help.

I reply:
There's actually a Twelve-Step fellowship called "Clutterers Anonymous". It's not as widespread as AA or NA, but there are phone meetings for those who need them and do not have an in-person meeting in their area.