Too many choices!

[orecklover]

As I search endlessly for great deals and new additions to the family on eBay, I really haven't seen anything good until today. I sleepily opened up Safari on my iPad, I tapped the search bar and hastily typed in eBay. I searched "vacuum cleaner" and scrolled and scrolled and clicked upon listings upon listings. Without any luck I typed in "Hoover" after a few minutes my eyes almost popped out of my head when I saw this. I clicked on the listing and I looked at what I never thought I would find... Now you are all probably wondering what this thing is, in fear of loosing the opportunity of buying it, youll have to find it yourself (not trying to be mean). I'll call this the mystery machine!
I also found something else pretty cool, a Singer Twin Turbo which is a really good price, but I'm not sure if I'm interested in it. Along with that Singer, I found a super cool Oreck CVR 4000. It's an okay price but I might hold back on it. Just a few hours ago I stumbled upon one of my "dream machines" it's not the exact model but pretty darn close. It's a Hoover Runabout. I have a history of wanting an Elite style machine and this one is great! It's in rough shape and it's expensive though... Now the machine I was talking about before isn't this Hoover, it's WAY better
Pricing for these machines vary significantly. The Singer, being the cheapest, will go first. The starting bid on this Singer is only about 5 dollars. With shipping it'll be close to thirty dollars which I find pretty cheap. Next is the Runabout. The Runabout is an okay price of forty dollars, a little pricey if I say so myself. The Oreck CVR 4000 is second to last coming to a price of fifty-five dollars which is a little more than pricey. The mystery machine is by far the most expensive. For sixty-six dollars it's the most expensive but maybe I'll get the most for my money if I do buy it.

The sad part is that I don't know If I'll be able to get any of these machines. I need to invest my money into my car (as it needs some parts) and vacuums are getting a little so pricey on eBay so I will have to back away from there, but not anytime soon. Also I have ANOTHER machine coming in the mail within the next few days. Also I'm going on vacation and that means the hunt for vacuums will continue while I'm away.

Let me know if you would like to see pictures of anything, just not the mystery machine! I don't have any time to post pics so let me know if you'll like to see pictures in this thread.

 

[marks_here]

Well you can always ride your vacuum cleaner..LOL. I hear they used to do that ...especially on Halloween night

 

[orecklover]

The machines...

Here are some pictures of everything but the mystery machine what machine do you think I should buy?

 

[stricklybojack]

Singer then Oreck

Skip the Hoover it's too rough. If i have learned one thing in buying used vacs is to not over pay for worn out junk. Sometimes free is too much, and i'm not joking. You must consider any number of parts individually will be more than what you paid for the vac. And if it's beat up you're, "gold plating a garbage can".
Also the best condition vacs are usually the cheapest oddly enough. Garage sale, thrift store slaes etc. Buying on Ebay roughly doubles the price because of shipping so it's best only for that exceptional machine you know you will otherwise never find that you must have. Or the rare "free shipping" vac that sells for a song, i have scored a few of those.
I have noticed some people see a Dyson at Target for $490 and suddenly decide their trash picked, cut cord, garbage vac is worth $40. There is an enterprising chap here in So. Cal who has been trying to sell such a machine on Craigs for over a year now(!).
Enjoy the hunt, and keep you standards up least you become over-run with costly projects.[this post was last edited: 8/6/2014-16:44]

 

[vac-o-matic]

I agree with the above. That Singer looks in amazing condition, and you can still get brushrolls, belts, etc. The brushrolls are on ebay, NOS, and some vac shops stil have them. The Oreck looks good too, pretty rare, but the downside is if the brushroll is worn, I doubt if they're still available, unless you find NOS online somewhere. I've seen a lot of those Orecks with the gray bag, but mine has a plaid bag with the Oreck name on it. I was lucky enough years ago when I started with Oreck, to be able to order a new brushroll for it, but don't think that's the case anymore. That model of Singer, IIRC, sold most places for $39.99, and I think it might have a 6 amp. motor and actually with the dual suction was a helluva carpet cleaner.