I just came across this E-Bay listing a few minutes ago. I was quite amazed at what was in the pictures and what was written. This reminded me of a vac shop that was owned by Gordon Smith, located in Agawam, Ma., that closed when the owner's health quickly failed. This happened in June 2011. He was the person I had helped when he relocated his business in 2004. He gave me a number of uprights for helping in the move.
Everything that was in his store ended up in the yard, front, side and back. It was so sad to see all this outdoors exposed to the weather. I wrote a letter to Gordon and was called by the person in charge of his care and property. We met one day and he let me walk around the property. I did get a chance to go into the kitchen and saw 3 old uprights, makes not known to me. The man did show me what was in the locked garage. I could not believe it. The garage was stuffed floor to rafters with boxes of new vacuums, mostly Kirbys, and even three suitcase style record players. I had been told by someone that knew him that the whole house was loaded with vacuums as well as other types of appliances.
The last time I went to the house the man was in the cellar handing his daughter hoses and boxes of parts and throwing them into a dumpster. I asked if I could come in and was told know that everything was being thrown out. As far as the boxed vacuums in the garage I don't know what happened to them, but everything else was trashed. There is one last thing, Gordon had a Vacuette he proudly displayed in his store. Don't know what happened to it.
I did take pictures of what was outside the house.
Edward
