What's in the vac Shops

[scvacuumguy]

Again, we have a full display room of many different brands. We carry all major brands except Miele. There is no loyalty, except what sells. I was simply updating you on some information concerning the American Made canisters. When I used to bo-jack used machines like you are doing, I was not up to date on the recent developments in the new vacuum world. I seriously doubt you will see many of the newest American made canisters in for awhile, unless you buy a load of trade-ins from a REALLY good Kirby dealer.

 

[gsheen]

Do you sell the new electrolux's and eureka's more upper models ?


 

 

[lunchboxsean]

@sarasvacshack - It's funny that you say it's rare to find a 75th Majestic that isn't falling apart. I just sold one 75th Majestic on eBay in great shape and I have another one for sale right now on eBay, also is great shape. If you want to see it, use advanced search and type in seller: lunchboxpatterson

 

[kirbykid63]

I sell mostly parts

I have enjoyed reading all comments of this thread,I am a eBay power seller with 100% positive feed back in Tucson Az.I have found with the bad economy it is more profitable for me to sell used and refurbished parts for high end vacuums.There's just two many used high end vacuums on Ebay for me to make it worth my time,My customers are people who don't want to buy a new machine but elect to keep there ten to twenty year old vacuums working and I help them do that.I have always had a passion for vacuum cleaners,and I enjoy picking and parting out used kirby's,electrolux's,rainbow's,kenmore's and anything else high end that i run across in Tucson.

 

[lunchboxsean]

Well, we've talked about the new vacuum market, the used market, the repair market, and now the parts market. I tell my friends that I handle vacuum cleaners and they laugh at me. Look at all the great ways to make good money doing it!!!

 

[gsheen]

Kirbykid63 


 


I must admit we do the same thing here with our Kirby and rainbow trade inns, especcially the g range of kirby's , While I like the look of both machines I won't resell its not my market, I rebuild the motors on the Kirby's , new bearings brushes and resell them , I turn enough of a profit just on selling the motor , the cords sell well aswell due to them been very expensive new, One of the Kirby branches in a city near the north of SA is one of my biggest clients, sentria Motors and cloth bag s & handles sell well for me too.


 


Rainbow is even better , there agency here is Nuts , a power hose on a SE will set you back $450.00, I trade rainbows in for about $20.00 I have a supplier who can sell me the hose ( no ends ) with the wire in it we then refit it onto the ends and sell it at $ 120.00 which is still alot but customers are happy with that rather. Nice thing is that the new hose we fit in is better quality so it lasts and we can make the hose longer two , we buy 20 m rolls at a time .


 


Breaking up a Kirby or rainbow will net me about 3 times the profit I would have made reselling it as a whole unit. its also faster to sell parts. people already have the machine they just need it working again

 

[gsheen]

Sean let your mates laugh , I started fixing and selling vacs while I was in school , working for Electrolux in my holidays too. all my mates laughed but in our last year we all got cars, they had old Toyota corrola's, Mazda and  golfs ,


I bought a demo model Audi A4 2.8 quatro , they stopped laughing then 

 

[lunchboxsean]

I guess I have about 4 or 5 Kirbys laying around that I should part out instead of trying to sell whole. GSheen, How do you break up the Kirby into sell-able parts? Obviously Power Head, Handle, Bag, Cord, Accessory Kit, Shampooer, etc. What I'm wondering is if you sell the entire motor assemble and housing as one, or do you break that up, too?

 

[gsheen]

I sell the motor complete but we strip it out of the machine frame , will post pics tomorrow , its 1.30 in the morning here so I want to go to bed 

 

[kirbykid63]

I rebuild kirby and electrolux motors

I rebuild and sell kirby and electrolux motors,I also part out kenmore canisters and rainbows that I find or are sold to me from other pickers.I sell the whole G series motor and tech drive units refurbished and bench buffed to a nice shine.

 

[sarasvacshack]

Filter Queen

@ Lunchboxsean

The 75th Anniversary motor units were good, but the hose/wand/power nozzles were not. Ends snap off the wands, hoses known to short, the silver nozzles had poor design with the bearing end on the non belt side freezing, causing the nozzle to vibrate to the point of falling apart. The entire nozzle is held together by six screws, which screw into brass inserts. It is common for the plastic housings to crack, so the screws will just spin. We sell many hoses, wands and nozzles for these models both online and to our FQ customer base. The direct connect attachment sets are just not as reliable as the older ones were, and the replacement costs of parts are much higher too. The motor units use the same motor as the 112B Limited Edition, so they should last for a very long time.

Lloyd

 

[scvacuumguy]

Lloyd, I feel your pain there. FQ screwed up big time on the first generation DC parts. It is usually a $449.99 repair when the neck goes bad, shorts out the wand, and subsequently shorts out the hose.

 

[blackheart]

What about

The newer black nozzles that came with the Majestic 360? are they as faulty as the silver ones? Mine does vibrate pretty excessively, ever since i got it. It's a shame i like the new set up and the handle grip the most comfortable of any canister i've tried yet

 

[sarasvacshack]

360's

They have continued to try to make improvements on the hose/wand/power nozzle. FQ was aware of the intermittent shorting problem shortly after the 75th came out. I remember as a distributor at the time replacing many hoses, wands and power nozzles. They made a couple minor changes to the nozzle when the 360 was launched. Antistatic plastic on the neck and wand to eliminate the problem with the wands not separating from the hose and snapping off. A new brush roll design with a double racer on the non belt side of the brush roll (nozzle motors from these early 360s were faulty too). Late 2008 I think it was that the 360's built from 04-06 were recalled due to the shorting problem, just google HMI recall. They send out hundreds of new accessory sets. In 2008 they redesigned the way the screws mounted into the nozzle (no more brass inserts), so they hold together much better. I was surprised they did not use stainless steel screws for the nozzle, and we include them free with the upper and lower housings. Now flash forward to 2011, a complete redesign of the wand, thicker stainless steel, thicker wand ends with the wiring on the outside of the wand...they are now supposed to be repairable but the outer wire is not available yet, AND the wand ends are snapping off again. I wish they would just redesign the nozzle, hose and wand set.