Why do people ship dirt?!
I have received 3 Kirbys on eBay with dirt in the bags.
One of them was SO full of dirt, it was pouring out of the fan opening and all in the shipping box. This was sold for parts, but the parts were all trashed, cracked, or broken, and the box FULL of dirt. I returned it immediately.
Another from eBay seemed legit, but when I turned it on, a huge plume of dust was kicked up and I noticed the unhooked bag hardly inflated and did not lift off the floor (ODD behavior for a vintage Kirby). After opening the Sani-Emptor trap door, POUNDS of dirt fell out. It took about 10 minutes to get all the caked dirt out (before doing a proper deep-clean out).
Can we all agree not to ship dirt in our sales? I'd like to think we in this Brotherhood/Sisterhood of Vacuumland have a higher standard of behavior and service than the typical eBay money-monger.