Lowest price you've talked Kirby into?

BruiseAndy · #1 04/06/2007, 09:25 PM

Came home from work today and wife told me carpet company would be buy to do stairs and we were entered for a free vacation. Hour later guy shows up with a Kirby vacuum. Goes through the stair cleaning and sucks up gobs of dust and dirt (bet if I use the dyson with a paper thin filter instead of HEPA it would do the same) then starts looking around upstairs. I yell up what are you doing and he comes down and starts with the leading questions about how my matress is the filthiest thing in my house. Argue with him for 5 minutes about how I'm not letting a stranger in my bedroom to vacuum where my wife and i make babies. Let him vacuum my 2 yr olds bed who has a rubber sheet under her fitted sheet and he proceeds to show me all the dust mites he pulled out of the matress on the black paper.

Salesman came around and got him talked down from $2400 to $750 for the executive edition before I finally told them no.

First time with a Kirby rep and it felt pretty dishonest, is this the standard deal with them?

crp · #2 04/06/2007, 09:29 PM

I have a Kirby and I LOVE it. Same thing, saleman came to the house and vacuumed. I wasn't impressed (or disgusted) until he used it on my daughter's mattress. The mattress was only a year old and she was only 2. Told my hubby to write the check. I've had it for 10 years now and still sucks great.

If I recall correctly, we paid $1200 for it and worth every penny.

dc · #3 04/06/2007, 09:30 PM

LOL, well you got a good cleaning anyway. Personally I don't like them much. I had one and gave it away. I wouldn't worry too much about it.

Scuba_Dave · #4 04/06/2007, 09:33 PM

Wife bought one

She doesn't complain about the 80,000 lights, 100 blow mold lawn decorations, 40+ airblown figures

I don't complain about the 5+ vacuums

chrisstie · #5 04/06/2007, 09:45 PM

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Originally posted by dc
LOL, well you got a good cleaning anyway.

Of the wallet.

Edit: I actually found reading about dust mites interesting here on wiki http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dust_mites and vaguely remember some factoid about the fact that your mattress doubles in size from all the gunk that lives in your bed... I can't find anything overly completely scientifically proven and factual but this place gets the general things you hear quoted about right... Like I said i'd like to know how they determine these facts but its food for thought

http://www.achooallergy.com/about-dust-mites.asp

Hattie B · #6 04/06/2007, 09:58 PM

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Originally posted by crp
I've had it for 10 years now and still sucks great.

BruiseAndy · #7 04/06/2007, 10:07 PM

Ya I'm thinking almost anyone who pays $1200 for a vacuum that most likely invoices in the 4-500 dollar range is gonna tell you its the best thing ever. My mom has a ricar and that will suck the kids over the wood floor from across the room

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"Dust mites grow best at 75-80% relative humidity, and they cannot survive when the humidity is below 50%"

Thank God I live in a desert.

chrisstie · #8 04/06/2007, 10:12 PM

What's a ricar? I am picturing a vacuum with that big red R like the ricer cars as an emblem on it lol.. Maybe some hydraulics and dual exhaust pipes

BruiseAndy · #9 04/06/2007, 10:15 PM

Spelled riccar and if you look at the new ones ya they kind of look like rice rockets without the stickers.

MandM · #10 04/06/2007, 10:54 PM

I don't like them, it's like pushing a Buick around the room.

chrisstie · #11 04/07/2007, 12:00 AM

MandM you must have a really tough workout to be able to push a Buick around a room! holy cow!

David MC Lee · #12 04/07/2007, 12:12 AM

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Originally posted by crp
I've had it for 10 years now and still sucks great.

I so much want to make a comment about this. But I won't

mr9iron · #13 04/07/2007, 09:47 AM

We bought our Kirby Ultimate G for $500 from my brother in law. He was a Kirby salesman so he gave us the family discount.

xroads · #14 04/07/2007, 09:57 AM

I think we beat him down to $875 with 1 year intrest free financing. We like the vacuum, works great.

GSMguy · #15 04/07/2007, 10:21 AM

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Originally posted by mr9iron
We bought our Kirby Ultimate G for $500 from my brother in law. He was a Kirby salesman so he gave us the family discount.

i thought my dyson Ball was expensive... guess not..

ScubaDave. LMFAO at the 5 vacuume comment.

emilye2 · #16 04/07/2007, 10:21 AM

I've had a Riccar for almost ten years now. It's a little beat up from moving but it still works great! Which drives me nuts because I want to try a Dyson but I have no reason too since this one still works so well!

zenguitar · #17 04/07/2007, 11:18 AM

Vaccuums are quite the touchy subject, hehehe. From my point of view they ALL suck!

I have a Kirby it does work far far far far far better than the hoover I had before but all the attachements it has are silly. All I do is vaccuum with it.

Anyways, thank the salesmen for getting you to consider one and check your local craigs list and then you'll buy it used for $300.