Department of Acquisitions

[Willen]

All those asquisitions sounds wonderful, and happy birthday Pingo!

[kay13]

Lovely loot Pingo!  Happy Birthday!

[vegascat]

Nice haul Pingo!

 

@Samuraijack - I've been wanting to get the burrowing horror for a personal diorama for a while now, 

[redambrosia]

I acquired a Kirby vacuum yesterday (I also learned why Kirby, the squishy pink video game character, is named Kirby ). Hubby decided we should get one when one of the door-to-door salesmen knocked on our door. He gave a nice discount.

 

I'm actually kinda excited to vacuum my floor now...

[Dilvish the Deliverer]

I acquired a Kirby vacuum yesterday (I also learned why Kirby, the squishy pink video game character, is named Kirby ). Hubby decided we should get one when one of the door-to-door salesmen knocked on our door. He gave a nice discount.

 

I'm actually kinda excited to vacuum my floor now...

While they are rather expensive, they are also extremely reliable.  I've had one since 1999 and it is still going strong.  And my folks have one that is older than I am that still works as well.  It's just heavy.

[tiniest rhombus]

Oooo pretty, Pingo. Those buildings...swoon

 

Nice haul SJ, some great ones in there. Still plenty of time to build up some more bones 3 funds. ;-)

 

Kirby's are fantastic vacuum cleaners. My moms had hers for over 40 years. She's had the cord replaced, that's it. The cord. It's super heavy but still runs like a champ.

[Mad Jack]

 Back in the day, I used to sell Rainbow vacuum cleaners for a very brief time (Yes, I actually had a pin that said "I sell Rainbows" ). Despite having only done it for a month or so and only having been to the office a few times, more than once I heard other salesmen complaining their last sales call had a Kirby and wouldn't give it up.

 

Despite the fact that bags are generally a highly inefficient way of keeping dirt from flying right through the vacuum cleaner and back out into the air, the solid engineering of older vacuum cleaners and the relatively high price of newer systems tends to lead to people preferring the older, cheaper models since they can get them second-hand and still count on them working for several more years.

[Lochar]

 Back in the day, I used to sell Rainbow vacuum cleaners for a very brief time (Yes, I actually had a pin that said "I sell Rainbows" ). Despite having only done it for a month or so and only having been to the office a few times, more than once I heard other salesmen complaining their last sales call had a Kirby and wouldn't give it up.

 

Despite the fact that bags are generally a highly inefficient way of keeping dirt from flying right through the vacuum cleaner and back out into the air, the solid engineering of older vacuum cleaners and the relatively high price of newer systems tends to lead to people preferring the older, cheaper models since they can get them second-hand and still count on them working for several more years.

 

You should have had a second pin made up that said "Would you like a taste?"

[Dontfear]

 Back in the day, I used to sell Rainbow vacuum cleaners for a very brief time (Yes, I actually had a pin that said "I sell Rainbows" ). Despite having only done it for a month or so and only having been to the office a few times, more than once I heard other salesmen complaining their last sales call had a Kirby and wouldn't give it up.

 

Despite the fact that bags are generally a highly inefficient way of keeping dirt from flying right through the vacuum cleaner and back out into the air, the solid engineering of older vacuum cleaners and the relatively high price of newer systems tends to lead to people preferring the older, cheaper models since they can get them second-hand and still count on them working for several more years.

That is a tough gig.  My hat is off to you for trying something like that.   

[Mad Jack]

 I was mainly doing it as a favor for a friend who had no ride - we were a sales team. Not something I was really into (sales jobs are against my religion) but I was getting some money out of it. I quit as soon as I got a real job.

 

 The Rainbow was actually a really nice vacuum cleaner - instead of a bag it used a container of water to filter the dirt out of the air it sucked in. It could also be used as a vaporizer or air freshener with additive drops that were available through the company.

The only problem was that the basic system was selling for almost $1200, and the full suite of attachments could add another $300 on top of that.

 

The only good thing about that job was that it helped prepare me for working with the US Census Bureau as a Non-Response Follow-up Enumerator - y'know, that guy who tracks you down after you can't be bothered to spend five minutes filling out your Short Form (all that's legally required) Census form and then talks his way into your house and gets you to spend fifteen minutes filling out the Long Form? Now that was an interesting job.

[Kangaroorex]

Fine day for an Acquisition!  I got my DSM critters on Friday and my TGJ paint holders today. 

[Mad Jack]

 

 Back in the day, I used to sell Rainbow vacuum cleaners for a very brief time (Yes, I actually had a pin that said "I sell Rainbows" ). Despite having only done it for a month or so and only having been to the office a few times, more than once I heard other salesmen complaining their last sales call had a Kirby and wouldn't give it up.

 

Despite the fact that bags are generally a highly inefficient way of keeping dirt from flying right through the vacuum cleaner and back out into the air, the solid engineering of older vacuum cleaners and the relatively high price of newer systems tends to lead to people preferring the older, cheaper models since they can get them second-hand and still count on them working for several more years.

 

You should have had a second pin made up that said "Would you like a taste?"

 

 

 Heh... We quickly realized that, since the Rainbow drew the air through a container of water to filter it and also was meant to act as a vaporiser, it (strictly theoretically) could, with a few minor modifications, be made into a electrically-powered smoking device. ***Not That We Ever Did So Or Would Ever Encourage Or Condone Anyone Else Doing So***

[Kangaroorex]

Drat! I wish I could have figured that out. I might have sold 1 or 2. It was Rainbow that taught me I was not cut out to be a salesman. The product wasn't bad but the price was just silly and the people we were trying to sell it to just didn't have the money.

 

I will note I have owned a cheap elf hoover that I bought at Wallyworld for $140 in 1998...

Edited June 9, 2015 by Kangaroorex

[Mad Jack]

Drat! I wish I could have figured that out. I might have sold 1 or 2. It was Rainbow that taught me I was not cut out to be a salesman. The product wasn't bad but the price was just silly and the people we were trying to sell it to just didn't have the money.

 

I will note I have owned a cheap elf hoover that I bought at Wallyworld for $140 in 1998...

 

 Seriously - you could buy a second-hand vacuum cleaner and a junked-out-but-still-running-ok car for that much. Or a brand new bed with box-spring and mattress. And they want you to spend it on a vacuum cleaner?

Edited June 9, 2015 by Mad Jack

[Dontfear]

A new job :D

 

I'll be working for NetApp now.  This is a very exciting opportunity.