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Keith B wrote:Actually the new Kirby's have a motor drive that helps with the weight. We have one and it is a good unit. However, I know how much mark-up they have (a friend of mine used to be a district manager for them) so I negotiated mine down to a reasonable price.
I know; the TechDrive system, or so that called it on the G3. I was talking about lugging it from door to door; you're not likely to drive from door to door and only pull out the vacuum when someone invites you in.Interesting; my parents own a Kirby, so I'm familiar with their sales pitch; they always called ahead and scheduled a convenient time to come by. The normal pitch is to have you vacuum one room of your house beforehand; they will then stop by and vacuum it again, showing you what your vacuum missed. I haven't heard of any Kirby rep who went door-to-door (for one, those vacuums are heavy; for another, they lose time asking people who do let them in to vacuum a room while they sit there, and for a third, door-to-door is not very efficient salesmanship).anygunanywhere wrote:We actually had Kirby people recently.
