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Originally Posted by thevillages2013
Well the ones hired to do the cleaning would need a vacuum store but the reality is that vacuum cleaners are relatively inexpensive still. A certified refurbished Shark is between $99 and $130. They come packaged in a box and look brand new. And yes they work just as well as the Dyson that people pay $400+ for. Vacuums have become disposable
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As far as disposable, that is true of most things. The reason why our landfills etc are filling up. We cannot fight progress. Remember televisions? Our first TV was an American made Dumont. It was B&W and can you imagine you had to get up out of the chair to change the channel. It was 21 inch. Neighbors thought my parents won the lottery or whatever. It was $500. Today that would be ????? $5,000. Today your TV quits working and you toss it. We had two 21 inch color sets. I think they cost like $200 new.
They were working fine and even the thrift stores wouldn't take them for free. Things are no longer made to be repairable. People will not pay the initial cost. I am, I think many others are old enough to remember when a faucet leaked it was either the washer, cost about a nickle. or the seat, a good one was like a quarter. Today you need the company made assembly cost like thirty dollars and it is likely all the ones in your home are not the same assembly.