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Offline Parwaz7862

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My free Dyson DC01!
« on: January 06, 2016, 11:03:51 pm »
So on Sunday we had a lovely day visiting family in Rochdale and we were going to go home in the evening. Checked Gumtree and there was nothing in the area but there was a free DC01 in Stockport! Why not? ;D so I was worried it might have gone as the advert was over 20 days old (Surprisingly he still had it!) So we collected it and the guy seemed very nice not to have just thrown it outside. Had "loss of suction".

 When we got home , I switched it on and it was the noisy YDK motor (Noisier than usual) and checked and there was a TK Maxx receipt from 2014 stuck in the soleplate and lots of dirt and hay clogging the soleplate. There was sweet wrappers and crap blocked in the wand too. Everything else seemed fine! Even the rubber thing on the soleplate was lovely and tight. The soleplate is faded and has a crack so I cant put the 3rd screw on. The cradle is worn but not broken.

 Love it! Refurbished it and it works great ;D It came with a Henry stair tool and a cheapo vacuum combination brush and crevice tool 2 in 1 thing. I like the late wand. Non fadable! I like the purple release catch colour. I wish Dc07's and DC04's had this kind of purple. They seem to have a purple that looks dark blue

https://www.gumtree.com/p/vacuum-cleaners/dyson-dc01-vacuum/1145729061


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Re: My free Dyson DC01!
« Reply #1 on: January 07, 2016, 10:53:12 am »
Nice! That looks very clean and non faded!
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Re: My free Dyson DC01!
« Reply #2 on: January 07, 2016, 11:19:05 am »
Thanks! ;D

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Re: My free Dyson DC01!
« Reply #3 on: January 07, 2016, 04:24:52 pm »
Very nice

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Re: My free Dyson DC01!
« Reply #4 on: January 07, 2016, 04:43:54 pm »
Thanks :)

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Re: My free Dyson DC01!
« Reply #5 on: January 07, 2016, 05:00:42 pm »
The lad is nicking them out from under my nose now! Reddish is where our new shop is. You probably drove past it.

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« Reply #6 on: January 07, 2016, 05:04:55 pm »
Lol :P It was on Shelley road if I remember correctly, SK5

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Re: My free Dyson DC01!
« Reply #7 on: January 07, 2016, 05:09:33 pm »
us yam yams get everwhere  good on ya ,I got one from Norwich once while on holiday ,wife not happy lol
you cant keep agood yam yam down  :))



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Re: My free Dyson DC01!
« Reply #8 on: January 07, 2016, 05:10:44 pm »
Lol :biglaugh:
I always check the sites before we leave the city incase something juicy pops up ;)

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« Reply #9 on: January 07, 2016, 05:11:52 pm »
Lol :P It was on Shelley road if I remember correctly, SK5

Yeah, nearby council estate. Did they have the wheels off your car while you were there?

You were this close to our new place. And this close to where we are now.

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« Reply #10 on: January 07, 2016, 05:14:32 pm »
Lol :P It was on Shelley road if I remember correctly, SK5

Yeah, nearby council estate. Did they have the wheels off your car while you were there?


You were this close to our new place.

Nope, it was fine! Everything was tickety boo ;)

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« Reply #11 on: January 07, 2016, 05:17:05 pm »
Woah :o

I would love to pop down one day ;D
Ironically, in that area a lot of rhe names of the roads are the same as in Birmingham lol

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« Reply #12 on: January 07, 2016, 06:23:40 pm »
I was looking last year when we were in Cornwall, but there was nothing  :(

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« Reply #13 on: January 07, 2016, 10:16:22 pm »
Woah :o

I would love to pop down one day ;D
Ironically, in that area a lot of rhe names of the roads are the same as in Birmingham lol

As you were ten minutes away, I am surprised you didn't pop in to take a peek at the gleaming Fantom Fury's and have a brew.  ;D

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« Reply #14 on: January 07, 2016, 11:52:16 pm »
I wish I could have come, sadly it was at night though  and on the 3rd Jan :( Maybe next time though! Would be amazing ;D

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