yes,,in the past. I believe Kirby is still sold door to door.
yes, and my grandma had a salesman come and tried to sell her one, he kept insisting , so she let him do his thing, he put dirt on the floor, while giving his speech, telling how great it did, then he asked where he could plug it in at ? she told him they didn't have electricity, .she made him clean it up, shot his sale lol and no we didn,t have electricity back then,
hoover was in the 1950s were sold door to door.