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flvegan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-15-08 04:45 PM Original message |
WTF is up with vacuum cleaners these days? |
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mzteris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-15-08 04:51 PM Response to Original message |
1. planned obsolescence . . . |
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billyskank (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-15-08 05:07 PM Response to Reply #1 |
9. Hey you!! |
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Tom Kitten (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-15-08 04:51 PM Response to Original message |
2. They're just made cheaper nowadays |
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baldguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-15-08 04:52 PM Response to Original message |
3. The corporate scheme: planned obsolescence for a consumer culture |
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Fire Walk With Me (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-15-08 04:53 PM Response to Original message |
4. Please...please... |
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AlCzervik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-15-08 04:54 PM Response to Original message |
5. i have purchased 4 vacuums over the past 10 years or so, i bought a hoover wind tunnel |
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skooooo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-15-08 10:10 PM Response to Reply #5 |
23. did you buy one of those hoovers.. |
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supernova (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-15-08 04:57 PM Response to Original message |
6. I like my roomba |
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ogneopasno (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-15-08 04:58 PM Response to Original message |
7. We bought an Oreck three years ago and it is a beast. I love it. |
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flvegan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-15-08 05:40 PM Response to Reply #7 |
15. I bought a Bissell, which is allegedly also US made. |
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femmocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-15-08 06:18 PM Response to Reply #7 |
19. We just got an Oreck. |
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ogneopasno (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-15-08 10:06 PM Response to Reply #19 |
20. We must have gotten the same deal |
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crimsonblue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-15-08 05:04 PM Response to Original message |
8. what's a budget ledger? |
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The Velveteen Ocelot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-15-08 05:09 PM Response to Original message |
10. A vacuum cleaner that doesn't suck when it's supposed to... |
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OhioChick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-15-08 05:09 PM Response to Original message |
11. Good question. |
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auntAgonist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-15-08 05:24 PM Response to Original message |
12. We purchased a new vacuum cleaner earlier this year, love it |
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LeftyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-15-08 05:28 PM Response to Original message |
13. Big Lots has the Dysons for like $280? |
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BlueJazz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-15-08 05:39 PM Response to Original message |
14. Men know how to buy Vacuum Cleaners. I bought this one and it cleans like magic. |
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flvegan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-15-08 05:50 PM Response to Reply #14 |
18. I have a small ShopVac for wet or big messes. |
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crispini (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-15-08 05:40 PM Response to Original message |
16. Buy the Dyson next time, fella. |
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emilyg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-16-08 01:04 AM Response to Reply #16 |
24. I loved my Dyson - but too |
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LeftyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-15-08 05:42 PM Response to Original message |
17. I really like my meile. |
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greenbriar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-15-08 10:08 PM Response to Original message |
21. Kirby |
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Angel (423 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-16-08 01:11 AM Response to Reply #21 |
26. Another vote for Kirby |
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skooooo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-15-08 10:09 PM Response to Original message |
22. We've had one for about 5 months.. |
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GoddessOfGuinness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-16-08 01:07 AM Response to Original message |
25. Our Hoover vacuum is 33 years old. |
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flvegan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-16-08 01:16 AM Response to Reply #25 |
27. But I trust the seller as much as I do Sears/Best Buy. |
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JCMach1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-16-08 01:19 AM Response to Original message |
28. Screw it! Buy a Shop Vac... preferably one that can take liquids too! |
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amitten (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-16-08 01:19 AM Response to Original message |
29. Carpet sucks. n/t |
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