What's the deal with the heavily-advertized Dyson vacuum cleaners?

Posted by on October 18, 2009, 1:37 pm

On Sun, 18 Oct 2009 10:40:06 -0500, Jules

>On Sat, 17 Oct 2009 15:13:57 -0400, Tony wrote:

>> Still driving the "Le Car"? ;-)

>Hmm, I remember a friend having one of the Alpine turbo versions (not sure
>if they were ever sold in the US?) and it was a really fun car,
>particularly on twisty hillside roads :-)
>Power output even without the turbo was twice that of the standard
>vehicle, though, so it was a reasonable power/weight ratio in something
>with a reasonably sort wheelbase...

And an even shorter service life!

Posted by Jules on October 19, 2009, 9:03 am

On Sun, 18 Oct 2009 13:37:17 -0400, salty wrote:

>>Hmm, I remember a friend having one of the Alpine turbo versions (not sure
>>if they were ever sold in the US?) and it was a really fun car,
>>particularly on twisty hillside roads :-)
>>Power output even without the turbo was twice that of the standard
>>vehicle, though, so it was a reasonable power/weight ratio in something
>>with a reasonably sort wheelbase...

>
> And an even shorter service life!

Most of them were crashed before they ever got to that point ;-)

Posted by RicodJour on October 17, 2009, 4:07 pm

> >> Sum Guy wrote:
> >> > Are the Dyson vacuum cleaners as good as they say they are?
> >> > Are they worthy of the tv-commercial air time? =A0Or is this a case =

of "if

> >> > you advertize it, they will buy" ?
> >> They are just trying to justify a high price. Some people will buy
> >> something just because it costs more.

> >Curious that you have such a strong opinion on something you don't
> >own. =A0

> I have never owned a Yugo, but I still know that they suck.

Based on what? Based on other people's opinions? That's what the
reviews on Amazon and Epinions and the like are - other people's
opinions. If you don't value other people's opinions, does that mean
you're smarter than everyone else? Based on you being an auto
mechanic and taking them apart and putting them back together again?
That has some weight, so let's apply it to what Chocstraw opined: do
you think he's an appliance repairman and has had a large number of
unhappy customers with Dyson vacuums? Why wouldn't he have said so?
Why would Dyson give a FIVE year warranty if the things didn't last
(main reason people replace vacuums is because they break).

R

Posted by aemeijers on October 17, 2009, 5:21 pm

RicodJour wrote:

>>>> Sum Guy wrote:
>>>>> Are the Dyson vacuum cleaners as good as they say they are?
>>>>> Are they worthy of the tv-commercial air time? Or is this a case of "if
>>>>> you advertize it, they will buy" ?
>>>> They are just trying to justify a high price. Some people will buy
>>>> something just because it costs more.
>>> Curious that you have such a strong opinion on something you don't
>>> own.

>> I have never owned a Yugo, but I still know that they suck.

>
> Based on what? Based on other people's opinions? That's what the
> reviews on Amazon and Epinions and the like are - other people's
> opinions. If you don't value other people's opinions, does that mean
> you're smarter than everyone else? Based on you being an auto
> mechanic and taking them apart and putting them back together again?
> That has some weight, so let's apply it to what Chocstraw opined: do
> you think he's an appliance repairman and has had a large number of
> unhappy customers with Dyson vacuums? Why wouldn't he have said so?
> Why would Dyson give a FIVE year warranty if the things didn't last
> (main reason people replace vacuums is because they break).
>
> R

Or they <thought> they were broken. When I lived in the apartments, I

used to find at least one orphan a month sitting by the dumpster. Almost
always, all they needed was the string cut out of the beater bar, the
hairballs removed from the elbow in the plumbing, and maybe a new belt
to replace the smoked-slick or broken one. If they were shiny enough,
I'd get them running and drop them off at Goodwill, or give to friends
to sell in their garage sale.

That is one definite downside of moving into a house. Instead of 17
dumpsters that I would walk by every evening on my walk, now I get to
listen to idiot dogs barking at me, even after we have been introduced
multiple times.

--
aem sends...

Posted by Jules on October 18, 2009, 11:34 am

On Sat, 17 Oct 2009 11:26:20 -0700, Scott in SoCal wrote:

>>Curious that you have such a strong opinion on something you don't
>>own.

>
> I have never owned a Yugo, but I still know that they suck.

Interesting - back in the day I used to hear nothing but praise about
their off-roaders; sounded like they were just as capable as the more
expensive equivalents from other manufacturers.

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