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Thread Number: 15050
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| Post# 159574 11/21/2011 at 07:54 (4,530 days old) by isufan11 (Minneapolis ) | ||
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I was walking through Walmart this weekend and something odd caught the corner of my eye, there in the vacuum area was a brand new display, Oreck, and Panasonic. Ethier Walmart is getting classier or the brands are getting more desperate. | ||
| Post# 159575 , Reply# 1 11/21/2011 at 07:56 (4,530 days old) by massagemiracle () | ||
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Haven't seen panasonic, but did see the Oreck steam cleaners and the Oreck Air Purifiers. | ||
| Post# 159576 , Reply# 2 11/21/2011 at 08:22 (4,530 days old) by gsheen (Cape Town South Africa) | ||
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| Post# 159598 , Reply# 3 11/21/2011 at 12:49 (4,530 days old) by kenmore81 (Warwick, RI) | ||
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| Post# 159604 , Reply# 4 11/21/2011 at 13:41 (4,530 days old) by gsheen (Cape Town South Africa) | ||
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| Post# 159617 , Reply# 6 11/21/2011 at 14:56 (4,530 days old) by Oreck_XL (Brooklyn, New York 11211) | ||
What a stark contrast from the way things were. When David Oreck first established dealerships in 1997, he told licensees they would be allowed to sell ONLY Oreck or they couldn't sell his product at all. With the launch of the new Magnesium as well as other products that are now made in China, it would definitely appear as if Oreck's quality is going in the hopper. Another once-proud American company selling out to overseas. A sad sign of the times....
- Hershel | ||
| Post# 159737 , Reply# 7 11/22/2011 at 17:48 (4,528 days old) by vac_whisperer () | ||
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Well at least wal-mart sells one decent brand now. :P | ||
| Post# 159769 , Reply# 8 11/22/2011 at 18:53 (4,528 days old) by floor-a-matic (somewhere) | ||
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"Well at least wal-mart sells one decent brand now" I thought WalMart also sold Aerus (Classic canister, Lux Lite & Legacy uprights) vacs, too? | ||
| Post# 160022 , Reply# 10 11/24/2011 at 15:22 (4,527 days old) by gsheen (Cape Town South Africa) | ||
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That is what happens at big box stores , they drive the smaller guys into liquidation. I will say this much though at the risk of getting into another mud slinging fight though , if you buy any thing from them then you are supporting them not the smaller businesses.they are designed to be convenient and that's were the problem starts
Whether I buy a new lawn mower, Toaster, or new power tools I always buy them from the specialty stores not the bbs. That way i am supporting my local businesses, plus the service is great if any thing goes wrong, your a name not a till slip
Gareth | ||
| Post# 160044 , Reply# 11 11/24/2011 at 19:05 (4,526 days old) by Brandon_W_T () | ||
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Walmart, and even the grocery chain carries Kirby vacuum bags and I think belts. | ||
| Post# 160045 , Reply# 12 11/24/2011 at 19:05 (4,526 days old) by Brandon_W_T () | ||
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*ment to say the grocery chain "Hy-Vee" | ||
| Post# 160056 , Reply# 13 11/24/2011 at 20:08 (4,526 days old) by fan-of-fans (USA) | ||
To be honest I haven't looked at the vacuums much at Walmart in a while. The last time I didn, I was mainly disappointed I mainly look at Sears and Kmart. I like the vacuums at Kmart better even if they don't have as many as Walmart. I don't recall seeing Panasonic in any stores. JcPenney used to have Orecks in their catalog starting in the late 90s, not sure about now.
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