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LOL! Swept up a nail in my moms oreck! |
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Post# 162941 , Reply# 1   12/20/2011 at 23:04 (4,481 days old) by aeoliandave (Stratford Ontario Canada)   |   | |
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Ok, that's enough. I'll tell ya, alright, young pup.
These are lame excuses and not justification. "it didn't have a headlight, and the light in the hallway was out, plus, they have really thick shag carpet.""her sister got everything from the edges, and dumped it infront of the sweeper." Sucking up such items by accident is understandable and expected but doing it on purpose is just the definition of immature. Admitting that you did nothing to stop it creates a sad impression. It is your responsibility as a wannabe Vacuum Collector to both prevent and counsel against this type of abuse, even if it is 'only an Oreck'. Sorry, I have no patience for this sort of 'story'. It is not amusing; it is cruel humour that offends many serious aficionados on this site. Spend more valuable time on spelling, punctuation and grammar, too... Please direct this tweeter-twit nonsense to vacuum web groups elsewhere. Dave, the Dad |
Post# 162944 , Reply# 2   12/21/2011 at 00:41 (4,481 days old) by vacmaster0000 ()   |   | |
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Post# 162945 , Reply# 3   12/21/2011 at 00:47 (4,481 days old) by twocvbloke ()   |   | |
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vacmaster0000, you have to remember that most of the members here get their knickers in a twist if you so much as say the wrong thing about the colour of a vacuum, so it's to be expected... |
Post# 162946 , Reply# 4   12/21/2011 at 00:52 (4,481 days old) by vacmaster0000 ()   |   | |
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I mean if shes not worried about it, the why should I, and I honestly couldnt see what was in the shag, its so thick, what do you want me to do go through every blade of shag to make sure there isnt a screw? |
Post# 162950 , Reply# 5   12/21/2011 at 01:44 (4,481 days old) by jmurray01 (Scotland)   |   | |
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Now now, I think that reply to Dave was just uncalled for.
Surely you can see why us Vacuum lovers would be a bit distressed to see somebody DELIBERATELY vacuuming a floor that could have coins and nails on it, which can, and in the past, HAS damaged Vacuum Cleaners. Just because the owner said to do so, that doesn't mean it is right! Next time, I'd advice you replace that light bulb first. Just because it is an Oreck, it doesn't mean it is indestructible. Would you really want to risk killing a good cleaner just because you couldn't be bothered doing a pre vacuum check like I do every day before cleaning ? If you would, then I don't think you are of the right mentality for Vacuum Cleaner Collecting... And for the record, I do agree with Dave. It made me cringe just reading it. The worst I've ever picked up with any of my cleaners is a bit of paper, and if I did pick up a coin, I'd be sure never to do it again, let alone brag about it. |
Post# 162953 , Reply# 7   12/21/2011 at 02:08 (4,481 days old) by jmurray01 (Scotland)   |   | |
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Post# 162957 , Reply# 9   12/21/2011 at 02:20 (4,481 days old) by jmurray01 (Scotland)   |   | |
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Post# 162963 , Reply# 11   12/21/2011 at 03:58 (4,481 days old) by vacmaster0000 ()   |   | |
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Wow, Im officialy going to buy a royal and take it over there. |
Post# 162972 , Reply# 13   12/21/2011 at 08:15 (4,481 days old) by Kirbysthebest (Midwest)   |   | |
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What I think is the most amazing part of the story was that the Oreck could handle shag carpet. Not dis'n Oreck, but I had heard that the brush roll design and high pile carpeting were not a good match. |
Post# 162978 , Reply# 15   12/21/2011 at 09:41 (4,481 days old) by HooverCelebrity (Germany)   |   | |
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I also don't appreciate you fanning the fire here. |
Post# 163036 , Reply# 16   12/21/2011 at 14:55 (4,480 days old) by vacmaster0000 ()   |   | |
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I completly understand. It was stupid and inmature on my part, sorry to everybody ifI had offended them. |
Post# 163076 , Reply# 17   12/21/2011 at 22:35 (4,480 days old) by djtaylor (Salt Lake City, Utah)   |   | |
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I spent two and a half years as the Service Manager for the Oreck franchise here in Utah and had some really odd customers. In my experience Oreck owners have been some of the MEANEST and most DIFFICULT people to deal with. They all seemed to think that the Oreck can pick-up ANYTHING, should NEVER need any kind of service or repair and when they do need to be repaired it should ALWAYS be FREE OF CHARGE. All of the years I did service work for Kirby Dealers I rarely ever had such nasty, hateful and cheep customers. The Orecks are decent vacuums, not great at deep cleaning, but light and easy to use. As for the newer Orecks, like the Magnesium, I don't know how good they are. I have heard some bad things about the Magnesium... but, I prefer to 'play' with machines and base my opinions on experiences.
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Post# 163109 , Reply# 19   12/22/2011 at 11:09 (4,479 days old) by parwaz786 ( )   |   | |
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i had a DC04 absolute green and purple last year and i was vacuuming till i stepped on the cable and it fell out LOADS of spakrks i was even vacuuming barefoot then it was about to land on my foot! |
Post# 368430 , Reply# 23   3/14/2017 at 18:32 (2,570 days old) by crazykirbydude (Lexington, KY)   |   | |
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A few days ago, my sis asked me to vacuum her room. The one thing about the room is, it's a jungle in there. The floor was particularly bad that day, so I used my Kirby Heritage II. There was nothing on the floor that phased it, even some tacks I didn't know about, but it ate everything up. Then I used it in hose mode. I went to vacuum behind a shelf when I heard a CRACK! I immediately pulled the plug, and I removed the hose. I was sweating. I didn't know if it had damaged the fan. I don't have the money for a new fan. Did it damage the motor? No, it didn't I looked at the fan and all my fears were quelled. The fan wasn't damaged. I looked in the Mini Em-Tor and found the culprit. It was a blue fake rhinestone. It had been split in half by the Kirby's fan. I decided to do a test run of the machine after that, and everything was fine.
A close call, wasn't it? |