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Thread Number: 19494
Do guarantees REALLY mean that much these days? |
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| Post# 216473 1/28/2013 at 16:13 (4,098 days old) by jmurray01 (Scotland) | ||
Years ago when things were still made to last, you would probably really want to get a guarantee with your new Vacuum Cleaner so your hard earned money wouldn't be wasted if it should break down and so you could keep it running for longer without spending any money.
Well, needless to say these days vacuums are getting cheaper and more disposable (this has been happening slowly since the early nineties but increased dramatically with the Millennium) and as such people are more likely to buy a mid-range vacuum which will do a good job and replace it yearly. This brings me onto whether product guarantees are really wanted these days. Of course with high end vacuums such as Mieles or Dysons a guarantee is still seen as a selling point that people want, but with the more common vacuums such as Hoovers (which unfortunately are nothing to write home about now) and Electroluxes, would a guarantee really make any difference to the buyer? Back before I collected vacuums it wouldn't have made any difference to me at all to be honest. Maybe I'm wrong but this is just the feeling I get from "general consumers" of this day and age. Feel free to give your views. | ||
| Post# 216486 , Reply# 1 1/28/2013 at 16:34 (4,098 days old) by thekirbylover (Warrington, cheshire ) | ||
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| Post# 216488 , Reply# 3 1/28/2013 at 16:41 (4,098 days old) by Vintagerepairer (England) | ||
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" people dont have to work as hard as they did " Really? | ||
| Post# 216491 , Reply# 4 1/28/2013 at 16:48 (4,098 days old) by jmurray01 (Scotland) | ||
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| Post# 216492 , Reply# 5 1/28/2013 at 16:52 (4,098 days old) by Vintagerepairer (England) | ||
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I think anyone who goes to work for less than £25K pa will have to work hard for it, whatever they do, as will the majority of people who earn above that. That is of course is assuming one is fortunate to have a job at all at the moment. | ||
| Post# 216502 , Reply# 6 1/28/2013 at 18:19 (4,098 days old) by thekirbylover (Warrington, cheshire ) | ||
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my parents get about £5000 a month they have 4 jobs, my farther used to work at fords or jaguar and got promotions nothing major but he was near the middle of the company if that makes sense, he was offered early retirement, they also gave him allot of money just to leave lol, he then, as i predicted, got bored of being at home, so looked for a job, the only thing he could find was a sanitation engineer for the department of health and safety, so he has his pension and his wages from doing that, my mother works at a nursery through out the day, and from 8 till 9 she dose a breakfast club, and 3 till 6 an after school club, my point is that we have more money than what my parents would of had when they were my age, people would make do and mend its quite sad how the country has changed so much in 30 years also the minimum wage seems like its constantly moving up
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| Post# 216514 , Reply# 7 1/28/2013 at 20:26 (4,098 days old) by pr-21 (Middletown, OH) | ||
Air Way Centurion 25 year warranty...... A lot of us purchased Air Way Centurions with a 25 year warranty and they are out of business.......So I say not so much....Mine has had a flame since day one if you open up the exhaust port, that could probably light a cigarette. I bought through Tom Gasko and he said it was normal...Needless to say, I don't use it........
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| Post# 216585 , Reply# 9 1/29/2013 at 07:12 (4,098 days old) by madabouthoovers () | ||
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"People don't have to work as hard as they did" I'll come back and ask you if you still agree with that statement in a few years time when you are old enough to have started work, and realise the value of money - and how hard you have to work for it. | ||
| Post# 216594 , Reply# 10 1/29/2013 at 09:09 (4,098 days old) by thekirbylover (Warrington, cheshire ) | ||
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well there have been laws put in place where you have to have breaks after so many hours of working, a minimum wage has also been put in place, also more health and safety laws are in place, also go back to the 70s, for example,everyone had manual jobs, so miners for example working in harsh conditions for not very good pay, factory workers were pretty much the same, and as for women working in the 70s they got nursing and secretarial jobs which weren't that bad but they needed allot more concentration and typing skill because unlike a computer if you make a mistake your screwed so yes people did work harder decades ago also there jobs were more tiresome and boring and more manual especially for the middle classes
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| Post# 216596 , Reply# 11 1/29/2013 at 09:23 (4,098 days old) by rugsucker (Elizabethton TN) | ||
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66 Thunderbird Landau Could that be a former teachers yellow/black/black T-Bird rolling off the assy line?But seriously a teacher bought one new and kept until trading for 70s grand Prix.And a Lincoln right behind it!great picture. | ||
| Post# 216609 , Reply# 12 1/29/2013 at 09:47 (4,098 days old) by filterqueenman (Park City UT) | ||
No..too many exclusions 
Exclusions is the key word and or limited! I have a 4 year old Miele Twist Salsa and the cord got very hot one day. Took it in for warranty and the cord, handle and wiring harness was not included in the 5 year warranty. Waited 2 and half weeks for the parts and 165.00 to repair a 500.00 two year old machine. Needless to say It was very disappointing when I read the fine print!
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| Post# 216634 , Reply# 14 1/29/2013 at 14:31 (4,098 days old) by thekirbylover (Warrington, cheshire ) | ||
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| Post# 216635 , Reply# 15 1/29/2013 at 14:34 (4,098 days old) by Vintagerepairer (England) | ||
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There is no more I can say which isn't encapsulated in what I already wrote. | ||
| Post# 216638 , Reply# 16 1/29/2013 at 15:03 (4,098 days old) by electromatik (Taylorsville, North Carolina, U.S.A.) | ||
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Wow filterqueenman, that would be highly annoying. I always want to read/see the fine print beforehand so I know what's coming. I never saw a warranty that nitpicky, but I guess even Miele is. They can't guarantee everything for all eternity, but if they say five years, it should everything, cord also. Pity! | ||
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