Thread Number: 25931
"Selling because we got rid of our carpet" |
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Post# 290798   7/28/2014 at 20:57 (3,530 days old) by fan-of-fans (USA)   |   | |
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Post# 290849 , Reply# 1   7/29/2014 at 03:32 (3,530 days old) by tolivac (Greenville,NC)   |   | |
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What about hard floors,furniture,cars,rugs???Are they going back to brooms and brushes,dust rags?Hate to see those houses in a few years! |
Post# 290860 , Reply# 2   7/29/2014 at 07:25 (3,530 days old) by parwaz786 ( )   |   | |
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I dont see the point in using a broom, except when something like glass breaks, otherwise I would much rather use a vacuum on even half flooring, curtains, and in the car and my furniture + stairs. |
Post# 290878 , Reply# 4   7/29/2014 at 09:37 (3,530 days old) by sebo_fan (Scotland, UK, member AKA ukvacfan, & Nar2)   |   | |
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Well, I think any consumer has the right to say what they want when they are selling any appliance, let alone a vacuum cleaner.
There are many reasons - some are genuine and some are a bit far fetched. I have come across the slogan before, but some people generally either have a new vacuum to replace the old one that requires to be sold, OR someone in the family has donated an old vacuum cleaner that still works, thus cutting down on costs (if required) compared to the newer one. A lot of people I have come across do have second thoughts later on though or may be lacking the knowledge of what they are selling. One woman I kind of saved from was when she was advertising a Miele cylinder vacuum on Gumtree. She was regretting selling it, but had bought an upright vac because her Miele wasn't picking up hairs from carpets. She wasn't aware that Miele sold the turbo brush online and didn't like the new upright because it was too heavy, too noisy and a bit cumbersome. In the end she sent me a gift certificate as a big thank you, took the ad off Gumtree, bought the turbo brush and then took the upright vac back to the shop to get her money back. |
Post# 290894 , Reply# 6   7/29/2014 at 11:03 (3,529 days old) by suckolux (Yuba City, CA)   |   | |
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Post# 290925 , Reply# 7   7/29/2014 at 16:34 (3,529 days old) by ultralux88 (Denver, Colorado)   |   | |
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I still would vacuum my furniture and need it for other jobs around the house. I also prefer vacuuming hard floors as opposed to a broom that I think stirs up all the allergens as sweeping is basically a slow fanning motion. I think vacuuming before using a swifter or similar mop is good too, if you get rocks or gritty stuff picked up on the bottom of the mop the. They get swiped over the floor until you change pads, which can scratch. We have vinyl floors everywhere that's not carpeted, I just use a combo brushless floor and rug tool on it and the throw rugs.
I also so prefer carpet to bare floors. Carpet feels so much nicer on bare feet and it dulls sound. Thankfully Tim is like me there! I also think carpet is better for allergies because as dirt settles to the floor in a room, if it settles on carpet the carpet will trap it until you come along with a good vacuum. Bare floors can let anything microscopic stir up easily with a tiny breeze. Bathrooms, kitchens, laundry rooms and entry areas I think should never be carpet though. |
Post# 290961 , Reply# 8   7/29/2014 at 18:45 (3,529 days old) by sebo_fan (Scotland, UK, member AKA ukvacfan, & Nar2)   |   | |
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The only time I have ever disliked carpet is when I lived in central London in the 1990s. The 2 up 2 down flat I was in (a bit like Ab Fab as it was above a wine shop) had the thickest of carpet that made the whole flat unbelievably hot to live with, particularly in the summer when the heat was something like 30 to 35C.
When we eventually got hard floors throughout, it was a major relief though it made a lot of sense to keep a stick vac on one floor for dust capture on one floor and a proper vacuum downstairs with a turbo brush floor head attached for any rugs in the rooms or the stairs that had small bits of carpet on them. |
Post# 291071 , Reply# 11   7/30/2014 at 13:09 (3,528 days old) by fan-of-fans (USA)   |   | |
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We have both tile and carpet and I use a canister on both. Have never used a Swiffer but would like to try it. I can't imagine sweeping as much tile as we have. It would take forever and leave dust and dirt in corners. Also use a vacuum for most above floor cleaning. Rags and cleaner just turns the dust to a muddy mess.
I think a lot of people vacuum only the carpet. Hence why uprights with crappy hoses and attachments comprise so much of the market now. Oh well it's not a big deal in the grand scheme of things. |
Post# 291512 , Reply# 14   8/1/2014 at 21:48 (3,526 days old) by daknx1994 (Southern Indiana)   |   | |
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I am like MikePdx... A dust mop for the day to day sweeping and a canister for cars, furniture,dusting, and the weekly going through the house and getting all of the dust and dirt out of corners and other crevices. |
Post# 292670 , Reply# 16   8/10/2014 at 00:57 (3,518 days old) by NYCWriter (New York City)   |   | |
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Post# 292771 , Reply# 17   8/10/2014 at 18:06 (3,517 days old) by floor-a-matic (somewhere)   |   | |
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I'd take a "Swiffer vac" or "Swiffer vacuum attachment" instead of just a regular Swiffer |
Post# 292806 , Reply# 18   8/10/2014 at 23:24 (3,517 days old) by marks_here (_._)   |   | |
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I have been in people's homes here that don't use a vacuum & all I can say is that they stank, not clean, you can see dirt between the wood floor planks, the tile grout is dirty, it's just awful, I will not be visiting them again. Oh & they say they swiffer 3 times a day...now what does that tell you?? They are the save the planet people if you know what I mean & they have money!!! I just don't get it...don't flush the toilet until it gets filled..with what??? Disease??? They actually scared me which is really hard to do, I never sat down or leaned on a wall, I stood there feeling like things were crawling on my legs but there wasn't anything...yuck!! I finally ran when they went into the laundry room, boy did I bolt out the door, that was an overload to the system.
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Post# 292830 , Reply# 19   8/11/2014 at 01:48 (3,517 days old) by super-sweeper (KSSRC Refurbishment Center)   |   | |
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Yikes, Mark! They might not have even had an automatic washer in order to 'keep down on carbon emissions' or some other form of hippie nonsense! My dream-car has every bit of fuel-efficiency (was that even around back then?) That there was in 1961, and the world keeps turning!
I wonder what kind of hippie home-brewed medicine they used when they accidentally lick the wall? |