Thread Number: 27858
/ Tag: Recent Vacuum Cleaners from past 20 years
How people buy vacuums. |
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Post# 311204   1/7/2015 at 18:30 (3,387 days old) by RainbowD4C (Saint Joseph, Michigan )   |   | |
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A friend of mine stopped over to say hi and see the house. It was the first time she has been here. I was showing her each room and what we had been doing with the place and I showed her my dated laundry room and she saw my vacuum. I have known Teresa since I was in elementary school and I used to babysit her kid when he was little. So we go a long way back. She was actually how I found out what a Rainbow was and the reason I bought mine.
She commented on my Rainbow and said that she remembered her and how much she didn't like it. A few years later she traded it in for a Kirby. She kept her Kirby for a few years and realized she didn't like it and got rid of it and bought a Hoover, and has been replacing vacuums ever since.
My friend Justin him and his husband recently bought a Hoover. They had a Kirby and it was to heavy to deal with so they still have it but would rather use the Hoover. My friend January they had a Hoover and recently bought a Kirby and she loves it. Their house has a central cleaning system but they don't use it and don't like it.
So here is my question. For some people do you think that they go backwards if they have a expensive door to door model and do you think that some go forwards in the sense that they have a Hoover and upgrade to a Kirby? How do you think a person makes the decision to upgrade or downgrade? To me the decision to upgrade is easy. The decision to downgrade? I don't always understand that except maybe money is tight and they can't afford another high end vacuum.
I know that when and if the day comes that my Rainbow dies I'll go with some kind of door to door model maybe a Aerus Electrolux. If our house was bigger I would put in a central vacuum system. |
Post# 311254 , Reply# 3   1/8/2015 at 10:19 (3,387 days old) by dysonman1 (the county)   |   | |
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People generally don't call on door to door salesmen (like Kirby) to come sell them a new vacuum. Most people with door to door machines had no intention of buying the day they were shown the machine. When it's time to replace, they do what regular people do, and go to Wal-Mart, Sears, etc. Some, if they've had their door to door machine repaired at a vac shop, go back to the vac shop to see what's available. Most people with door to door machines feel they overpaid, and while they want a 'good' vacuum (not a Bissell), they go 'down' to a Dyson.
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Post# 311334 , Reply# 6   1/8/2015 at 21:44 (3,386 days old) by Bikerray (Middle Earth)   |   | |
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Post# 311654 , Reply# 8   1/11/2015 at 18:28 (3,383 days old) by RainbowD4C (Saint Joseph, Michigan )   |   | |
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I have only had one experience with door to door sales. When I was in my early 20s my boyfriend scheduled a Kirby demonstration at my apartment. I had my Rainbow and I told Jeremy that I wasn't interested in a Kirby. He said it would be fun.
The guy was horrible. He was rude and wasn't going to leave until I bought. I almost called the police to have him removed. I want to get a new Aerus Lux Guardian upright. I'm not sure if I want a model off Ebay or have a sales rep come to my house. I would rather stay with a high end vacuum than down grade because I want the quality and warranty that you won't have when it comes to goingto the store. |