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Post# 130325 4/2/2011 at 16:52 (4,765 days old) by gottahaveahoove  (Pittston, Pennsylvania, 18640) |
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| Post# 130348 , Reply# 1 4/2/2011 at 18:48 (4,765 days old) by pinkge (Indianapolis,Indiana) | ||
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Same thing... has happened on the northside of Indy.The two stores I know about are gone.No explanation...slame,gone,done.Go figure. | ||
| Post# 130350 , Reply# 2 4/2/2011 at 18:53 (4,765 days old) by henry200 (Saint Paul MN) | ||
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A number of Oreck stores around the cities here have closed in the last year or two. I think there were just too many in proportion to the amount of business they generated. | ||
| Post# 130357 , Reply# 3 4/2/2011 at 20:07 (4,765 days old) by Oreck_XL (Brooklyn, New York 11211) | ||
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| Post# 130383 , Reply# 5 4/2/2011 at 22:34 (4,765 days old) by djtaylor (Salt Lake City, Utah) | ||
Store in West Jordan, Utah is gone 
The Oreck franchise in Utah had a store in an upscale development in the next town south of me. The huge shopping complex is called Jordan Landing. I worked for the Oreck stores at the time the Jordan Landing store opened. Oreck required it franchise owners to decorate new or remodeled store to a certain standard. They even required that their own decorators be used. That store cost my bosses a mint. It never made a profit while I worked for them. Now, it's closed. I have not checked the other Utah area stores, but the one at Jordan Landing was supposed to be their Flag Ship Store, I'm sorry to say that it was never more than a White Elephant. I'm sorry to see it gone.
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| Post# 130405 , Reply# 6 4/3/2011 at 02:13 (4,765 days old) by williamr1248 (USA) | ||
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Oreck Stores Michael, Did you notice that our store on the Northside moved and is now selling Miele's too. I was surprised. | ||
| Post# 130418 , Reply# 8 4/3/2011 at 09:35 (4,765 days old) by scvacuumguy (SC) | ||
The addition of Miele is equivalent to the final gasps before the death of the Oreck store. They are desperate to do anything to save their life. In reality, its just another vegetable on life support.
Unfortunately, MOST (not all) Oreck store staff has no clue about anything other than Oreck. They have no clue how to repair anything but Oreck. They aren't true vacuum people who have studied and appreciated vacuums for years and years. I hate to see Miele tarnish their name by sticking the product in a dying medium. The ONLY way to make money in vacuum cleaners is to work on ALL makes and models, and to sell ALL makes and models. | ||
| Post# 130748 , Reply# 11 4/5/2011 at 08:27 (4,763 days old) by scvacuumguy (SC) | ||
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Post# 131182 , Reply# 13 4/7/2011 at 12:15 (4,761 days old) by luxlife (Under a Pecan Tree) |
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Orecks @ Target in the Houston TX area.... Are already marked down for liquidation. It backfired on Target because they sold vacuums in the stores, but not the bags. | ||
| Post# 131188 , Reply# 14 4/7/2011 at 13:28 (4,760 days old) by pr-21 (Middletown, OH) | ||
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Post# 131192 , Reply# 15 4/7/2011 at 14:49 (4,760 days old) by Air-WayCharlie (USA) |
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I was at my local vac store today who is an authorized Miele dealer and does quite a good business. Fred S. and Tania V. have both been to the store with me.
The owner told me today that Oreck sold out earlier this year but he could not remember who bought the company. He went on to say that Miele is purchasing Oreck to have the distribution centers that are already established all over the US. It seems both vacuums will be sold. From what he said, the official transaction has not taken place but it would appear it is only a short time away. He not too happy about this as it will hurt independent Miele dealers such as himself. He also said you can buy Orecks in some of the big box stores. I had no idea about this either. I called Fred S. to see what he knew and he was going to do some checking as he has very good connections in the business. I guess mergers can happen in any business. Survival of the fittest--sort of. Charlie | ||
| Post# 131223 , Reply# 16 4/7/2011 at 20:58 (4,760 days old) by vac_whisperer () | ||
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Scvacuumguy (Chris) Well, thats too bad... I really enjoyed your posts. :( VW | ||
| Post# 131233 , Reply# 17 4/7/2011 at 22:18 (4,760 days old) by Elux89 () | ||
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SCVACUUMGUY I was of the impression that in the US constitution, there was a thing called freedom of speech. I did not know that this website was edited from the Kremlin. | ||
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Post# 131259 , Reply# 20 4/8/2011 at 07:10 (4,760 days old) by vinvac (Dubuque IA) |
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That is interesting Charlie. Our local Oreck store went out of business last year. He indicated at that time (June or July) that Oreck was going to be sold. He was not happy at the time and he indicated that Dave Oreck's family was running the company into the ground.
He also thought they were coming out with a new line of canisters...which from what I hear has happened. Oreck is a good vacuum. They have their place in the market. Morgan | ||
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