Thread Number: 16344
Kirby Color Change before full makeover |
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Post# 174409   3/22/2012 at 18:20 (4,389 days old) by pr-21 (Middletown, OH)   |   | |
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I know we have had this conversation before, but I was hoping for a color change before the complete makeover. I think Kirby sales will suffer if they don't. You can't go back to people you tried to sell before with the same model, the salespeople get burnt out selling the same machine for more than a few years, also causing low sales. A color change would not be that difficult to do....
What does everyone else think? Sincerely, Bud Mattingly PR-21 |
Post# 174451 , Reply# 6   3/22/2012 at 23:38 (4,389 days old) by kirbyloverdan (Egg Harbor Twp . NJ aka HOOVERLOVERDAN ❤️)   |   | |
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Kirby`s newest vacuum to be introduced after the inproved Sentria with the color
chage will be a change with the times greatly improved model . Kirby will always be around and are going no where . I beleive when EVERY D2D manufacturer introduces a a new and improved model they are always better than the model they replace . Just because the companies don`t use metal that does not mean the Vacuum is junk . It`s called a sign of the times . I own a Tristar DXL which I love but my new Tristar MG3 is an awsome improvement . |
Post# 174532 , Reply# 12   3/23/2012 at 13:30 (4,388 days old) by joshdonnell ()   |   | |
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NO one cares what you think ! |
Post# 174543 , Reply# 13   3/23/2012 at 14:09 (4,388 days old) by danemodsandy ()   |   | |
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I don't know why you have decided to be that rude to me. I think an apology is in order. |
Post# 174623 , Reply# 16   3/23/2012 at 22:45 (4,388 days old) by vac-o-matic (Saint Louis, Mo.)   |   | |
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I've really been biting my tongue on this one! |
Post# 174684 , Reply# 18   3/24/2012 at 10:03 (4,387 days old) by joshdonnell ()   |   | |
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I'm sorry for being rude! |
Post# 174686 , Reply# 19   3/24/2012 at 10:22 (4,387 days old) by danemodsandy ()   |   | |
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Apology accepted. Now let's all move on. |
Post# 174691 , Reply# 20   3/24/2012 at 11:05 (4,387 days old) by trebor ()   |   | |
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would ideally have been about 2.5 years ago, enough time for the color to get 'old' before the model change. |
Post# 174692 , Reply# 21   3/24/2012 at 11:06 (4,387 days old) by stricklybojack (Southern California)   |   | |
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Seems we're in for an 'Ultimate Sentria', then 'Ultimate Sentria Diamond edition'...then the next gen model 'Avalier' or whatever. (Does a DTD vac Co. want 'lier' in the name of their product? hummm...)
Okay maybe not just that way. but more likely than not closer to, than further from, past model/version change-over schemes is my total guess. As a for profit concern it seems what enthusiasts like us want & what the 'suits' feel they need to do are more often than not two different things. The owner of the company, Berkshire Hathaway is invest more & more in China i notice, don't know what that could mean if anything. also was the Consumers Report coverage a reach out by Kirby quietly saying they're ready for a more mainstream retail version of going-to-market? Especially now that Dyson & Miele have shown that high dollar Vacs can sell there in great volume? If so a new model may be designed to move further toward current mainstream design parameters, as mentioned above by others, light weight etc...hard tellin' not known says a buddy of mine. Lastly, yes color please! amazing how drab such a pricey vac can be decked out & still sell, then again maybe there is something we don't know about why their customers buy this product in the first place. Me? i acquired 3 Kirbys recently, a Heritage II, an Ultimate Diamond & a fairly recent Sentria (orange one) for on average a song ($100 total cost) off Craigslist. All await Spa treatment, consumables & manual reading before i go for my first test drive of these fine examples of vacuum muscle from middle America. Meaning no, i have never used any Kirby but couldn't pass up the deals i found! however to busy now & will have to wait until next winter for the pleasure. |
Post# 174696 , Reply# 22   3/24/2012 at 12:12 (4,387 days old) by trebor ()   |   | |
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Post# 174706 , Reply# 23   3/24/2012 at 13:41 (4,387 days old) by gsheen (Cape Town South Africa)   |   | |
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Most know that I am not a great lover of the sentria, Funny as I have on in my collection, I prefer the legend11 shape.
does anyone have any idea what the new kirby will look like. I have heard two rumours, one saying that they are going back to a less heavy more streamlined look like the legend II shape , the other saying that the machine will be more mainstream with built in attachments and much much more user friendly.
Either way I think it will be a massive improvement over the current model ( my own opinion) and some thing to look forward to. despite the internad improvements , some weight saving and streamlining of the headlight unit not much has changed 19 years.
what do you guys know about the new model ? |
Post# 174708 , Reply# 24   3/24/2012 at 13:51 (4,387 days old) by gsheen (Cape Town South Africa)   |   | |
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Post# 174718 , Reply# 26   3/24/2012 at 14:30 (4,387 days old) by gsheen (Cape Town South Africa)   |   | |
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In 1990 there was alot of change going on in SA IE becoming a democratic country so I am not surprised it took longer to come here, also our beau of safety standards in those days took a long time to approve products , nowadays it takes about 3 months of paperwork as long as the appliance has already been certified by one of the major safety standards organisations |
Post# 174748 , Reply# 27   3/24/2012 at 20:07 (4,387 days old) by adambomb (Undisclosed )   |   | |
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The Generation 3 wasn't released until May 1991 |
Post# 253036 , Reply# 29   10/15/2013 at 20:45 (3,817 days old) by KirbyClassicIII (Milwaukie, Oregon)   |   | |
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I do remember seeing a Generation 3 brand new back in August of 1990, so you aren't far off... and yes, the Legend II had been produced concurrently as you say through the second half of the calendar year, and those last units even got out with the G3-styled attachments (same as in the export markets), but in maroon.
~Ben |