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Post# 52339   9/24/2008 at 19:24 (5,691 days old) by kirbyboy1 ()        

This story starts yesterday. I went to my favorite vacuum store with all intentions on coming home with another Filter Queen triple crown. I started to talking to the owner who I have known for 5 years. We have become great friends and He gives me all my parts for rock bottom prices. Now for what the title is about. I have 3 filter queens 2 more coming soon so why do I really need another. I had noticed in the back he had boxs of miele arts. I had always loved the look and how they work. Now they were discontinued by Miele. I talked to him and I came home with a nib Miele Red Rose Upright with a packet of bags. I am so thrilled cause this will be my first Miele. I kept the box and everything plus Joe gave me some free bags. Here are some pix of this true work of ART.

Post# 52340 , Reply# 1   9/24/2008 at 19:28 (5,691 days old) by kirbyboy1 ()        

Puttin it together. I love this vac it cleans so well. I have all hardwood floors so its great. Kyle I want to know whats in that filter queen box. Tell ME!!!!!!!!!

Post# 52366 , Reply# 2   9/24/2008 at 21:21 (5,690 days old) by normvac (COLUMBUS, OHIO)        

Enjoy, what a great machine.
Let us know just how well it works !
Norm

Post# 52392 , Reply# 3   9/25/2008 at 04:40 (5,690 days old) by vintagehoover ()        
Miele Art Hot Chocolate

 When the Art first came out, I bought one of the all-black coloured ones brand-new from a department store. I ended up not using it much because it seems best suited to hard floors and low-pile carpets, and eventually I put it on eBay.

Then earlier this year, a seller on eBay started listing NIB Arts for £49+p&p, so I bought one - this time in the Hot Chocolate colour scheme. I haven't used it, I'm just keeping it in it's box - I have a feeling they may be collectible in the future!

I love the design, apart from the tiny dustbag. I also think it would have been much better if they could have incorporated a brushroll into the design, like the Electrolux Intensity.

Post# 52399 , Reply# 4   9/25/2008 at 06:43 (5,690 days old) by riccarlover ()        
Evan...

 I hope you don't mind me asking but how much was it?
Have lots of fun with it!
Clayton
:)

Post# 52417 , Reply# 5   9/25/2008 at 10:49 (5,690 days old) by petek (Ontario)        

I've never seen one.. how's about a picture of the workings, inside etc.

Post# 52420 , Reply# 6   9/25/2008 at 11:01 (5,690 days old) by arh1953 ( River Park, in Port St. Lucie, Florida)        

arh1953's profile picture
Can't wait to see the whole thing assembled. The head looks great on the both of them.

Post# 52433 , Reply# 7   9/25/2008 at 16:32 (5,690 days old) by kirbyboy1 ()        

I will take pixs of the whole thing someday. It works very well for straight suction only. Mine is a variable speed machine. It has the intensive clean bags and also a hepa filter. I payed 100 bucks with trade ins. The lowest price my miele dealer could sell them for was 199.99. I got a pack of bags with it to. I really like it. Great vac great looks.

Post# 52446 , Reply# 8   9/25/2008 at 20:55 (5,689 days old) by kirbyboy1 ()        
Alan

 Thanks my girlfriend thinks so to.

Post# 52461 , Reply# 9   9/26/2008 at 04:51 (5,689 days old) by tolivac (Greenville,NC)        

Yes!I have one of those "Roses" Meile vacuums-got it in a package "deal" with a Capricorn from the local Meile dealer.The machine is nice-And you have to use it carefully so as not to ding up the "Roses" on the hood.The most expensive broom vacuum?Works very well on bare floors-what the machine is designed for.Use it on my kitchen floor.The Meile dealer sells a lot of these here-for folks that have bare floors and mixed flooring.Also like the way the machine can manuevered by steering the handle.Also met "Bill" the Meile distributer from Raleigh--My order for the Meile Upright has been placed-should be out in October 28.And he gave me a Meile Umbrella(now in the car for rainy days)and a Mele Tape measure that is in my breifcase.He says that I qualified for the goodies.If you have purchased a Meile machine or more than one-try to meet the Dist-he might bear goodies!

Post# 52464 , Reply# 10   9/26/2008 at 06:03 (5,689 days old) by kirbyboy1 ()        

Also I talked to the Joe. He has anteres s5 canister outta box with turbo and parquet tool. I might trade in our dyson on it. But then again if this economy improves which I hope it does soon. I WANNA OPEN A VACUUM STORE.

Post# 52468 , Reply# 11   9/26/2008 at 10:37 (5,689 days old) by rugmaster37 ()        
Miele Art...........

 EVAN!!!!

Great deal on that Art. Like it was stated above, that was the worlds most expensive electric broom.

Personally I'm really not a fan, but that's becasue I had to sell those darned things the first time around. And they weren't popular in our market at all. I had never in my sales career had to "gravle" before to sell a vacuum cleaner. The whole sales force litterally had to BEG people to buy them.

Nobody wanted it the Art for many reasons. It was like the Edsel of the vacuum world. IT was initially hailed as a wonder
machine, sold poorly from the start and was gone in a few years.

Miele really blundered here marketing wise, becasue they tried to see it as an uprighty do-all please-all kinda thing, jack of all trades, master of none...you get the point here.... It failed with our customers over the tiny bag, no brushroller option and mediocre suction compared to their canisters. And it was pricey as stated for both the machine and the little bags. IIRC, the RedRose edition was the most expensive selling at around $449.99-459.99.

Also, they had a tendancy to break often, and sooner than ANY Miele should have. The usual culprits were : A tendancy to break in the swively neck area, which would snap the handle clean off. The bags would pop off from their poor mounting bezels, and clog up the filters and ruin motors, and the cordreels had continuity problems. It happened enough where I was on first name and freindly basis with our repair rep.

We ended up promoing, or giving away as prizes the remaining stock of cleaners that we had after Miele threw the switch to put the things out of their misery.. The last one I ever sold was a HOT Chocolate model seen above with a full size Red Velvet canister like most seemed to have done for $150.00 extra. December 2007

I sum up the Art's short sad run with this:

The Art, is cute like trying to sell lemonade aside the road. You want to stop, but something always tells you not to. Call it instinct, call it pessimism. The Art, just rubbed people wrong..bar none.

BUT.....

There was another side of the coin. We did sell to a few who swore by them. They are still mad that Miele discontinued them with out their input or forewarning. We sold multiple machines to them so they wil be set for a VERY long time. There was always one or two floating qaround somewhere unsold.

These persons above were NOT in the majority.

Chad

Ann Arbor Michigan

(P.S. Post Statement)- Evan keep that nice, as like a Westinghouse Converto Vac, a Air-Way Dirtmaster, or an early Regina Housekeeper, that machine may well be worth something someday as a vacuum lemony blunder type of thing. Good intentions, with poor results kind of situation....

I in no way care to argue with anyone over the pro's and con's of the product I've discussed above. I have my opinion of the Art set, and always will.

You may have an opinion that differs entirely from mine. If that's the case, you can simply disreguard or ignore which usually is the case; what I have written above, and move on. No need to create a war over something like a Miele Art.

Post# 52521 , Reply# 12   9/27/2008 at 00:52 (5,688 days old) by tolivac (Greenville,NC)        

The Meile dealer in my area says the Meile Art vacuums sold well.He still has some in stock in his store.The Meile "Diamond" dealer in Durham has the Blue "Roses" model that only Diamond dealers carry.Its the same machine as the Red Roses-but a different color.Yes-I have had to replace the bag in mine twice-it does fill quickly with debris tracked in from outside -spilled Cheerios,and crumbs from the Kitchen floor.I don't use the tools and hose on the machine-its very awkward to use.I didn't pay anywherte near the $459 for mine-as I said-was a package deal -I can't mention the price here.


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