Vacuum Cleaners Discussions

Hi all,

Following is a link to a news article regarding the up and down sides for Electrolux during this year's first quarter.

http://www.centredaily.com/business/technology/story/553091.html

Best,

Venson

Trilobite wrote:

Trilobite,

Yes, your right!  One can get a little lost keeping up with - who stole Dyson intellectual property, who’s copying Dyson intellectual property before its patent/s expired, who’s copying Dyson’s expired intellectual property, who helped Hoover U.S successfully keep and use Dyson’s un-expired intellectual property in the Hoover v. Dyson countersuit.  It’s Vax, and not Hoover Candy who I was thinking of that is using expired Dyson intellectual property and not Hoover Candy.  Thanks.        DIB

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P.S.  Talk about lazy.... Vax even stole James’ tag he created and/or made famous. - “No Loss of Suction”. 

mole wrote:

Hello Mole et al:

The local Fry's Electronics advertised new DC07 All Carpets on clearance/closeout for $299 for Memorial Day. 

Carmine D.

DysonInventsBig wrote:

But Vax trumped dyson by upping its warranty [parts and labor] on new vacuums to 6 years!

Carmine D.

CarmineD wrote:
Yeah, they *surely* would have offered 6 years, even if the market leader didn't offer 5!

I don't know, but I'd be of the presumption that the quality of the VAX after sales support wouldn't be a patch on Dyson's.

M00seUK wrote:

Hi M00seUK:

I think most vacuum buyers who shop the big box retail stores for their vacuums don't know and/or care about the difference in service support.  The warranty period is an up front selling feature in their minds and pocket minds.  Much like any other feature intrinsic to the vacuum. 

Carmine D. 

DysonInventsBig wrote:

Hello DIB:

I'm getting ready to write my Congressional representatives about this matter.  I'm going to propose an intellectual property rights' tax.  My sense is that it will be an excellent source of revenue.  I'm surprised that it has not been thought of and proposed already.  Now, if I can only figure out a way to get a percentage of the revenues collected from the tax!  Rather than a flag that has flown over the Capitol!  Show me the money!

Carmine D.

Carmine,

It's no wonder that we have such a large trade deficit with the Chinese.  While we tend to pay for their products, they have a bad tendency to steal/copy our software, movies, and any and all intellectual property that they can get their hands on.   The Chinese also make it impossible to sue their companies by setting up enormous hurdles and mazes of government regulations.  I don't know how anyone can call it "free trade" with a straight face. 

Severus wrote:
X's 2!

Can't agree enough. Plus add in near-slave wages our trade policy is a joke to the world. The emergence of third world economies for the benefit of "get rich at any cost" American Corporations is very much to blame for high oil prices.

Speaking of manufacturing jobs going to China and elsewhere.  Check out how much Wal-Mart advertises (until told “no” by NAD) the average American saves by shopping at their store  A $2500 savings comes at an awfully high price!        DIB

 

http://www.nadreview.org/DocView.asp?PageContext=212815050461327408&SessionID=1374466&DocumentID=6709

Carmine, a few points of clarification.

1.  The DC02 was the ONLY vacuum called the ReCyclone, there were NO recycled DC03s.  I don't know where you pulled that from, but perhaps I should type slower so you can understand. 

2.  Tom G. never mentioned once about the Lionel train lawsuit.  I mentioned this when I spoke to him and he said that he did not know anything about it (and could care less).  As I recall he only said there would BE a lawsuit, which there was.  You yourself came up with all the gobbledygook about Lionel. 

3.  If you don't stop calling me by Tom's name, I'm going to start calling you Bertha (or Rotunda, nevermind, that's what I'll call Mole).

-MH