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Venson
Joined: Jul 23, 2007
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Re: Dyson, In The News...
Reply #224 Jun 24, 2008 3:00 am |
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Hello Venson: This was posted yesterday on this thread. By M00seUK and DIB. A short interrupted discussion followed. I opined that if dyson can't improve the run time on its DC16 beyond 5 minutes [and has resorted to discounting them by $100] after 2 plus years, what makes us think it can develop a car that runs on batteries? Carmine D.
Thanks Carmine and my apologies to DIB and M00seUK. Dyson is quite a dabbler. Call me me when he makes a good blender.
Venson
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CarmineD
Joined: Dec 31, 2007
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Re: Dyson, In The News...
Reply #226 Jun 24, 2008 7:38 am |
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I said yesterday that it was smarter to develop a long lasting auto battery. There is a $300,000,000 contest for developing a long lasting battery. Once again J D has proven to be smarter than you Carmine. Is it any wonder that you are so envious.
Exxon-Mobil is smarter than all of us and has the resources to do it.
Carmine D.
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DysonInventsBig
Location: USA
Joined: Jul 31, 2007
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Re: Dyson, In The News...
Reply #227 Jun 24, 2008 8:15 am |
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McCain offers prize for cutting-edge battery LM Otero / Associated Press Sen. John McCain tells supporters in Fresno that a can-do U.S. can craft a cleaner future. He’s also proposing a $5,000 tax break for those who buy zero-emission vehicles. In Fresno, he says he would award $300 million to whoever developed a new device that could efficiently power cars. .
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CarmineD
Joined: Dec 31, 2007
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Re: Dyson, In The News...
Reply #228 Jun 24, 2008 8:42 am |
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Dyson is also conspicuously missing from the costco web site, although I believe they are available in the stores.
CIRCUIT CITY, which is suffering from poor sales like many big box retailers, has dropped the dyson vacuum line from its stores. Keeps the old/to be discountinued dysons [nothing new from dyson at CC] on the Web Site [at least for now]. All dysons at CC are at reduced/discounted prices from MSRP.
Carmine D.
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CarmineD
Joined: Dec 31, 2007
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Re: Dyson, In The News...
Reply #229 Jun 24, 2008 9:01 am |
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DIB: Hope it's not tax payer money. The income tax credits were used for purchases of hybrids too. Also hybrids were allowed to use high occupancy vehicle lanes without having the required passengers. Both perks expired recently and to my knowledge were not renewed. Even at the local levels for traffic laws. With the high gas prices, these incentives will not be needed anymore to get people to buy. As usual the economics of the market place work much better than governmental intervention. Carmine D.
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CarmineD
Joined: Dec 31, 2007
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Re: Dyson, In The News...
Reply #231 Jun 24, 2008 2:05 pm |
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According to the BEST BUY site, the dyson DC16 Hand Held is rated 2.5 stars out of 5 based on 40 reviews. The first review by an admitted dyson head states verbatim [I added the highlights]: Bottom Line: Great for its intended use of quick pick ups, but if you need it longer than a few consecutive minutes, you are out of luck...
Carmine D.
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CarmineD
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Re: Dyson, In The News...
Reply #232 Jun 24, 2008 2:15 pm |
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We have heard rumblings from you for years that BB was pulling Dyson off the shelves. Ain't happened. You told us that they were being pulled from end caps. Didn't happen. You told us that Hoover would overcome Dyson. It seemed as if they introduced a new product every 30 days or so and never pulled the old junk out of production. According to you each new model would be the demise of Dyson. Didn't happen. Hoover had to sell. Dyson is not on the market.
HS:
The BEST BUY on-line site has added and culled makes/models. Next to ORECK vacuums which are now on sale at the BB on-line site, it appears the least carried are for dyson, while the most numbered are for HOOVER and EUREKA. Here's a synopsis by brand and prices from the BB Site: All the dyson prices are discounted from MSRP. The latest DC17 Asthma and Allergy which is certified approved by the Asthma and Allergy Foundation is not listed. The older version DC17 [not approved by the Asthma and Allergy Foundation] is listed for $400. Also the DC16, probably the worse of all the dyson rated products, is listed for MSRP of $149. Interesting? My suspicion is that BEST BUY, like the USA dyson site, is gearing up to make this item a giveaway. Possibly as soon as July 4. Of note is that the latest dyson DC16 with the motorized brush bar nozzle is absent [MSRP is $199] from the Web Site. If you combine the Dirt Devil and HOOVER vacuum products for BEST BUY the total is 233. Why? All under the TTI tutelage. That's alot of product. How many stores does BEST BUY have nationwide? That's alot of inventory of TTI vacuum product. What does NPD use as it's measure of sales? Shipments to retailers? Lot of sales of vacuums just to BEST BUY for HOOVER and DIRT DEVIL. Carmine D.
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