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ORECK - The business, the history, the machine, the man and related.

(Below: Oreck 1979 to 2008)

  < yr. 1979  < yr. 5/2008

CarmineD wrote:

Hello DIB:

Wordsmithing to MOLE's post only.  No change in content and/or the poster's name that it was directed toward. 

The earlier ORECK post [started by MOLE] was locked after a post by Motor, not me.  I was way way up the chain and much earlier in the day.  Here's the rule DIB:  The last poster in line that hits, takes the hit [read lock out].  Just like sport events. 

Carmine D.

Oreck goes both ways…

It’s funny to see Mr. O religiously single out and attack the (cyclonic) Dyson in his XL21 infomercial and on his website/s all the while he holds a cyclonic patent and/or uses this patent in his shampooer.  He went way out of his way to not use the word/s cyclonic or cyclone in his patent description and claims too. – Funny.        DIB

 

Patent number 7,048,783

http://www.freepatentsonline.com/7048783.html?query=PN%2F7048783+OR+7048783&stemming=on

DysonInventsBig wrote:

Agree with that statement for rug and floor cleaning and back again.  No brush shut off to worry about.  Throw rugs too.  No problems.  No adjustments needed.  Just do it and put away for another day. 

Carmine D. 

Maybe I should of said he wants it both ways with messaging - cyclonic is bad and cyclonic is good.        DIB

Sounds like he's right.  Most good things taken to the extreme are bad.  That's where the saying comes in:  Too much of a good thing is bad!  Too much suction power is bad.  Too aggressive brush rolls are bad.  Balance is good.  The right things in the right measures all working together in harmony for the best outcome.   Which is the ORECK.  8 pounds.  Excellent brush roll.  Full sized bag.  30 parts.  All made in the USA. 

Carmine D.

This responds to a question raised here about the uses of the ORECK-s that are returned within the 30 day home trial period.

According to several of my ORECK sources, these returns are shipped to ORECK Clean Home Centers nationwide and used as loaner vacuums when non-ORECK brands are brought in for repairs.  In hopes of converting the vacuum users to the ORECK brand after using.  Apparently, the sales technique/promotion works.

Carmine D.

Hows the pricing on the repacks.

MOLE

The ORECK Clean HOME stores I've visited sell used ORECK-s.  These are usually ORECK trade ins.  Tho, I suspect at some point the loaner ORECK-s are also sold as used vacuums, if a customer is interested in buying and doesn't have the funds to buy a new one. 

I recently saw a used XL Classic [made and sold in 2004] priced and bought in an ORECK store by a customer for $100. 

Carmine D.

A great buy,how can you go wrong for 1 bean..............


MOLE