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CarmineD
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Garry Ultra Light Upright Vacuum
Original Message Jun 4, 2009 1:02 pm |
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New lightweight with OBT in town for $250 with free bags for life and zero cost maintenance warranty for life. Anything goes wrong, a new vacuun is shipped to you. http://www.garryvac.com/ Taking a page from ORECK on the giveaways: Free Steam Mop to keep if not satisfied with purchase and returned. https://www.garryvacuum.com/order_form.html?country=CA Comments? Carmine D.
This message was modified Jun 4, 2009 by CarmineD
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CarmineD
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Re: Garry Ultra Light Upright Vacuum
Reply #6 Jun 4, 2009 4:43 pm |
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Hi Carmine,
They've reduced the price to $200 (4 x $49.95) but the devil's in the details. Shipping for the vac is $40.00 which I think is excessive for a 9 lb. machine that should weigh no more than 12 or 13 lbs. after its crated up for UPS. The steam mop is "free" but they want an additional $30.00 to ship that. I can only assume that the $70.00 for shipping is inflated to cover the free bags that they say they'll provide.
A consistent point raised in the consumer reviews was the high noise factor. Personally, I'd go with your original idea for a low-cost upright and look around for one of the original Halos for a hundred bucks or less. Forgetting the UV thing, it is also lightweight and has onboard attachments too.
Best,
Venson
Hi Venson:
Excellent observations. Must agree with you. The concept of tools on board if they work well should be enough to compete well with ORECK and RICCAR/Simplicity. My hunch is that the tool suction is poor and just a sales gimmick to trump the others. Have to wait and see what gives. Halo is still the winner as you said at $99. Carmine D.
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retardturtle1
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Re: Garry Ultra Light Upright Vacuum
Reply #7 Jun 4, 2009 8:09 pm |
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Hello retardturtle1: No direct findings yet. Serious doubts about the tool suction. Small motors like this, while good for direct drive uprights on carpets, lack the umph for tool suction. Interesting marketing techniques. Going after the ORECK market which we noted was better than other brands in last year's consumer spending slump. Garry thinks it can compete against ORECK. But with only months in the business, vice ORECK's half century, I have my doubts there too. Looks cheaper and less durable than the ORECK-s. Tho I would like to be proved wrong if I am. Have to test one out up close and personal. And I will certainly discuss the Garry with ORECK when I get the call for the Steam It! Carmine D. looking forward to getting the lowdown on the g-vac......but if i was gonna spend that kinda money ..id add 30 bucks to it and get that hoover anniv. platinum combo...you know the one...at SEARS 14.99.....heard nothing but great things from people that own them...and i gotta say the g-vac does look like the platinum oreck...really nice and a loud vac never really bothered me as long as it did a really good job...i like the orecks,,,does what i need it to do.....just not quietly..hahahaha
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dusty
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Re: Garry Ultra Light Upright Vacuum
Reply #8 Jun 5, 2009 12:12 am |
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CarmineD
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Re: Garry Ultra Light Upright Vacuum
Reply #11 Jun 5, 2009 8:46 am |
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Thanks Dusty. I got a grin out if it as I was surprised that other brand names were actually called out. Most of the biggies use a more round-about approach.
Venson
Dusty, Venson et al:
I understand the very same Garry Vacuum commercial is used here in the USA too. Have a strange feeling that a few of the former ORECK employees with inside information who didn't make the move with ORECK to Tennessee after the New Orleans Headquarters was hit by Katrina, decided to join forces and go solo. They got some money backers and are trying their hand at the vacuum market. Just a hunch. Carmine D.
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retardturtle1
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Re: Garry Ultra Light Upright Vacuum
Reply #12 Jun 5, 2009 2:24 pm |
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Dusty, Venson et al: I understand the very same Garry Vacuum commercial is used here in the USA too. Have a strange feeling that a few of the former ORECK employees with inside information who didn't make the move with ORECK to Tennessee after the New Orleans Headquarters was hit by Katrina, decided to join forces and go solo. They got some money backers and are trying their hand at the vacuum market. Just a hunch. Carmine D. hi carmine it does make you wonder tho....i mean...if they could match orecks quality with a motor that lasts about 5-10 years or so with better performance at a fraction of the cost...then i would say it might just dip into oreck and riccars sales....might even get oreck to realize there vacs are pretty steep in price....i really like them and would recomend them to anyone ....just hard to overlook the price.
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CarmineD
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Re: Garry Ultra Light Upright Vacuum
Reply #13 Jun 5, 2009 7:27 pm |
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hi carmine
it does make you wonder tho....i mean...if they could match orecks quality with a motor that lasts about 5-10 years or so with better performance at a fraction of the cost...then i would say it might just dip into oreck and riccars sales....might even get oreck to realize there vacs are pretty steep in price....i really like them and would recomend them to anyone ....just hard to overlook the price.
Hello retardturtle1:
High price, especially in the current economic times, is a buyers' turn off and excellent point as you say to deter one's recommendation of ORECK to others. I noticed that ORECK is more inclined to sell their XL Classic uprights solo [w/o giveawys] to public on advertised sales for $199-$225. Certainly, the Garry vacuum may force ORECK's hand to do so more frequently than just MOTHER's Day and Memorial Day sales. Have to wait and see if the Garry really is a sales threat to ORECK or just a flash in the pan that will fade away long before the 5 year zero dollar maintenance. Having just learned about this vacuum, I didn't have the benefit to discuss Garry vacuum with ORECK this past week during my visit. I'm on the list for the Steam It which is due in this week, and Garry will be on the agenda for discussion. I'm curious to learn if my hunch about the former ORECK insiders going solo is the case for the Garry creation. Carmine D.
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retardturtle1
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Re: Garry Ultra Light Upright Vacuum
Reply #14 Jun 6, 2009 3:37 am |
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Hello retardturtle1: High price, especially in the current economic times, is a buyers' turn off and excellent point as you say to deter one's recommendation of ORECK to others. I noticed that ORECK is more inclined to sell their XL Classic uprights solo [w/o giveawys] to public on advertised sales for $199-$225. Certainly, the Garry vacuum may force ORECK's hand to do so more frequently than just MOTHER's Day and Memorial Day sales. Have to wait and see if the Garry really is a sales threat to ORECK or just a flash in the pan that will fade away long before the 5 year zero dollar maintenance. Having just learned about this vacuum, I didn't have the benefit to discuss Garry vacuum with ORECK this past week during my visit. I'm on the list for the Steam It which is due in this week, and Garry will be on the agenda for discussion. I'm curious to learn if my hunch about the former ORECK insiders going solo is the case for the Garry creation. Carmine D. hi carmine i gotta say im looking forward to your meeting.....and even if the g-vac turns out to be a really good product all around,,,its gonna take at least 5 years to prove itself in terms of quality...reliability. performance, what oreck already has...but from a price standpoint if the g-vac/oreck /hoover bagged pltm/riccar rsl/..all went for $225 i do believe it would really shake things up and show the consumer who really makes the best all around product on the market at that price point...in terms of looks id say the bagged hvr pltm is the winner...... either way you go youll be getting a very good,,lite-wgt ,bagged, 10+ years of service vacuum for $225= outstanding.
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CarmineD
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Re: Garry Ultra Light Upright Vacuum
Reply #15 Jun 6, 2009 6:20 am |
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hi carmine
i gotta say im looking forward to your meeting.....and even if the g-vac turns out to be a really good product all around,,,its gonna take at least 5 years to prove itself in terms of quality...reliability. performance, what oreck already has...but from a price standpoint if the g-vac/oreck /hoover bagged pltm/riccar rsl/..all went for $225 i do believe it would really shake things up and show the consumer who really makes the best all around product on the market at that price point...in terms of looks id say the bagged hvr pltm is the winner...... either way you go youll be getting a very good,,lite-wgt ,bagged, 10+ years of service vacuum for $225= outstanding. Hello retardturtle1: An interesting post script to the Garry vacuum, the ORECK Memorial Day Sale with the latest XL Silver Series upright with headlight and 3 year warranty for $225 [solo w/o the giveaways] has been extended by ORECK. With the limitation of one per customer. Have like competition. Carmine D.
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