Vacuum Cleaners Discussions

Saw today the Costco now sell the Oreck for $299 something I really didn't pay close attention just noticed a black charcoal color vacuum that everyone seem to have in the shopping cart...<BR><BR><BR><BR><BR>

Lucky1 wrote:

Thanks Lucky1.  Interesting point.  I don't know for certain about the ORECK's sold new at COSTCO, because I haven't been to my local COSTCO store to see and hear about the sales of ORECK's.  I suspect since ORECK has a manufacturer's warranty of usually 1, 3, 5 or more years that the authorized ORECK stores would honor the ORECK warranty regardless of place of purchase as long as the owner bought the vacuum new and is the original owner.  What are your thoughts? 

Carmine D.

CarmineD wrote:
yes...a very good point indeed...you would think yes..i mean you buy a car [gm] on the west coast... you move to the east coast...you develop car problems and take it to a gm dealership..they fix it....because your covered by the warranty...so the same should apply. if your an authorized svc/store and reguardless of where it came from..if its under warr. u fix it....i just dont see an authorized oreck svc/dlr not honoring it....ive never once heard anybody complain about the service they recieved from oreck ..or how they did business....id be blown away if they didnt or wouldnt honor it.

Judy ORECK is taking the pitch man [woman] reigns over from Dave.  Watch for new newspaper and TV adds promoting, demo-ing and selling ORECK-s by Judy.  She is the new "godmother" of the ORECK vacuum business.

Carmine D.

CarmineD wrote:
May not be a bad thing since women constitute the larger part of vacuum users and highly influence vacuum purchases if not buying them outright.

Venson

Venson wrote:

Hi Venson:

I agree.  I haven't seen actual data, but I suspect women comprise the bulk of ORECK customers.  And Judy would most definitely appeal and attract women vacuum customers.  Judy is nice on the eyes too, so she'd probably get some male vacuum customers too.  Especially with the "mob/godmother" theme that she is using on the current sales pitch.

Carmine D.

It my understanding that Oreck does back any warranty of its vacs sold from other stores. After a log discussion last week, my friend explained to me that Oreck is also sold by HSN and JC Penny's and is on their websites as well, but they have restrictions on what products and how they sell them that the Home Care and Franchise stores do not have to follow as closely.

Form the picture , it doesnt look as sleek as the newest Oreck line out...maybe last years design..It seems to have a better handle on it than the base model the my Sister has. I guess the other question is if it has 2 speeds or not. i love the fact the my XL21 has a high and low speed.

Tread184 wrote:

The look of the COSTCO ORECK is the old ORECK style not the latest and greatest.  One of the reasons I intend to upgrade to the Silver series and donate away the XL Classic.  I too and my dear Wife like the newer ORECK look better than the old.

Carmine D.

Revised: And of course, the ergonomic handle grip on the Silver which is not on my ORECK XL Classic.

For those of you who are COSTCO store members, the August 2009 COSTCO Connection magazine

features the ORECK XL Pro Plus lightweight upright with companion canister.  Rated HEPA with a

year's supply of HEPA Saniseal bags that lock in dirt, dust and allergens.  Comes with two free tuneups. 

The ORECK feature is part of the monthly COSTCO magazine topic:  Inside COSTCO, Exciting new products

arriving soon.  COSTCO boasts the ORECK has "superb cleaning performance."

Carmine D.

CarmineD wrote:

Do you expect them to be honest and lose sales?

Oreck sales must have bottomed out.  Why else would they resort to big box sales?

Nothing unusual about the sales hype in the COSTCO mag.  Just more sales hype.  Many will fall for it.

  When I went in to an Oreck Store recently I saw different brands of cleaners with the Oreck name on them. There are Sanitaaires,Windsor, and another. Oreck seems to want to sell everyone even if they rebadge some. They bought Halo out.Going into a BBS is only logical since David isn't running the show and Oreck wants to dominate.

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