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CarmineD
Joined: Dec 31, 2007
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Re: New Electrolux
Reply #58 Aug 4, 2009 1:47 pm |
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Hi Carmine,
Considering our current economic picture, do you think is easy to acquire or that there may be limitations for financing? 40 or more years ago, door-to-door vac vendors were allowing credit not only to those who appeared well-heeled but to just about everybody including homes where welfare was the major source of income.
Again my suspicion is that they were so free with credit/financed sales because the actual cost of the machines was far below the asking price.
Wonder if they'll set up a "rebate for clunkers" plans for old vacs the same way as they've done for cars?
Venson Hello Venson:
Contrary to the Administration's pronouncements about mortgage assistance thru the Feds to assist borrowers, I have not seen any iota of real world evidence. Especially here in Las Vegas. All the major banks/lenders are turning down borrowers for refi's and interest rate adjustments. Unfortunately, as the Inspector General for the TARP funds has asserted on several occasions, there is no accountability/transparency for the expenditures of these "taxpayer" funds. By past practice, we know from the Government Accountability Office [formerly the General Accounting Office(GAO)] that WITH OVERSIGHT in place the funds risk a 10 percent amount of fraud, waste and abuse. WITHOUT OVERSIGHT, as is the case of the TARP funds, who knows the amount for sure. $500 BILLION with no oversight in place. WRT cash for clunkers: I am the original owner of a 1999 Ford Explorer XLT with combined MPG of 15. It is on the list of eligibles for the Fed program. It has over 92K miles. I am in the market for a replacement. But I haven't taken advantage of the Fed program. Why? I have received solicitations from Ford daily with a line of credit of $35K and promise of almost $8500 cash discount for my Explorer. NO big deal seeing I got $3000 cash rebate on a new 2008 Ford Escape in November 2007 w/o any trade in. Leave it to the government to screw it up. You know what the dealership would do with my trade in? Throw in a gunk solution to kill the engine and squash the body to a state of being indistinguishable. A waste. Many, many years ago I witnessed HOOVER employees killing their old style upright vacuums when they came in on trade. Why? HOOVER believed as long as the old style HOOVER's [and I'm talking 30's and 40's vintage] were on the market, they would never sell any of the new HOOVER's. The scheme didn't work for HOOVER. I survived for 7 years in the vacuum business never selling a new HOOVER. Just selling HOOVER rebuilts to people who wanted new HOOVER's. Same with the cash for clunkers. As the price of gas goes down, these old fuel guzzlers will become more desirable and their value/prices will go up. More so with so many going to the dumps. Carmine's rule: Whatever the Feds try to accomplish, usually just the opposite occurs. Carmine D.
This message was modified Aug 4, 2009 by CarmineD
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procare
Joined: Jul 16, 2009
Points: 192
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Re: New Electrolux
Reply #64 Aug 5, 2009 11:57 am |
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Vernon said use the Perfect bag and not the OEM from Aerus. Sorry, if you do the warranty will go null and void.The bags are designed and known to work in the Aerus products.I am not comfortable with the Perfect bag I have seen. The Ultra Filtration Technolgy has for it's bag gives 94% effecient at removing particles as small as 0.3 microns, including smoke , mold, bacteria, dust and dust mites ,pollen, pet dander and lung damaging particles. Anti Microbial Growth of germs ,bacteria ,mold and mildew inside the bag is prevented by anti microbial agent. The bags for the Aerus 4 times more effective than the previous 4 ply they had since 1952. They are designed to take the suction or there would be a change. Designed to fit bags - the majority have not given the filtration in use as good as OEM. Procare
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