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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.

HS:

BTW, I have upgraded rug padding which in concert with the looped medium wool pile was a disaster for dyson's DC07.  The brush bar stalled constantly and the ratcheting noise drove the dog and Wife out of the house.   Dyson's HELPLINE admitted that a dyson would not work after several workarounds, removing the soleplate upper and lower gaskets, and told me to return it.  Not even buy another dyson.  [September 2006] I also mentioned that the builder's rug contractor gave similar warnings at a homeowners meeting about 3 weeks after I made the dyson purchase.  Our community has about 2400 houses in the community and many went with upgraded carpeting and padding.  The homeowners who did and bought/gifted dysons had the same problems.

BTW, FYI, I received a tax assessment from the county.  For the 2 straight year, my property taxes in Las Vegas have been lowered due to decline in home/land values.

Carmine D.

HARDSELL wrote:

HS:

There is a very simple and easy process to determine if your vacuum is deep down cleaning.  Even you can do it.  Venson has posted this before here so he gets the credit.  You get down on your knees up close and personal with your rugs/carpets.  You separate the pile with your fingers and look at the rug backing.  If it's clean with no dirt and debris imbedded at the bottom of the pile, your vacuum is working properly and doing its job.  Repeat the process on different areas of your rugs and carpets to inspect the results.  If you find dirt and debris there, it's time to get started vacuuming and/or opt for a vacuum that works properly.

Carmine D.

CarmineD wrote:

HS,

If you're feeling lonely, another option is to call up the local Rainbow salesman and get a "free" demo.  They'll be glad to vacuum your rugs.  It's actually quite fun if you have a good vacuum, and they fail to get anything significant out of your rugs.   The Rainbow salesman was very frustrated when he visited.   The SOB actually did something to try to sabotage my vacuum bag. 

IMO, any product that is sold over the TV, particularly using infomercials, is suspect..

The Garry must be a Chinese knock off of the Oreck.

We need reform in communications, advertising, business, education....

earthworm wrote:

Hello Earthworm:

If Garry is a Chinese sourced vacuum, the Corp is incorporated in the USA which is comparable to other vacuum makers and sellers in the USA.  This info excerpted from the Carpet and Rug Institute Web Site about Garry and the company.  The ancient Romans said it best in their native latin langauge:  Caveat Emptor......Buyer beware.

Carmine D.

Garry Vacuum, LLC Lake Balboa, CA 800-443-9854 Visit Website

earthworm wrote:
Innovation and quality can come from small companies who don't have the capital to get products into the stores.     The buyer should always beware of things that are too good to be true.   Understanding the return policy is the responsibility of the consumer.    Oreck has name recognition and a reputation of generous returns.   Oreck has done fairly well in Consumer Reports testing.  Unfortunately for Garry, they did not.  Given the lack of history of the Garry brand, the lackluster review by Consumer Reports may be fatal to Garry -unless they make some modifications. 

the Garry Ultra Light get's a mention on page 18 of the February 2010 edition of Consumer Reports.   It's a nice review article about products sold by infomercial. 

Severus wrote:

Sounds like a worth while read.

Thanks.

Carmine D.

Oh boy , what a stupid thing buying a vac from a informercial ,this Garry Vac is a piece of junk I'm on my 2 nd one in a month and a half period . When I called customer service to ask where the return label is the "foreign " guy said right. when I said I have no label ? Long story short he hung up on me??? Called back and this time the rep was more curtious and had a head on her shoulders. I pay for the shipping this time it's on me to send the freaking vac back to Ca from North Carolina.

If it fails again it goes in the trash can .........period !

CarmineD wrote:

Hi Carmine,

Read it.  The really good part is where CR says that the Garry is a lightweight in more ways than one . . .

Venson