not out yet......supposedly out sometime 4q this year

Quote from Karl   on 10/19/05 at 4:37pm:

 
It is so simple.  HOOVER is capitalized on their merchandise.  Have you noticed when I sometimes write ORECK?  

Where do the particulates from the HEPA filter go during the self-cleaning process?

One quarterly report of sales propelled dyson ahead of HOOVER in total dollar market share.  MAYTAG stock hit a 52 week low of $9 per share.  The "SELF-PROCLAIMED" experts on the Forum were prophesizing the imminent demise of HOOVER.  What happened?
 
Less than 9 months later:  HOOVER went against dyson in a TV advertizing campaign that is legendary in the industry.  MAYTAG will be acquired by Whirlpool for $21 a share next year.  A new line of HOOVER products has emerged that will revolutionize the vacuum industry.  
 
Wal-Mart discontinued their exclusive dyson upright for $349 and replaced it with the HOOVER FUSION vacuum at $128.  
 
BEST BUY culled the DC11 and culled the DC07.  BB added an exclusive line of VAX bagless uprights that are knocking off high end bagless sales. (Guess which brand in particular).
 
Dyson's "set in stone product pricing" (exact words from an "expert" here) is pulverized.  Many retailers are already selling dysons well below the MAP with immunity in anticipation of the price fall.
 
And the finale: The Forum's dyson carrying, banner waving, No. 1 sales pitcher does not sell dysons any longer.  Talk about funny!  Oxymoron?  This revelation by the expert himself was met with a "thunderous silence."  Parting is such "sweet sorrow."
 
Old-timer is right.  I still get excited by the vacuum industry.  And I get paid without getting my hands dirty.  I'm laughing all the way to the bank.
 
Carmine D.
 

This place really can get personal and some here seem just a bit on the angry side.  Interesting how what should be a positive exciting time for a Hoover person turns into such a hate filled attack on all things Dyson.  For all in the industry I am excited that it seems Hoover is back in the game of trying to sell a high end unit with features and benefits.  
I am not sure how one person not selling new dysons as a personel business decision really effects the quality of the product, but in reading here did you not used to sell quite a few Hoovers in a shop you owned?  Do you still sell Hoovers in this way or did you make a personal business decision to do something different?  
Carmine I admire your enthusiasm, but their are just a few inaccuracies and just a bit of jumping the gun in your spin.  Good luck in your Hoover sales and as I believe you are fond of saying, time will tell.