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| message from Dave Plowman on 10 May 2004 |
That's the last thing I'd ever describe Which as being - regardless if you
like their results or not.
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| Conrad Edwards replied to Dave Plowman on 10 May 2004 |
Who would buy a Dyson washing machine when you can get Miele or
Siemens for half the price?
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| RichardS replied to Conrad Edwards on 11 May 2004 |
news:<4cacfe5b1edave.sound@argonet.co.uk>...
Fashion victims.....
IMHO Dyson's genius lies not in his invention or implementation, but in
marketing. He created a cleaner that would appeal to men (you can see all
the bits moving inside it), and they exerted their influence on a buying
decision that otherwise they'd not have been interested in. Add to that an
exorbitant price tag and you have assurance that it must be the best and the
decision must be right...
I reckon the washing machine's the same thing.
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| Bob Eager replied to RichardS on 11 May 2004 |
Reminds me of the Haynes 'Baby' manual. Men who wouldn't be seen dead
buying a baby book are happy to buy a Haynes manual!
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| IMM replied to RichardS on 11 May 2004 |
He also created a cleaner that also actually does what he says it does. Full
suction at all times. Also no expensive bags to buy. When I first bought the
Dyson, the first vacuum listed an amazing amount of dirt, that the older bag
cleaner could not.
At the same time Quad made the simplest looking amplifier with a few knobs
that sounded the business. Expensive, designer style of the time, but v
good. Had one meeself.
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| Dave Plowman replied to IMM on 11 May 2004 |
Presumably with a full bag given that you found them too expensive to
change?
The 33/303? Distinctly lacking in inputs - even in its day. They had to do
a bodge to accommodate just one extra mono input.
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| Bob Eager replied to IMM on 11 May 2004 |
You referring the the brown and orange 33/303?
HAVE one meself...
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| IMM replied to Bob Eager on 11 May 2004 |
No. The beige coloured one before that. Forget the number.
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| Dave Plowman replied to IMM on 12 May 2004 |
The previous series was the II series, and valve. And not '70s. '50s and
'60s. And as for being simple, it had a most involved arrangement for
different record equalisation, although not really needed much by the end
of its run.
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| Pet replied to IMM on 11 May 2004 |
LOL.
I have had a DC02 for about 7 years and it's still rocking along.
In light of this we just bought an upright "root Cyclone" Animal
thingy... ANyway, to cut a long storey short, first vacuum virtually
filled the new Dyson (dust that our old DC02 seemedly left behind) and
we are both convinced dyson must have some powder coating on the inside
of all tubes that is relaesed on first use to give the impression of
superior cleaning.
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| Dave Plowman replied to Pet on 11 May 2004 |
And I thought I was cynical. Congratulations. ;-)
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| S Viemeister replied to Pet on 11 May 2004 |
The first time I used my DC01, on an apparently clean, recently vacuumed
carpet, it filled up before I got halfway across the room - not with powder
from the inside, but with dog hair and fluff.
The DC01 is still going strong, after more than 6 years.
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| usenet replied to S Viemeister on 11 May 2004 |
I think this happens with virtually *any* new vacuum cleaner, it's
just rather obvious with a Dyson.
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| S Viemeister replied to usenet on 11 May 2004 |
Perhaps - but I've had a number of vacs over the years, including a Dyson
knock-off - the Dyson was the only one I noticed this with.
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| Craig Graham replied to RichardS on 11 May 2004 |
I hear the Dyson Saniflow is in development.
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| Bob Mannix replied to Conrad Edwards on 11 May 2004 |
news:<4cacfe5b1edave.sound@argonet.co.uk>...
A cursory glance at one of the "best price" sites gives:
Cheapest Dyson £750 most expensive £975
Cheapest Miele £586 most expensive £1219
Now I don't know what the Dyson is like (or the Miele) as I have a Bosch,
and it's not an exhaustive survey, but the claim the Miels is half the Dyson
price doesn't really seem to hold water.
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| Paul Mc Cann replied to Bob Mannix on 11 May 2004 |
I-SWMBO-E the Miele would work out considerably cheaper than the Dyson=20
over the long haul. Besides, the point about buying the Miele is that=20
they are trouble free. She's on her second one in about 17 years and=20
sold the first one for a good price when she decided to change it.
(See, women can get affected by Tool-itis also)
Paul Mc Cann
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| Conrad Edwards replied to Paul Mc Cann on 11 May 2004 |
My half was only a figure of speech....just saying why buy a Dyson
washing machine when you can get much better quality machines for a
cheaper price.
But when I bought our Miele in Allders the only Dyson they had was
£1000.
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