Thursday, January 10, 2008

That Sucks!

Our vaccuum has been dying a slow death for the past 2 months. Maybe it was the abundance of doggy hair. It could have been the fact that it was a Wal-Mart after Thanksgiving Day special. Who knows. We finally decided to pull the plug on it last night.

Ayron swept the house using the old vaccuum before I got home from work, but could tell it wasn't doing anything. We've been though this before. We emptied the canister, replaced the filter, checked for clogs, etc. Nothing. We gave up and took a trip to Wal-Mart to buy a new one.

We ended up buying a new Bissell. Out of curiosity, we swept the same parts that Ayron had with the old vaccuum earlier. We were able to suck up a full canister of things that the old vaccuum missed. It was gross. All along we thought our carpet was cleaned, but once we swept it with a better vaccuum, we learned otherwise.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Now before you say, "Here she goes on another anti-Wal-Mart rant," give me the benefit of the doubt and read this:

When the Wal-Mart Bissel dies--and it will--get your next vacuum from a real store. Penney's, Sears, Meijer, Auburn City Hardware, wherever. What many people don't realize is that Wal-Mart insists that the products they buy for re-sale be made much more quickly and cheaply than most companies have ever made them--indeed faster and cheaper than they could reasonably be expected to. Hence there has arisen a phenomenon of sub-companies who make the cheaper Wal-Mart-ized versions of "name brands," specifically to meet Wal-Mart's demands for price and quantity. So, of course these "specialized" products will necessarily be inferior in quality.

Most of the time this situation goes un-noticed by the consumer, and often it doesn't really matter. But when it comes to something like an appliance (or electronics), you'd be better off getting it anywhere else but Wal-Mart. Even Meijer would be a better choice, because, while they are a comparable "super-center," they do not have these questionable business practices and actually provide quality goods, instead of just the lowest common denominator. I'd support that any day! While you may pay a few bucks more for your stuff at stores other than Wal-Mart, I think we'd all agree that buying one vacuum at $150 from Meijer is a far greater savings in the long run than having to buy two at $99.98 from Wal-Mart.