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Tony[_19_]

wrote:
On Sat, 17 Oct 2009 11:21:24 -0400, Butch Haynes
wrote:

RicodJour wrote:
On Oct 17, 10:49 am, Van Chocstraw
wrote:
Sum Guy wrote:
Are the Dyson vacuum cleaners as good as they say they are?
Are they worthy of the tv-commercial air time? Or is this a case of "if
you advertize it, they will buy" ?
They are just trying to justify a high price. Some people will buy
something just because it costs more.
Curious that you have such a strong opinion on something you don't
own. Virtually all of the reviews from people that actually bought it
are 4 and 5 stars (Dyson Animal). Google has a review consolidator -
click on the "all reviews" link.

R
Are there any reviews by an objective, unbiased source (e.g., Consumer
Reports)?

The cognitive dissonance problem with owner reviews of higher than usual
priced stuff (e.g., Macs, Kirby vacuums, etc.) is that having spent the
extra money, the buyer must now report how superior the product is lest
he be seen as a sucker or even a fool...

Consumer reports is totally unbiased??????
I think not.

Pretty close - but there will ALWAYS be a bias.

And there are enough people in North America who will bitch about
ANYTHING, as well as launch "frivalous" lawsuits. No bitching and no
lawsuits would TEND to indicate better than average satisfaction.

Sure a lot od people bitched about Kirby and FilterQueen.

My dad and a friend had a small side business selling Filter Queens. I
grew up without the words "vacuum cleaner" in my vocabulary. I grew up
calling it a Filter Queen as others grew up using the brand name Xerox
for "copy machine". I recall using the words "Filter Queen" in school
and nobody knew what I was talking about!

More recently my mother keeps buying vacuum cleaners, not liking them,
and she gives them away and buys a different new one and it's still no
good. She says she wishes she had her old Filter Queen, that was the
best she ever used. I'd buy one on ebay and give it to her but she
probably wouldn't like it anymore.