WHY DO THEY NEVER LISTEN?!

[alexhoovers94]

My sister is moving out in a few months and of course, the first question I wanted to ask was, "what vacuum are you going to buy?" She said, not sure. I asked, "what flooring are you having?", she said wood floors throughout the entire house, I could of fainted!!!
So I said, to get a Miele or Sebo Cylinder or a Henry...She said I don't want bags (this woman could give me a heart attack) "I want a bagless cleaner" she muttered, so I said it had to be Dyson, then she suggested she wanted a Dyson Hand held. I challenged her on this saying that for that price you could buy two Henry's! And by buying one Henry think of all that left over money you would have to buy bags to last you YEARS.
She insisted she wanted a Dyson handheld, I said well if you find it inadequate DON'T come crying to me!

 

[sonnyndad]

"WHY DO THEY NEVER LISTEN?!"

Because they're all stubborn know-it-alls. Every last one of 'em.

 

[turbomaster1984]

~Alex

They have to learn for themselves. Everytime my Mum had a new bagless 'cheap' cleaner all I heard was 'it loses its suction' 'I dont know why' 'Its a good make' 'its lightweight'

and then she wondered why nothing was performing or lasting very long.

I waited ten years after countless suggestions for her to take in bagged was better and to buy something based upon her needs that would work and work well.

Now shes got a Henry all seems to be well.

Just wait - it might be 10 months it might be 10 years but eventually they realise and your opinion will be heard.

Let her make her own mistakes and just concentrate on having a laugh with her than arguing over her choice in cleaner mate. Thats more important.

 

[vintagerepairer]

"WHY DO THEY NEVER LISTEN?!"

Well to use your own words, "the first question I wanted to ask was, "what vacuum are you going to buy?" ". The most crucial word in that sentence is "I".

You were the one who wanted to request information, and it sounds like your sister was rather respectful in her handling of the situation. But she didn't ask for your advice or opinion, you gave it to her regardless. When advice or an opinion is unrequested, the dispenser has to learn to accept what happens next.

Even when asked for advice, it is perfectly acceptable for someone to choose not to take it. That is their prerogative. One should feel flattered that someone considers our opinion to be worthy of consideration, irrespective of whether the advice given was then put into practice or not.

What is not good manners is to ask for an opinion or advice and then insult or discredit the persons response.

 

[parwaz786]

Lol, what happened to her vax swift?
Btw The new Dysons are going downhill, and she should get an older henry, one bag would last like a whole year, if not more if she has hard floors. Because a Henry with use on carpets has the bags last like 6 months, and she can overfill the bag!
Or why cant she get a vax mach air? (those are quite good value) or the air 3

 

[oliveoiltinfoil]

Actually, the dc59 cordless from dyson is incredibly powerful, I must admit. The agitation beats that of lot of corded uprights and the suction is enough to pull a medium sized rubber matt from the floor. I know, ive seen and tried one out, seriously considering getting one, but they are fantastically expensive. If I was her, i'd go for a sebo k3.

 

[parwaz786]

The only new Dysons I like are the DC39 animal, DC54, DC59 (apart from looking kinda ugly), DC65 and the DC44/35 models.

 

[alexhoovers94]

Benny, your comment is filled with hypocrisy.

 

[vintagerepairer]

hypocrisy

And yours irony. You asked a question on a public forum. I, along with others, gave their opinion. Just as I said, you are under no obligation to take note of it. But as I also wrote, it "is not good manners is to ask for an opinion or advice and then insult or discredit the persons response". I am glad you were able to reinforce my comment.

 

[alexhoovers94]

It was a rehtorical question

 

[sebo_fan]

Did you forget to put the question mark, Alex? I would agree what others have said here - allow your sister to find out. In time she will either take your advice or badly pressurize you for advice. (The two are the same, incase you didn't pick it up.)

 

[vintagerepairer]

It was a rehtorical question

Ah well you see, without the tone and body language which would have been present during a one-to-one conversation, it is difficult for a reader to know that a question is rhetorical. However, I do admire you greatly for taking the challenge.

 

[super-sweeper]

"The new Dysons are going down-hill"

hasn't it been the same for the past 15 years?

 

[rainbowd4c]

You have to look at this from a different standpoint.

There could be a couple of different ways to look at this.  One of them could be.


-How old is your sister?  If she is still young and just getting started she maybe thinking about the financial side.  Money could be tight and she is trying to save and make ends meet.


-It's a decision that she wants to make. It's going to be her place and she may have a completely different vision than what you have.


-She may not be into the vacuum interest like you are and to her it's just an appliance that is used for housework.


However if you are concerned you could always buy her a gift of a vacuum.


 


Just my two cents.


Andy

 

[vacuumsalesman]

All of My Family Thinks Wrong

I had picked a daily driver for my home out of my collection. I picked a Hoover Tempo because I don't care what happens to it, just don't touch a single Kirby because when they are done with it, half the attachments are gone and the bag is wet. But my sister complained about the Tempo being bagged. She likes bagless because she believes you don't have to spend money on it at all, and that it is easy to empty! I grabbed the Tempo and took the bag cover off and took the bag of in five seconds and asked her how hard that looked. Yet she still believes that Bagless is cheaper because you don't buy a bag. I told her about filters and how they say they don't need to be replaced, but a year later after washing and washing the filter doesn't let air go through. And after all that, she argues that I need to use bagless more frequently.

 

[parwaz786]

No supersweeper, the DC04 was a great improvement on the DC01, the DC07 had much more power, the DC14 had a better design than the DC07, the DC25 had better grooming and Dyson is 21 years old BTW

 

[turbo500]

It was a rehtorical question

If it was a rehtorical question, ie one that does not require an answer, then why did you ask it in a public forum?

 

[matt8808]

I'm not even going to try and sugar coat this one.....


Maybe the best vacuum for your sister is one that she actually WANTS to buy so that she will want to actually use it?

At the end of the day this machine will have nothing to do with you so why are you so bothered? You sound like a Hitler of the vacuum world.

Quite frankly if I only had hard wood flooring with nothing else to vacuum I'd be more than happy with a Dyson stick vac.

I love my Kirby for my current needs, wouldnt swap it for the world and I think it out perfroms everything else I've ever used. However I wouldn't go ramming my opinion on it down everybody else's throat as what works for me may not work for somebody else.

Oh and another note.... Your sister is less likely to ask you for advice in the future as you've forced it upon her this time and seem to have taken no account of what she actually wants. Should there become a day that she does want advice she'll be thinking "Jeeze, best not ask Alex, don't want to set him off into another little bitch fit"

 

[alexhoovers94]

I was trying to explain to her what would be ideal and a dyson "stick vac" would not be ideal for someone who has a child and husband to clean up after and as her ONLY vacuum cleaner, what about when it runs out after 12 minutes? Hmmm? She will have carry on cleaning tommorrow as it ran out of battery. What about the car? Not enough charge nor power for that either.
If she is going pay all that money for that, she should just get a Dustbuster and be done with it!
A nice little Miele Cylinder would of been great for her as she says storage may be an issue. Imagine the price though of a Dyson hand held...she could get a full size vacuum for that.
But no, they no best.