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A Dizzy M.A.B.I.L
- Location
- Lancing West Sussex
2 years ago I bought a Hoover from Argos, it was their own brand one, which I discovered later meant only Argos Value bags fitted it - No problem I thinks.
Until end of last yaer when I realise I have no bags left & go to Argos, I bought a pack of their Value bags, but found on getting them home they didn't fit - the hole with the rubber seal on it was about 2mm to big! I checked their website & saw that the 'Value' hoover had changed slightly, I went back to the store & was told that they had been stocking that model for about a couple of months - since new catologue came out & that their had obviosly been a design change..They did not have any of the old stock of bags left, and after contacting 4 local stores was told nowhere had any.
I tried numerous stores but found nowhere that stocked bags that fit my hoover - I was not amused, I had a perfectly good hoover that was less then 18months old, worked perefectly well, but was actulay useless without the bags. I complained to Argos, they apologised, and gracioulsy offered me 25% off the price of a new hoover, as a matter of principal I declined their offer - If I had to buy a hoover, discount or not I wasn't going to give them anymore of my money.
I bought a new bagless hoover from Currys, again their own brand model. It was a fabulous hoover, really powerful & the extension hose was actualy long enough to get all the way to the to of my stairs..It was fabulous for all of 2 months til #2 snapped the connector at the bottom where the extension slotted back into the base! I managed to fix it with a strip of card & super glue, but it meant I could no longer use the extension, whcih I needed for my stairs & to get into the many corners behind furniture.
So I figured I buy a new one, it hadn't been that expensive & it was a great hoover.
I've been using that one ever since...Until today.
I managed to suck up a piece of lego which blocked the pipe where it enters the cyclinder, so had to take it all apart - covering my living room carpet in the process (I would have gone outside but it was chucking it down) But never mind i'll hoover it all back up in a minute, only when i switched the thing back on the belt snapped - Deep breaths, count to 10 & chuck my bubbas into the car & shoot off upto Currys.
After wandering up & down the hoover aisle for several minutes & not being able to spot my hoover or find any belts I caught the eye of a shop chapy, who informed me they are no longer stocking that model & only carry spares to models they stock, but I can still order parts for it off their website - Great, don't exactly help with my very diusty dirty floor today does it? I asked, he sort of shrugged.
Once home I log onto their website.. Guess what? Type in the model name/number - NADA!! The only two Carlton products they show are a toaster & a kettle.
I am serioulsy not happy, if they don't stock the hoover/belts anymore & I can't get a belt that will fit from anywhere else, am I looking at having to buy hoover number 4....????
Until end of last yaer when I realise I have no bags left & go to Argos, I bought a pack of their Value bags, but found on getting them home they didn't fit - the hole with the rubber seal on it was about 2mm to big! I checked their website & saw that the 'Value' hoover had changed slightly, I went back to the store & was told that they had been stocking that model for about a couple of months - since new catologue came out & that their had obviosly been a design change..They did not have any of the old stock of bags left, and after contacting 4 local stores was told nowhere had any.
I tried numerous stores but found nowhere that stocked bags that fit my hoover - I was not amused, I had a perfectly good hoover that was less then 18months old, worked perefectly well, but was actulay useless without the bags. I complained to Argos, they apologised, and gracioulsy offered me 25% off the price of a new hoover, as a matter of principal I declined their offer - If I had to buy a hoover, discount or not I wasn't going to give them anymore of my money.
I bought a new bagless hoover from Currys, again their own brand model. It was a fabulous hoover, really powerful & the extension hose was actualy long enough to get all the way to the to of my stairs..It was fabulous for all of 2 months til #2 snapped the connector at the bottom where the extension slotted back into the base! I managed to fix it with a strip of card & super glue, but it meant I could no longer use the extension, whcih I needed for my stairs & to get into the many corners behind furniture.
So I figured I buy a new one, it hadn't been that expensive & it was a great hoover.
I've been using that one ever since...Until today.
I managed to suck up a piece of lego which blocked the pipe where it enters the cyclinder, so had to take it all apart - covering my living room carpet in the process (I would have gone outside but it was chucking it down) But never mind i'll hoover it all back up in a minute, only when i switched the thing back on the belt snapped - Deep breaths, count to 10 & chuck my bubbas into the car & shoot off upto Currys.
After wandering up & down the hoover aisle for several minutes & not being able to spot my hoover or find any belts I caught the eye of a shop chapy, who informed me they are no longer stocking that model & only carry spares to models they stock, but I can still order parts for it off their website - Great, don't exactly help with my very diusty dirty floor today does it? I asked, he sort of shrugged.
Once home I log onto their website.. Guess what? Type in the model name/number - NADA!! The only two Carlton products they show are a toaster & a kettle.
I am serioulsy not happy, if they don't stock the hoover/belts anymore & I can't get a belt that will fit from anywhere else, am I looking at having to buy hoover number 4....????
