Sears Gave Me Strange Advice About Their Kenmore Progressive Vacuum Cleaner Inteliclean System. Heard Of This?

Sears just had a sale on vacuum cleaners and I got their progressive upright model 35923 with the “inteliclean” system. This is the one highly rated by Consumer Reports.
I used it for a few days, and it seemed okay, except the inteliclean system would start acting weird after about 30 minutes of use. It would slip into the highest-power mode and get “stuck” there. Even on areas that it previously went over and sensed as clean. I could temporarlily fix it by switching out of carpet mode, then back in, but after a while it would get stuck again.
Swapped it for another one, and the sales associate tells me to NOT USE the inteliclean system the first few times I vacuum. When I ask why, she says “I don’t know what the reason is, we’re just supposed to tell the customers that”. Sounds pretty strange to me. There’s nothing in the manual about it.
Has anyone else gotten this advice from Sears regarding their inteliclean equipped vac? If so, what’s the reason for it?

I Took A New Job And Need Some Advice, Can You Help?

I have been a cliche for too long. I have been a statistic for as long as I can stand. I have been the starving artist. I have been the struggling comic. And I finally broke down and took a day job as a used carpet salesman.
Now I have never been in sales before and I wanted give it a shot. I figured, hey, nothing like a new challenge to stroke the comedic gray matter. But I have no idea how to sell anything, much less USED CARPETS! Does anyone have any sales tips?

Need Advice On Painting Bedrooms?

I want to paint all my bedrooms a neutral light beige color and put in a neutral beige carpeting in all in anticipation of putting our home up for sale this spring. Is that the best route to go to appeal to prospective buyers? I would use different accent colors, bedspreads & curtains etc in each room.

Can Anyone Offer Some Carpet Cleaning Advice?

One of my friends just bought a house. She just noticed that there’s a stain on the living room carpet. Well, we’ve both tried to clean it with various cleaners and solutions. But the damned thing won’t come out. It looks like it might have been caused by someone stepping into something (mud or poop, maybe?), stepping on the carpet, and then not trying to clean it until it was too late to easily remove it.
Any advice?

What Should We Do?

We are in the military and we have got orders to move in February. We have to sell our house and we don’t really have time to fix it up. It is in pretty good shape but needs painting, new carpet, ect. I don’t have the time to do much to it. Should I basically just sell as is and make a few allowances? How much allowance is a good amount for basic repairs. (the house has a great roof and good plumbing and a good working heating system) That is all I think really should matter anyway but does anyone have any advice for us.? We have to put it up for sale in 2 weeks. By the way we are first time sellers.

Advice On Good Domestic Carpet Cleaning Services?

Can anyone advice me on finding good and reliable domestic carpet cleaning services in Suffolk? Don’t want to spoil my carpets with ordinary manual cleaning. So, please advice me on the subject.

How Much Should We Offer On A Home For Sale “as Is” ?

It needs of a lot of work. But in a great neighborhood. The current owner just didn’t take care of. Come to find out I actually know the current owner as we ran into one another when going to view the home. I found out through looking at public records that the house was in the Lis Pendens stage of forclosure in Febuary but as of the end of March I guess it was dimissed so he still owns the home. And he is getting divorced so the home is priced to sell fast. But its needs a new roof,gutters, carpet,pressure washing,paint plus the bathrooms and kitchen needs some updating. And thats just what we saw viewing the home. Who knows what an inspector would find. I found out how much he orginally paid for home which was 115,000, then saw he refi at 129,000 last year. The home is listed at 179,900. Whats a good starting offer point? Or am I am being to pressumptious thinking we can get a decent deal on the home? Any advice appriciated.