Hearthlist Digest #229 - Monday, November 16, 1998
 
Re: Consumer Reports
  by "by way of Craig Issod" <[email protected]>
Re: Consumer Reports
  by <[email protected]>
 

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Subject: Re: Consumer Reports
From: [email protected] (by way of Craig Issod)
Date: Sun, 15 Nov 1998 20:03:50 -0500
 
Craig
 
While I would agree that the commentsd made by Consumer Reports did not
research indepth the entire marketplace, and I would also inject here that
the products I sell in my retail are not included, I wopuld hjowever inject
that the overall message of warning to the American consumers is correct.
 
Vent free heaters, logs, fireplaces, have been marketed and sold with a
misleading impression to the consumer. Too many manufactuers and retailers
of the product do not educate the consumer properly on the product.
Additionally what education if any does the consumer recieve if the vent
free product is bouight at a Home Depot type of operation.
 
The consumer must be properly educated to the dos and don'ts of these
appliances. These appliances are fine if utilized within the realm of their
original intentions. But the downside is, How many consumers are using the
appliances as a primary heat source? A vast majority of them. As an industry
we may well feel the brunt of the consumers wrath when down the road the
problems do surface big time.
 
I would agree with the warnings as posted by Consumers Report. I feel that
each of us should for the liability of our own businesses and our industry
take a similar stance when we market and sell these products.
 
Jerry Isenhour
 
 
 
 
 

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Subject: Re: Consumer Reports
From: [email protected]
Date: Sun, 15 Nov 1998 20:04:57 -0500
 
In a message dated 11/15/98 3:07:15 PM Pacific Standard Time,
[email protected] writes:
 
<< I've slept  with  vent frees and keep several burning in our stores all day
 long and cannot detect any carbon dioxide with professional co2 detectors.
 All of my competitors that thought they knew more what was best for their
 customers than what the customers  thought was best >>
 
I believe the reason you did not detect any carbon dioxide with your co2
detector was because they are designed to detect CARBON MONOXIDE!  ;-)
 
Dave McKnew