VC to furlough 80 employees
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Megunticook
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Why do they do that to people right before the holidays? They have to put that stress on them right now? A mega corporation like HNI can't afford a few week's wages for these people to get them through the rest of the year?
It sucks, but personally I'd rather know before I went and bought a bunch of stuff for people for Christmas that I can no longer afford.
4 years ago it took me 6 months to get in a stove that I ordered and now they are just sitting on overstock. It's wild to me that demand had dropped so much for these stoves.
I wonder if it’s because so many have been having issues with them being so finicky to run that they’ve stopped selling. I see on this forum and others of people having issues with them and people not recommending first time owners get them.
That very well could be. This was my first stove and if I hadn't found this place I would hate it. I still have a love/hate relationship, but it is more love now that I know the learning curve.
The company and product has just changed so much throughout the years. I had seen the old stoves/known people that owned one and absolutely loved it. That was why I chose to get one. The new stoves are just shadows of the originals. I don't think there is any feasible way to revive the brand. It is not just VC, most stove manufacturers are struggling to keep their stoves up to new EPA standards. I think a lot of itncomes down to cost of retooling to make a new model and the temptations to keep old well known stove models in the lineup.
Megunticook
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I bought a new Encore direct from VC back in '02. As I understand it that was right before the quality issues started to come into play. Some might call the stove fussy, but for someone like me who pays attention, keeps dry wood on hand (for the most part!), and keeps up on maintenance, it's been rock-solid for over 20 years (we heat the home with it). But these stoves maybe aren't the best for a casual weekend user. And the company kind of sabotaged its reputation with poor service and quality issues.
Wonder if heat pumps are having any effect on the wood stove market...
Wonder if heat pumps are having any effect on the wood stove market...
Wisco Shepherd
Minister of Fire
The hard thing is there are so many other options these days. Some stoves are great value like Drolet and Englander models, some are ultra high performance like BK, there are great non cat models from PE and others. The VC stoves don't seem to be the "best" at anything.................
....except maybe in the looks department (to some, surely not me, but discussing taste is useless...)
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