Thread Number: 51289
Speed Queen distributor here in Queensland all new showroom |
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Post# 736726   2/21/2014 at 05:50 (3,715 days old) by mayfan69 (Brisbane Queensland Australia)   |   | |
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By virtue of being invited, due to buying 2 Speed Queen machines through my business registry, tonight I attended the SQ distributor's opening of their all new showroom and warehouse here in Queensland.
Nathan (Brisnat81) and his partner Michael came along as my guests.
We came away very impressed with their showroom, with working displays and their warehouse and mock laundry set up.
Nathan had a very interesting conversation with one of their account manager's, with the question about heater's in their domestic front loader's: the response was Alliance have been made aware of this feedback from the Australian market (which they want to grow) and it's being 'considered' and 'a possibility'. They've been made aware of the differences between the US and Australian markets and this is direct from customer feedback.
First pic: mock commercial laundry set up
Cheers Leon
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Post# 736727 , Reply# 1   2/21/2014 at 05:52 (3,715 days old) by mayfan69 (Brisbane Queensland Australia)   |   | |
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Post# 736728 , Reply# 2   2/21/2014 at 05:54 (3,715 days old) by mayfan69 (Brisbane Queensland Australia)   |   | |
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Post# 736730 , Reply# 3   2/21/2014 at 05:56 (3,715 days old) by mayfan69 (Brisbane Queensland Australia)   |   | |
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Post# 736731 , Reply# 4   2/21/2014 at 06:00 (3,715 days old) by mayfan69 (Brisbane Queensland Australia)   |   | |
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Post# 736733 , Reply# 5   2/21/2014 at 06:02 (3,715 days old) by mayfan69 (Brisbane Queensland Australia)   |   | |
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Post# 736734 , Reply# 6   2/21/2014 at 06:03 (3,715 days old) by mayfan69 (Brisbane Queensland Australia)   |   | |
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Post# 736736 , Reply# 7   2/21/2014 at 06:06 (3,715 days old) by mayfan69 (Brisbane Queensland Australia)   |   | |
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Post# 736737 , Reply# 8   2/21/2014 at 06:07 (3,715 days old) by mayfan69 (Brisbane Queensland Australia)   |   | |
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Post# 736738 , Reply# 9   2/21/2014 at 06:09 (3,715 days old) by mayfan69 (Brisbane Queensland Australia)   |   | |
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Post# 736739 , Reply# 10   2/21/2014 at 06:11 (3,715 days old) by mayfan69 (Brisbane Queensland Australia)   |   | |
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Post# 736741 , Reply# 11   2/21/2014 at 06:13 (3,715 days old) by mayfan69 (Brisbane Queensland Australia)   |   | |
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Post# 736742 , Reply# 12   2/21/2014 at 06:16 (3,715 days old) by mayfan69 (Brisbane Queensland Australia)   |   | |
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Post# 736743 , Reply# 13   2/21/2014 at 06:19 (3,715 days old) by mayfan69 (Brisbane Queensland Australia)   |   | |
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Post# 736745 , Reply# 15   2/21/2014 at 06:21 (3,715 days old) by mayfan69 (Brisbane Queensland Australia)   |   | |
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Post# 736748 , Reply# 16   2/21/2014 at 06:25 (3,715 days old) by mayfan69 (Brisbane Queensland Australia)   |   | |
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Post# 736769 , Reply# 17   2/21/2014 at 08:52 (3,715 days old) by mrb627 (Buford, GA)   |   | |
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Post# 736777 , Reply# 18   2/21/2014 at 09:48 (3,715 days old) by washman (o)   |   | |
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What an impressive display! |
Post# 736800 , Reply# 19   2/21/2014 at 13:24 (3,715 days old) by Supersuds (Knoxville, Tenn.)   |   | |
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Thanks for posting, Leon!
I can see why Australians would like internal heaters, with limited/no central hot water available. I hope that an American company (for once) will be flexible enough to listen to the needs of potential export markets.
Dumb question: Do they still make wringer washers, or is the one on display a vintage model? |
Post# 736836 , Reply# 23   2/21/2014 at 18:10 (3,715 days old) by Frigilux (The Minnesota Prairie)   |   | |
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Post# 736896 , Reply# 24   2/21/2014 at 22:49 (3,715 days old) by KenmoreBD (Mass, usa )   |   | |
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I have seen that same wringer washer at two local speed queen dealers in new england. I think it is some kind of dummy /demo display speedqueen sends the dealers. Andy |
Post# 736909 , Reply# 25   2/22/2014 at 00:09 (3,714 days old) by Supersuds (Knoxville, Tenn.)   |   | |
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Post# 736978 , Reply# 28   2/22/2014 at 11:30 (3,714 days old) by thor (Buenos Aires)   |   | |
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Nathan, are all these export models "true" 220V/240V/50Hz units, meaning they are manufactured for this line voltage and frequency, or are they just regular 115V/60Hz units with a step down transformers installed at the Factory? Thanks, Emilio |
Post# 737001 , Reply# 29   2/22/2014 at 14:03 (3,714 days old) by thor (Buenos Aires)   |   | |
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Nathan, I forgot to ask if a gas (natural) dryer is sold which matches the AWNA62 washer. Thanks, Emilio |
Post# 737041 , Reply# 32   2/22/2014 at 19:15 (3,714 days old) by rockland1 ()   |   | |
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Very nice presentation! Another QUALITY product made in WISCONSIN, USA! |
Post# 737043 , Reply# 33   2/22/2014 at 19:24 (3,714 days old) by chetlaham (United States)   |   | |
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Post# 737046 , Reply# 34   2/22/2014 at 19:36 (3,714 days old) by mrb627 (Buford, GA)   |   | |
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Post# 737092 , Reply# 35   2/23/2014 at 00:55 (3,713 days old) by Supersuds (Knoxville, Tenn.)   |   | |
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Post# 737207 , Reply# 36   2/23/2014 at 16:58 (3,713 days old) by mielerod69 (Australia)   |   | |
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Post# 737282 , Reply# 37   2/24/2014 at 01:03 (3,712 days old) by chetlaham (United States)   |   | |
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Post# 737293 , Reply# 38   2/24/2014 at 02:26 (3,712 days old) by mayfan69 (Brisbane Queensland Australia)   |   | |
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Post# 737321 , Reply# 39   2/24/2014 at 07:35 (3,712 days old) by combo52 (50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md)   |   | |
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Great thread Leon, Hopefully the new distributor will do well, it looks like they invested some money in setting it up nicely.
I also love that vertical blue SQ sign, I put a call into our SQ sales rep to see if we can get one for our new showroom. I am sure that electric drain pumps are not required outside the US Robert, but even in the US only SQ TLers and two WP DD stack machines still have a main motor driven water pump. It makes little sense to use over TEN TIMES more electricity to drain a washer 800 watts vs 80 watts, and best of all the separate drain pump not only makes belt changes a simple do-it-yourself operation on SQ TLers but should also make the belt last much longer as well. I love the claim on the TL washers placard where it says Energy Efficient 1/2 HP motor, this is one the oldest tricks in the advertising world, take one of your worst features and call it an advantage, LOL. Conventional split-phase motors use 3-4 times more power to run a washing machine as the now more common 3 phase inverter style motors. Fortunately SQ does not do this very often. These inflated and contrived claims are what really started to turn me off to Maytag in the early 1970s when I was working for them. I sat through many sales and service meetings listing to MT people telling us how the HOH dryer was the best dryer ever designed and built while all the while they had already planed on scrapping the whole design in favor of a more WP-SQ-GE-WH style dryer. |
Post# 737470 , Reply# 40   2/24/2014 at 19:24 (3,712 days old) by washman (o)   |   | |
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Halo of Heat. No hot spots according to Maytag. |
Post# 737577 , Reply# 41   2/25/2014 at 11:08 (3,711 days old) by chestermikeuk (Rainhill *Home of the RailwayTrials* Merseyside,UK)   |   | |
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Post# 737616 , Reply# 42   2/25/2014 at 18:12 (3,711 days old) by jetcone (Schenectady-Home of Calrods,Monitor Tops,Toroid Transformers)   |   | |
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Post# 737621 , Reply# 43   2/25/2014 at 18:25 (3,711 days old) by mayfan69 (Brisbane Queensland Australia)   |   | |
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Hi Jon
I'm pretty sure the sides of the Imperial pair were stainless steel as well, i can't recall grey painted steel. Nathan might be able to remember as well... I was saying to Nathan i'd like to have an Imperial washer at least, but even at wholesale price, it would still be approx AU$3800.00. Cheers Leon |
Post# 737735 , Reply# 44   2/26/2014 at 02:49 (3,710 days old) by jetcone (Schenectady-Home of Calrods,Monitor Tops,Toroid Transformers)   |   | |
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$4K is what they cost about here as well. I'm surprised they aren't more due to shipping. Are they assembled in Oz? I remember my first trip over in '81 and finding american two door refrigerators were a very hot item on the Oz market. They were going for upwards of $10k when over here they were $2K. I couldn't believe it! I think you now build two door fridges don't you?
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Post# 737747 , Reply# 45   2/26/2014 at 04:13 (3,710 days old) by mayfan69 (Brisbane Queensland Australia)   |   | |
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Hey Jon
I didn't realise the price of the Imperial's was the close to those in the US....a bit surprised at that....they're not assembled here. Certainly there's more of a price disparity with the TL's: I managed to buy the TL at wholesale for AU$1550.00, where I understand the TL in the US is about US$750??
As for fridges: Australia no longer makes fridges at all: Electrolux recently closed the factory here and they're now imported from Thailand.
Cheers Leon
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Post# 737889 , Reply# 46   2/26/2014 at 17:35 (3,710 days old) by jetcone (Schenectady-Home of Calrods,Monitor Tops,Toroid Transformers)   |   | |
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Post# 738154 , Reply# 47   2/27/2014 at 21:09 (3,709 days old) by rapunzel (Sydney)   |   | |
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Post# 738165 , Reply# 49   2/27/2014 at 23:15 (3,708 days old) by rapunzel (Sydney)   |   | |
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Didn't F&P close their Cleveland plant? |
Post# 738168 , Reply# 50   2/27/2014 at 23:32 (3,708 days old) by washer111 ()   |   | |
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I thought it was still open - but they may very well have. Perhaps I should make a visit to a "BigBox" and see what I can see... |
Post# 738181 , Reply# 51   2/28/2014 at 00:16 (3,708 days old) by mayfan69 (Brisbane Queensland Australia)   |   | |
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