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Sunday, February 24, 2013
Monday, February 18, 2013
Stair Lifts looking for the Cheap Deal
If you are looking for the cheapest deal on a Stair Lift Online, you have many options....Or at least it looks that way. Their are actually only Two Primary models sold online: Acorn and Harmar. (Others may sell some but not in any volume)
When one searches, it may look like there are 40 different manufacturer's:
Ameirglide, Stairlifts 101, 101 mobility, Jameson, The Scooter Store, A1 Mobility, SilverCross and 50 more...
All of these sites are Middleman sites. They only offer 2 Lifts or a version of these 2. All Cable winding drum lifts are made by Harmar. No one else makes this old technology because they consistently set the slack safety and must be manually reset by pulling up on the Steel cable wedged between the aluminum track and hope you do not get your hand trapped by the weight of the lift after the safety releases. Not something your Grandma should do!
3. The others is Acorn a long standing Foreign Manufacturer who tried to sell to dealers, but ran into too many difficulties producing a solid consistent product. Now they primarily sell DIY because it is the most profitable for them. They are a Foreign Manufacturer who can sell at a bottom of the barrel price, but typically sell DIY at the same price any local Stair lift company sells at. $3,000-3,400.
i post these to reveal the schemes of the Internet Middleman who only host a website and never intend to show up to your home or offer a showroom to test out a unit.
Please be cautious when dealing with Cyber Retailers claiming to offer a CHEAP Deal. If it sounds too good to be true...It likely is.
When one searches, it may look like there are 40 different manufacturer's:
Ameirglide, Stairlifts 101, 101 mobility, Jameson, The Scooter Store, A1 Mobility, SilverCross and 50 more...
All of these sites are Middleman sites. They only offer 2 Lifts or a version of these 2. All Cable winding drum lifts are made by Harmar. No one else makes this old technology because they consistently set the slack safety and must be manually reset by pulling up on the Steel cable wedged between the aluminum track and hope you do not get your hand trapped by the weight of the lift after the safety releases. Not something your Grandma should do!
3. The others is Acorn a long standing Foreign Manufacturer who tried to sell to dealers, but ran into too many difficulties producing a solid consistent product. Now they primarily sell DIY because it is the most profitable for them. They are a Foreign Manufacturer who can sell at a bottom of the barrel price, but typically sell DIY at the same price any local Stair lift company sells at. $3,000-3,400.
i post these to reveal the schemes of the Internet Middleman who only host a website and never intend to show up to your home or offer a showroom to test out a unit.
Please be cautious when dealing with Cyber Retailers claiming to offer a CHEAP Deal. If it sounds too good to be true...It likely is.
www.access2parts.com
www.access2parts.com
So we got the second load of National Wheelovator parts today.
We have a large volume of CDE Hydro Pump/Tank combination one piece. Both Steel tank & plastic tank. LEV motor Gear combination sets.
www.countryhomeelvator.com
So many parts in inventory now it will take some time to add all the ThyssenKrupp Access parts and National Wheelvoator parts all in one searchable Parts database.
Please visit www.access2parts.com
So we got the second load of National Wheelovator parts today.
We have a large volume of CDE Hydro Pump/Tank combination one piece. Both Steel tank & plastic tank. LEV motor Gear combination sets.
www.countryhomeelvator.com
So many parts in inventory now it will take some time to add all the ThyssenKrupp Access parts and National Wheelvoator parts all in one searchable Parts database.
Please visit www.access2parts.com
Friday, January 18, 2013
DIY Home Elevators?
DIY HOME ELEVATORS????
Recently I called out a website who was offering DIY Home elevators that could also be used in commercial applications. This obviously was not a Legal or Code compliant offer. They had the nerve to say that they were "Elevator Experts". I challenged this and it was taken down and revised. This company has sold No Elevators that I can tell. Their supplier has shipped only a few in over a year. Now they offer another drive system having never built or shipped one.
As always, do your home work and ask to see other installations or a SHOW
ROOM with real product. would you really pay 100% of $16,000-19,000 before you ever looked at or road an elevator product from an online Retailer who has NO history of selling an elevator and makes claims that are not Safe or Code compliant, just to save a few dollars?
Please choose wisely.
www.countryhomeelevator.com offers real LOCAL professionals to assist with your project start to finish.
Elevatorexpert
Recently I called out a website who was offering DIY Home elevators that could also be used in commercial applications. This obviously was not a Legal or Code compliant offer. They had the nerve to say that they were "Elevator Experts". I challenged this and it was taken down and revised. This company has sold No Elevators that I can tell. Their supplier has shipped only a few in over a year. Now they offer another drive system having never built or shipped one.
As always, do your home work and ask to see other installations or a SHOW
ROOM with real product. would you really pay 100% of $16,000-19,000 before you ever looked at or road an elevator product from an online Retailer who has NO history of selling an elevator and makes claims that are not Safe or Code compliant, just to save a few dollars?
Please choose wisely.
www.countryhomeelevator.com offers real LOCAL professionals to assist with your project start to finish.
Elevatorexpert
Wednesday, November 14, 2012
DIY Stair Lifts - Real Customer Comments
Wow time flies and new scams pop up every day. Too much work to list all the inaccurate web information or shady offers for Stair Lifts online.
This is a posting from a real customer of Ameriglide. It is good that real customers are allowed to post. The reality is that this unit was not likely a Used unit. It could have been a unit that was shipped out and the customer could not complete the install and it was shipped back. I also see some offering Factory Re-manufactured Stair Lifts. I have been to the Factories and have been told that they do NO Re-manufacturing. Be careful with sending cash to an online DIY Retailer. You paid 100% before it shipped and have no way to drive to their House and get your money back. As always be aware of who you are buying from.
AmeriGlide Cable-Driven Stair Lift | |
Jul 12, 2012 3:23 PM
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| Lake Guy from Wisconsin would not recommend this to a friend. | |
| A Little About Myself |
Healthy 72-Year Old Male
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| Pros |
Reasonably priced, used unit, in fair-to-good condition.
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| Cons |
Heavy. Installation instructions are confusing in places. The "slack cable" safety device is overly sensitive. Track alignment, cleanliness, and lubrication must be perfect to allow the chair to go downstairs without having the "slack cable" device engage. This then requires an able-person to disengage the "slack cable" device.
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| Service & Delivery |
Shipment came quickly.
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Buy a rack & pinion powered stair lift instead of this cable powered lift! The lift came with three track sections. The links for the middle section were in the wrong end of the track, and the instructions do not explain that there is a left & right side to the track. Thus, I put the track together wrong, and had to reassemble the track after completely installing the lift. I had to call AmeriGlide & the lift manufacturer to get help with the "slack cable" safety device problem.
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| 52 of 55 people found this review helpful | |
Friday, June 8, 2012
Need more Garage Space? Attic Lifts from Spacelift
www.atticlift.net
When you can no longer park your car in the garage, then you need a SpaceLift Attic storage lift to move your boxes to the extra space over the garage.
When you can no longer park your car in the garage, then you need a SpaceLift Attic storage lift to move your boxes to the extra space over the garage.
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