So...bad fraud or okay fraud?

[Spiky Bugger]

And which of the parties is more guilty?

In about March of 2012, I bought a Swiffer Wet Jet. By the following January, it was dead. I was irritated because it had a one year warranty.

I did without (I had a housekeeper and then a steamer when I was sick), until last November. I bought another one. I kept the box it came in and the receipt was taped to the box, because it has the Good Housekeeping Seal and is supposed to last at least a year. The movers apparently did NOT appreciate my filing system, so those items are gone. (I have the AmEx receipt, but it is not itemized.)

The November purchase is now going south, in the same way. It will soon die. At age nine months.

I would need the receipt for that second one to get a replacement.

I COULD, however, go buy a third one and use THAT receipt to return the second one...or get a replacement for when this breaks down...couldn't I?

I like the convenience. But I'm irritated at the short life expectancy.

Since there are multiple webpages devoted to how unreliable these are and how they seem to break the same way, which of us is committing the bigger fraud?

Me for my sketchy plan or Proctor & Gamble for continuing to sell them? BTW, even the P & G website gives the item only three stars out of five...lol.

 

[southernlady]

IF you keep buying the damned things....

 

[JackieOnLine]

I like the convenience. But I'm irritated at the short life expectancy.

well, yes. this is WAY out of line.

I haven't tried them - this rental is almost all carpet, sadly - but is there a way around the disposable part of this? can you reuse the part you are actually picking up the dirt with? or not.

because if not, I am never getting one.

 

[Spiky Bugger]

IF you keep buying the damned things....

But, but, but...I need a mop!

 

[southernlady]

But, but, but...I need a mop!

Then buy a MOP!!! I tried the Wet Jet ONE time...the bottle leaked so I went back to the old fashioned squeeze mop...the one you use with a bucket???

 

[Spiky Bugger]

well, yes. this is WAY out of line.

I haven't tried them - this rental is almost all carpet, sadly - but is there a way around the disposable part of this? can you reuse the part you are actually picking up the dirt with? or not.

because if not, I am never getting one.

It's a wet mop. The disposable part is the pad that comes in contact with the floor. (Like a sponge on a sponge mop.) You insert the container with solution and install batteries...then you push a button and it sprays magic elixir on the floor and you mop it up. Then you throw the pad away when it gets dirty.

The part that keeps breaking is the electrical connection that makes the spray happen. Without that, it's just a heavy mop and I guess you have to get a spritzer bottle to spray the stuff on the floor.

 

[Spiky Bugger]

Then buy a MOP!!! I tried the Wet Jet ONE time...the bottle leaked so I went back to the old fashioned squeeze mop...the one you use with a bucket???

No....no, no, no. Does not compute!

 

[Spiky Bugger]

Then buy a MOP!!! I tried the Wet Jet ONE time...the bottle leaked so I went back to the old fashioned squeeze mop...the one you use with a bucket???

Look at it this way...my purchases entitled me to a minimum of 24months of a functioning product. I got about 19 months.

So...they owe me, right?

(Working on more justification angles.)

 

[chevtow]

Fool me once- shame on you. Fool me twice - shame on me. Fool me three times - someones gonna get a broken leg

 

[brooklyngirl]

I'm very fussy about mops, I've spent a good chunk of money on different ones at I hated and ended up throwing away, the wet jet was convenient, but kinda ********. I had to store it upside down or the solution would leak, and then it never really got the floor clean. In the kitchen, I felt like it just smeared around the dirt and it never was able to get the tile grout really clean, it only worked well on the hardwood floors that weren't THAT dirty to begin with.
This is the one I've been using for a while and have no complaints about http://www.amazon.com/Easy-Wring-Sp...=UTF8&qid=1407710166&sr=8-1&keywords=Spin+mop
You can use any kind of cleaner you want (eco friendly, or hardwood friendly, or whatever) whereas you can't do that with the wet jet unless you're gonna fuss with removing the open solution and swapping it out for each job. Plus there's no bending for the spin mop, and no squeezing out the water AND the mop heads are machine washable.
I do also know a few people that swear by the shark steam mop, you don't have to use any solution so it's great for babies and pets

 

[JackieOnLine]

I do also know a few people that swear by the shark steam mop, you don't have to use any solution so it's great for babies and pets

I've also heard that - it would be worth looking into if I had bare floors. in fact, I think you can use it on all kinds of things. just not carpet.

 

[brooklyngirl]

I've also heard that - it would be worth looking into if I had bare floors. in fact, I think you can use it on all kinds of things. just not carpet.

I may be wrong, but I feel like the infomercial I used to see when I'd be up at 4 am would show them using it to kill the germies in the carpet too?

 

[JackieOnLine]

oh, crap - now I really want one! I am so susceptible to infomercials I really want to believe those nice people!

 

[Terri]

What the HELL are y'all doing to the wet jets? I have had mine for at least 6 years. I only know this because I had it for a long time at our old house and we have been in this house for 5 1/2 years. I have had to replace the batteries one time. I love it to clean up spills and do my daily mopping with. I do use Bona floor cleaner and mop (I don't know how to post links and such).

 

[brooklyngirl]

What the HELL are y'all doing to the wet jets? I have had mine for at least 6 years. I only know this because I had it for a long time at our old house and we have been in this house for 5 1/2 years. I have had to replace the batteries one time. I love it to clean up spills and do my daily mopping with. I do use Bona floor cleaner and mop (I don't know how to post links and such).

I think if you're mopping everyday, the wet jet would work fine (as long as it keeps running) but I definitely do not mop everyday