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Family Letter 2014...

A year in review - from our family to yours!

 

 

In case you don't already know, Queen Vacuum is onwed and staffed by family. Quite literally, John Decker and I (Rachel) have been married for 12 years, having taken over this business right after we got hitched. We've come a long way! We don't have any kids, but we have an adorable cat, Chanel, and our three beloved Miele vacuums, UniQ, Pirouette and Neptune at home. 


 

Decker Family Portrait
The Decker "Family" (John & Rachel with pet and vacuums)

Anyway, after a few years when this business grew to be more than we could manage alone we added an amazing gal to our ranks.

Erika, now master technician and store manager has been a friend of John for over 25 years. She is like the sister John (or I) never had! A few years after that, we added one of Erika's best friends, Sarah. Yup, she's been adopted too. It's amazing how well we work together - it's like we're blood. But the beauty is that we don't fight like a real family!

Many of our customers have become dear friends too. Ultimately, this makes work a pretty great place to spend the majority of our lives, and we consider ourselves very blessed. And regardless of how well we know each of you, we do try our best to treat every customer like we would friends or family. Very well, that is!

  

As this year comes to a close, we figured it would be nice to make our year in review a little more fun and personal. A "family letter" seemed fitting - but don't worry, we do not expect one from you

Tough times
Setbacks and Road Blocks hurt this year :-(

in return.


 

Following is a quick tour through our 2014...A little bumpy indeed - thanks to lots of business-zapping CONSTRUCTION in Red Bank and a nasty flood in Neptune City - but we made it!

 

So, please enjoy these highlights from the lives of the Decker Household!  I've added in a few video links featuring each of us...I hope you'll enjoy getting to know us a little better. Then we hope you see your sunny face in our store soon so we can catch up with you, in person!


 

JOHN 

Is a busy-bee, as always! If he's not working on a car in his spare time

John fixing a mixer
John fixing a mixer in our "Repair Facilty Tour" (2010)

or fixing up the house, he's thinking about ways to improve our business. The bizarre flood that took out our Neptune City store location this past August hit us all hard - John especially. It was as backbreaking (to tear down and move) as it was heartbreaking. But now that most of the dust has settled our consolidated operation is actually more efficient and less stressful to operate. John recently refashioned the two beautiful displays from our other store for our Red Bank showroom. And after a little more rearranging, our vacuums now look incredible on their new tiered stands! John is also enjoying working our new store hours on Sundays. Since its mostly sales appointments, he gets to keep on his power-jacket (instead of repair gloves) and help people pick out new vacuums! He loves chatting with folks and teaching them how to use their new machines.

video with UniQ
See Rachel with "UniQ"
(Skip to video time 7:30)

 

RACHEL 

2 colds, 3 boughts of diverticulitis and a stomach virus made for a somewhat uncomfortable year. But it was a great way to ditch 10 unwanted pounds! Obamacare wasn't too kind to us either, but I won't get into that ;-) I did a tiny bit of clogging this year, dancing both at the Monmouth County Fair, and for StreetLife in Red Bank...always a good time! Other than that, I've been busy here at the store keeping everything running as smoothly as possible. It's been challenging trying to merge in the records and contents of the old Neptune City store, as well as trying to notify customers (existing and prospective) of the changes. My pet project has been expanding our store's Social Media presence. Managing our Facebook account, Pinterest boards, Blog, Newsletter, Website and YouTube channel is a lot of work. But I have to admit, I love it! YouTube is the hardest, but by far, the most rewarding. Customers locally and across the country have given us wonderful feedback on our videos! They're getting a little better every day. But even the older, shabbier videos have made the process of buying/selling vacuums (and cleaning products) much more fun and easy! We give out tons of information, and I think that definitely sets us apart from the competition.

Video: S7 vs Chanel
Watch Pirouette pick up the pieces of Chanel's mess!

  

CHANEL

Our kitty cat, Chanel, is a bit upset with me. She prefers to be the center of attention yet I've been locking her out of the office when I shoot video. You'll see her several times in my home-shot YouTube clips. But in the future, only her leftover fur on the couch is likely to be featured. Real fur-schmutz makes for a great video demonstration as her vacuum "siblings" clean it all up. I think Chanel is slowly forgiving me though. Her new crunchy-food dispenser keeps her well fed and busy for hours. It seems to have kept her mind off her diminished fame.


 

PIROUETTE

Our first adopted Miele vacuum was S7 Pirouette. She's been featured in several of our videos filmed at home. She keeps busy cleaning up stuff that Chanel breaks. But her favorite thing is Midnight Dustbunny Hunting. I think she prefers to work in the dark so that she can show off her fancy headlight. But truthfully, her light illuminates the dustbunnies so brightly in contrast with the darkness that it's soooo much easier to

spot them!

Video: Miele S4 Neptune
Watch Miss "Neptune" in action!

 

 

NEPTUNE

Our middle Miele vacuum is S4 Neptune. She was a rescue. When Miele retired her series and she was the last, un-adopted model of her kind in our showroom, we took her home. She is my (secret) favorite - not just because of her exquisite aqua blue color - but because, despite her quiet nature and petite frame, she works incredibly hard (especially on all the pesky dust above the floor in our house.) Chanel likes Neptune too because she doesn't tattle when Chanel makes a mess.


 

UNI-Q

The newest Miele vacuum in our family is UniQ. She is Miele's premium model so her work ethic and performance is stellar. Despite her incredible beauty she's not pretentious. She is very thoughtful and is always looking to help! In fact, last New Year's day, UniQ oversaw the painting of our renovated home office/studio/craft room. She insisted that the room must look classy and professional, yet maintain a sassy, feminine vibe. It needed the right wall color to pull it all together...and so we painted it UniQ's own color....a silvery, minky, brown. It looks amazing!


 

Despite a few challenges this year, John and I are very blessed. Yeah, this business got smacked around quite a bit. But we are still blessed to have it, our incredible friends/employees, great vacuums at home, a lovable and entertaining cat, loving "real" families, and each other. And it seems that every challenge we faced came together in the end for something good. There are of course a few left to ride out and overcome (like the impending bridge closure in Red Bank - ugh!) Such is life. But with your continued support, we'll be able to continue our incredible pattern of growth, provide for our precious business family AND serve you for decades to come!

 

Thank you and best wishes for a healthy, prosperous New Year!

  

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