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Vollara Technology Testimonials

Kristin & Bob MacPherson -- Fresh Air, Business Outlook and Customer Service

Kristin (and Will) Sumption -- Fresh Air

Jerry Parrish -- Dementia, Air Pollution and Nursing Homes

Rose Bencomo -- ecobox

Cynthia -- Nursing Home Story PHX

Ken Dockery -- Fresh Air -- Military

Ken Dockery -- Fresh Air -- Military

Angela & Angelo Elder -- Fresh Air sale in the park

Dr. & Mrs. Ed L. Fomby -- Bat odor and Fresh Air.

Clint & Cindy Crochet -- Chemotherapy odors

Jane De La Rosa, Senior Dealer -- SafeHearth Heaters

Tim Hudley -- Fish odor and BreezeAT

Barbara Thaxton, CMIT -- Living Air beats Oreck

 

Fresh Air, Business Outlook and Customer Service

 

Hello Team!

I am so excited.  I want to show each of you that customer service pays off.

 

I started calling my most recent customers and have decided to go until I finish. Out of 9 calls, I spoke with 5 and left 4 messages. This is what I said:

“Hi, is this Julie?  Hi, Julie, this is Kristin with Fresh Air.  I wanted to call and see how your Fresh Air is running?”

 

Pause and wait for their response. So far they have all said their machines are running great.

 

“Great!  I thought you would like to know that the University of Kansas is doing testing on the H1N1 Swine Flu Virus and the preliminary testing has been VERY positive.  I thought you would like to know that ... especially with flu season upon us.  I also wanted to see if you knew of any other families or businesses that would like to be protected this fall and winter?”

 

Pause.

“I am also looking for individuals that could use extra income.  I need help getting this technology out to families.  Does anyone come to mind?”

 

Key points:

  1. Get reacquainted with your customer, but do not keep them on the phone long.

  2. You can ask more questions: Has anything changed in your home: flooding, mold, pets smoking odors, food odors, allergies, snoring, headaches, waking up with congestion? (That’s how I found out about the snoring with Julie).

  3. Ask if they still have your number and when anyone comes to mind for the FA or extra $ they can call you.

  4. Ask if there are any address or email changes.

I was amazed at how much people appreciated my call.  On the 9th call Julie said she had just took her daughter to college and the dorm room stunk.  She is buying an EcoBox and is trading in her Classic for a Fresh Air.  She has one in her basement.  Come to find out, she said her husband snores horrifically, so we are putting her Fresh Air in their bedroom tomorrow.  I told her not to tell him so it will be a better test.

 

This is so fun!

 

Testimonial:

 

Terry Cullison is working with mold remediators and a couple of weeks ago he placed a Fresh Air in a home where the wife literally had to move out because she got so sick from the mold.  Long story short, they ran the Fresh Air and tested the home again and it reduced the mold more than 90%.  They bought 2 Fresh Airs and an EcoBox and the wife is back home!  Wow!  This stuff is powerful.  Way to go, Terry!

 

Kristin and Bob MacPherson

 

Fresh Air (happy customer) in California

November 18, 2008

 

Hi Judi:

 

I just wanted to send you a quick note to tell you how thankful we still are for our air purifier! Being in the military has given us our share of really gross houses and the air purifier is always to the rescue! Yesterday I discovered another use; we use cloth diapers and after I had them all washed and clean I laid them out in front of it and zapped them! AMAZING! I have the cleanest smelling diapers this side of town! Thank you again!

 

Love,

Kristin (and Will) Sumption

Temecula, CA

 

 

Nursing Home Story

Dementia, Air Pollution and Nursing Homes

 

My aunt had been in a nursing home for some time and had really bad dementia. If you are not aware, dementia is like Alzheimer’s. She had problems keeping on the same subject in a sentence and recognizing people close in the family. Before she went into the nursing home, she and my uncle wrote up living wills for “no resuscitation” in case they were to get in a health state that required them to be hooked up to life support.


She went into congestive heart failure in February 2007. She was alive, but totally non responsive, no movement, nothing. My cousin, their daughter, was with her 24 hours a day to keep her mouth moist with wet sponge swabs. I went in to visit a day later. Still no movement, nothing. They gave her 7-10 days to live.


I returned two days later. She was still lying there with no movement, no response to anything. The urine smell in the room was so bad that it made my eyes water. Nursing homes are often bad; but her room was totally disgusting. I found out later that the smell was from her roommate.


After 15 minutes, I could not stand it. I went to my car, got a PXH and plugged it in the wall. I did this to get rid of the urine odor so people could visit without the agony of the smell. This was 1:00 pm on a Wednesday. At 4:30 am on Thursday (fifteen and a half hours after the air purification process had begun), my aunt woke up and asked for a chocolate shake. At 7:00 she wanted to go to breakfast, where she ate like a horse.


This is a year later: February 20, 2008. She passed away on January 30. The home made us take the unit out in December because they "didn't want any extra equipment plugged into the wall sockets."


My cousin and I feel that her mother was able to spend an extra year with us due to the impact air purification had on the air in her room. She would do great whenever she was in her room. When she left to go to the lunch room and then they took her to the day room, her recognition would go down and her sentences would start getting jumbled. Then she would go back into her room...the recognition would go back up and her sentences would start making sense again after about an hour.


People can call it what they want; but I feel the PHX prolonged my aunt's life and gave her an improved qualify of life for the better part of a year. I've read that dementia is a disease where the brain does not get enough oxygen. There was oxygen in that nursing home, but the pollution load in my aunt's contaminated room was too heavy for her body to cope with. What happens when the body is overwhelmed? It shuts certain functions down in an attempt to survive. Even when oxygen was made available through nose tubes, she was breathing through her mouth and sucking in more bad air than good.


IF I ever had any doubt as to what our technologies can do for people, any doubt was removed on that Thursday morning a year ago when my cousin called to tell me the good news about my aunt waking up.


The minister who had been in there praying for her 3-4 times a day could not believe it. He said when he walked in the room on that Thursday morning to pray for her that he noticed that the urine smell was gone.


The nursing home does not want to spend money to make their establishment better because they are full and have a waiting list. It does not matter if someone dies. They still have a full house. That is my opinion, of course, but it fits with the answers I got when I tried to talk with them about putting our technology in their facility.

 

Jerry Parrish

Kansas City 

 

Nursing Home Story

A fan of Vollara technology (he has 5 cats and loves his Fresh Air) just purchased a PHX for his mother who is in an assisted living center. The mother and her roommate share a room but the roommate has a very noticeable urinary problem which had become offensive. They tried the former PHX and the odor was cleared up within one day. The new PHX ($200 less expensive) was purchased but the room was absent a unit overnight. I spoke with Gary this evening and he couldn't believe the major difference. One day without it and the problem was back, then 24 hours later, absolutely no odor at all.

 

Yours in fresher air,

Cynthia

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Dear Chippy News Readers,

 

"Easy Susan" Eppes sent this letter. When her husband died, Susan had a "foot in the door," so to speak, with the Cypress-Fairbanks funeral home. What a trooper she is! The funeral home bought a Fresh Air and she just sent this letter of gratitude. You've got to admit this is an unusual story.

 

Susan picked up her nickname "Easy" because she heard about Vollara one evening and ordered a Success Pack the next day. She is a wonderful, upbeat lady and a successful loser with the Enzyme Diet. You've got to admit, everything about Susan Eppes makes a person smile.

 

She sure as heck isn't "Lazy Susan"!

 

Sincerely,

Bob Giddens

 

 

Hi Bob!

Thanks for thinking of me with your 4th of July greeting. That was unique, and I really enjoyed it. It also reminded me to put the flag out tomorrow! My Dad was a Marine until death and had always encouraged me to remember the men and women who serve our country.

I'm looking forward to meeting Michelle next week, and to seeing you in August. I'll be at convention and hopefully it'll be just what I need to get back in the game. By the way, I'm attaching a testimonial letter from Ed's funeral home. I was very fortunate to get my "foot in the door", and
they are extremely happy with what the Fresh Air is doing for their facility. I'm also a Summit Climber with one machine coming to me each month. So far I've sold each one, and I do continue to BELIEVE.

Blessings for a safe 4th.....
"Easy Susan" Eppes

 

 

 

Dear Chippy News:

 

You may know that our son, Jake Dockery is in Iraq.  He wrote us about the all-pervasive, powder-fine dust that chokes everyone, covers everything, and makes the jobs of those in close quarters very difficult and unhealthful. 

 

Mr. Mike Jackson, when he read Jake’s note, immediately sent 10 Fresh Air units to Jake’s post.  Mr. Jackson made the announcement of the gift of support from the stage at VisionQuest.  He immediately had folks put checks in his hand to help with this.

 

We have received letters of thanks and great appreciation, from Jake, from his commander, and below, we share a note from one of the co-workers serving in their outfit.  We thought you’d like to know first-hand about how much our company’s generosity impacts others.

 

Please continue to faithfully pray for our military members and their families.  Your support, encouragement and prayers are so much appreciated by them.  We certainly owe each and every one a debt beyond our ability to repay!

 


Dear Mr. Dockery,

 

My name is Hope Xxxx, and I work with your son Jake in Iraq.  Jake provided my office with two of your Fresh Air Treatment Systems and I wanted to extend my sincere thanks for those systems.  These two systems have been remarkable for our offices that were in much need of air purification systems.

 

This product has significantly made a difference to our work areas.  So much so, I am going to purchase one for my own home.  Again, thank you so very much for the donations to the military and civilians that are serving in Iraq.  I would also like to take the opportunity to wish you and your family a happy holiday season.

 

Sincerely,

Hope Xxxx

 

 

 

Dear Chippy News:

 

Angelo and I were walking in the park last Sunday, and ours was the only car in the parking lot. But we saw an elderly gentleman along the path...

 

My big mouth being what it is... I struck up a conversation with him. He had a nice face and intelligent eyes.

We talked about the great weather, the fun of seeing young families using the park to watch their kids play sports and the sadness that they sometimes don't pick up their trash when they leave.

 

Somehow, Angelo made mention of my walking daily now without using my cane anymore...which led to nutritionals and one's health. As we laughed and shared experiences, we listened to his story about his life and family and his deteriorating health in his older years.

Somehow the conversation came around to his asking what we do for a living--a rather common path that conversations take. I said we use clean air to help us with indoor allergens, etc. Of course,
he asked, "How do you do that?" and we gave a quick short response.

 

No sooner had I described our Fresh Air purifier and how it works than he said, "I want to buy one. Do you have one with you in your truck?"

 

We did, of course. He didn't live far from the park so we offered to drive him home.  It was a lovely home, almost spotless inside, with beautiful floors, carpets and artwork from across the globe. He had mementos of his life as a chemical engineer working in many foreign lands. The home did have an "old people" smell about it though...and we knew immediately that he needed this machine after all. We spoke of many things...and when we left it was with hugs good-bye.

You know, we felt we'd been blessed. This kindly soul didn't know us or have any reason to expect to buy a machine that day; and we really didn't discuss the equipment as much as just make friendly conversation. It just goes to show you that people are everywhere. If you share some information--and with no need to go overboard--you may have an opportunity to help someone and earn some money, too.

We'll be looking in on this friend every so often. We don't think many do. He is a treasure of a person, and we're so glad to have met him. We'll gain a lot just by knowing him.

You know, there are people like this gentleman all around us, day in and day out. Some are young, some old, and we don't seem to see them as we rush through our own lives. Remember the saying about stopping to smell the roses? Life is the rose, and so are the people you meet in it. This business allows us to earn our income, live our lives, and share great beneficial discoveries with everyone along the way. What a bouquet!

Angela Elder

 

 

 

 

SpringHouse
Whole Home Water Purification System
Customer Letter of Testimony

  

March 13, 2006
 
Buddy Smith
G.A. Smith Products
Kerrville, Texas
 
Dear Buddy,

I just wanted to tell you how Alice and I are enjoying the SpringHouse water purifier. Our water comes from a well in the Trinity Aquifer in Kerr County. The well is 683 feet in depth and is full of iron and other minerals.

Since we dug the well about 5 years ago, it has produced water so rusty that we could not wash white clothes without staining them. We were forced to discontinue wearing whites or using white sheets and pillowcases. In fact, we took our light-colored clothes to Ingram to wash them at my mom's house.

I was not sure that the SpringHouse was the answer to our problem, but your confidence in the product persuaded me to give it a try. Within a few minutes of installation, we carefully sampled the water by drinking it. It has been many years since we have drunk water from the faucet. We were on the bottled water circuit and rarely went to town without taking a jug to purchase water.

When we tasted it, we were amazed that the well water was so good. It has now been a couple of months since our purchase and the system is still producing wonderful water. Our bathroom fixtures no longer have to be scoured with chemicals to get them clean.

I don't often come across a product that deserves a testimonial letter, but the SpringHouse has helped us so much that I want to let other people know about its effectiveness.

Many thanks,
E. L. "Butch" Young
120 Rover Lane
Ingram, Texas 78025
830-367-4655

 

NOTE FROM CHIPPYNEWS.COM

 

We are delighted that SpringHouse is working so ideally for Butch and we love his letter. In some applications, one or more pre-filters will be needed to take out sediment or iron or sulfur (it depends on the water from a given source). Filtering equipment is readily available through plumbing supply companies and all plumbers know how to install these units. The SpringHouse deals with many classes of pollutants, especially the bio contaminants such as bacteria, algae and mold. As Butch's letter states, SpringHouse is also great for fixing the taste and smell of water, as well as for removing chlorine. Since it serves the entire home, this applies to bathing water as well as to drinking, ice-making and food preparation water.

 

 

 

Dr. & Mrs. Ed L. Fomby

900 E. Houston Ave.

Crockett, TX 75835

August 14, 2005

 

Dear Mr. Smiley (Dr. Fomby's Vollara distributor),

 

We bought a large, 100-year-old Victorian home, which had a bat colony in the attic for many years. After replacing the roof and closing all the openings that bats could come through, we had the attic cleaned and new insulation installed, but it still smelled strong and the smell leaked into the house. We tried various sprays, odor absorbers, and had ventilation added, but nothing seemed to work.

 

We bought a Fresh Air Surround for the attic and it finally began to remove the smell. Our other Fresh Air had the interior of our home smelling fresh in 24 hours.

 

Needless to say, we are very pleased and have bought a third Fresh Air for our children's apartment.

 

Thank you,

 

Ed Fomby

 

 

 

Duayne,

Sorry it took me so long to get this email to you.  I wanted to thank you for stopping by the other day and let you know again how much my husband and I love our Fresh Air Purifier.  It is something I most probably would never have thought to buy for ourselves, but it has truly made a difference in our home.  Our home is almost 100 years old and when you close it up there is a musty smell when you come back in, even if it is only a day or two.  Not anymore with our Fresh Air.

My husband has recently been diagnosed with cancer and is undergoing chemo at present.  It has made a tremendous difference removing that chemo smell from our home.  It would be wonderful for anyone going through this type of treatment.  We put it in the den in the daytime and in the bedroom at nite and have a fresh smell all the time. 

Thanks so much!!!  It is a wonderful product.  We would recommend it to anyone.

 

Clint and Cindy Crochet

Addis, LA

 

 

 

 

TO:  Bob Giddens

 

FROM: Jane De La Rosa, SD

 

SUBJECT :  SafeHearth heaters

 

I wanted to share my experience with the SafeHearth heaters that I think the world should know.

 

I live in Florida and the rest of my family lives in Pennsylvania. As the Holidays were coming around I was going nuts trying to figure out what I could get for my parents and a couple of Aunts that are all retired, living on fixed incomes, in an area that sees plenty of cold weather. Their gas bills to heat the home are rising constantly. 

 

I saw the SafeHearth in the back of the catalog and just knew that was going to be my gift to them. The safety features were the biggest seller, the heating ability was next and the design was an added plus. I am 3rd oldest of a family of 14 children which have blessed my parents with 48 grand children and 4 great grandchildren. They all live in my little home town but myself and my family, 3 of the grandchildren and 1 of the great grandchildren, and they all gather at my parents home every day. I tell you this so you will understand why safety was the biggest selling point. Their home is big and very old, with a full basement, 1st, 2nd and 3rd floor of living space.

 

When my parents received the boxes they were amazed. They hooked one up in the living room and one in the hallway on the second floor where the bedrooms and bath is located. The next morning, it was a very cold blistery morning, my mother called with tears in her voice to tell me what a pleasure it was to get up in the morning and have a nice warm steady clean heat. The heater on the second floor filters into all the rooms to include the 3rd floor. The heater on the first floor filters throughout the entire area. 

 

Once I knew how truly happy and warm they were and the cutback they would have from the high gas bills, I knew my aunts could benefit from this also. Once again, they love it.

 

One of my aunts had a plumbing problem about the time her heater arrived and the plumber assisted her with placing it in the best spot and told her he wanted one, too. He has placed his order and is waiting on his SafeHearth to arrive.

 

This product is a real winner. The seasons are changing all over the world and for my family the last few years have consisted of winter and fall, very little summer or spring and heating bills are rising every day.

 

This product should be promoted.

 

Jane De La Rosa, Senior Dealer

 

 

 

Thanks to Sales Manager Tim Hundley

Al is an Operations Manager with a Fork Lift company. Well, one of their fork lifts came back from a rental where it had been used on a loading dock or warehouse that handled FISH!

 

"Oh my gosh," said Al. "It smelled so much like fish that even after the general washing it still was too bad to go back in service!"

 

Al put the forklift in a big room with a air purifier sitting on the seat and covered the whole thing with a tarp. He set it on HIGH and left it running overnight.

 

You know the end of this story, right? Yes, the next day they uncovered the forklift and even in the engine housing, the whole thing smelled fresh as the air "after a thunderstorm."

 

We don't recommend pouring tuna fish juice on the carpet in a prospect's house, but I do suggest that you take your Fresh Air units out in the field and see just what they WILL do for your clients.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Customer Story and Testimonial

“I considered buying two Orecks but I would rather have one Living Air.”

 

On June 30, 2004, I sent a Fresh Air to Gxxxx Vxxxxxx in Orland Hills for a 3-day trial. Four days after receiving it he called me. The night before he couldn't sleep and wound up watching an infomercial. The price of an Oreck, he said, was half that of the Fresh Air and he felt he had to try it. He wanted to send back the Fresh Air.

Since I know our Fresh Air is the ONLY air purification system that works, I told him not to send it back but to turn it off, try the Oreck and let me know the results of his test. He promised to be perfectly honest and said he would write, no matter the outcome. This morning I received this email and wanted to share it with you.

 

Sincerely,

Barbara Thaxton

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Barbara,

 

I've completed my evaluation of the Oreck unit and decided to go with the Living Air. As I promised, if I decided on Living Air, I would write this message to thank you for your exceptional support and honesty. While the price difference is significant, I feel the Living Air is far superior to the Oreck. The room simple feels cleaner and fresher with the Living Air. The Oreck is little more than an "Ionic Breeze with  a fan." It does what it says it does, but that's not much! The fan is louder in all modes except the "silence" mode. The selector switch has a "cheap" feel and the only control I have is over the fan speed. It also uses a charcoal filter to clean the air of odors and that's a maintenance item.

If I wasn't aware of the Living Air I probably would be satisfied with the Oreck and feel that it does more than the Sharper Image unit but having tried the Living Air, it is now apparent that the Oreck is a "Chevy" where the Living Air is a "Porsche." I had considered buying two Orecks and spend $100 less but I would rather have one Living Air.

Please finalize the purchase and charge my credit card. Thank you again for you patience.

 

Regards,

Gxxxx Vxxxxxx