Hmmm, this is interesting...
It's neat to read rebuild prices. I do Kirby rebuilds myself at work and have a pretty standard/reasonable price for this that my boss (Kirby distributor) told me to charge. In a few cases I've coordinated rebuilds through Kirby Rebuild Dept, but I was given a different rate for the customer provided some special circumstances regarding the Kirbys and the fact that I was able to speak directly with Lou Varardi who is the manager over the manager of the rebuild department. He wanted to provide a great rate to the customers of these machines because of the circumstances necessitating the rebuilds.