Finding vintage machines at that price point isn't always possible. I've paid up too $100 for an example I wanted badly, but in 25 years of collecting I've never found a 'good' vacuum in a thrift store other than 2 Kirby's. Out here in the west, even in big cities, there are fewer of them around. Several years ago, I drove cross country on I-40 and I bought 7 vacuums in 7 states and paid less than $50 for the lot of them, and they got progressively cheaper the further East I went. The only vintage Electrolux I don't have is an LX, and I'm not paying what they are asking on eBay... someday I'll find one or trade one but I'm not going north of $100 for one unless it's NIB or very very close.
