My own top three:
<span style="font-family: trebuchet ms,geneva;">1) A Sebo Felix for $8 from the Salvation Army that only had one problem -- it was clogged up with (among other things) a child's knitted coin purse! Also, the wraparound exhaust filter was hanging loosely on the cleaner body rather than being firmly attached. I cleaned the machine up an out, reattached the filter, and bought some bags for it -- yielding me a perfect cleaner for roughly $22.
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<span style="font-family: trebuchet ms,geneva;">2) An Electrolux Oxygen 3 Deepclean (canister only: no hose, attachments, or PN) for $10 also from the Salvation Army that was completely dead. My friend Tom Rosiek, a local vac shop owner to whom I brought the machine, determined the problem was with the Sumo board -- and fixed the existing board for $25 instead of replacing it altogether. Since I already had a hose, attachments, and a PN from my TwinClean that also fit on the Oxy3, my total cost for this otherwise perfect condition machine was $35!</span>
<span style="font-family: trebuchet ms,geneva;">3) A Windsor Sensor SR12 upright marked down from $12 to $6 at the now-defunct Project RETAP Thrift Store. They were going out of business, and were having a 50% off sale the day I found the Sensor. It just needed a good cleaning, new bags and filters, new brush roll, and some electrical tape in a couple of spots on the cord. Otherwise, it was (and still is) in beautiful shape! For those who have read my posts in the past, this machine is my daily driver.</span>
<span style="font-family: trebuchet ms,geneva;">Bill W.
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