DesertTortoise
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I agree in part Gr8DaneDad, my whole life I have practiced buying good quality items and then taking very good care of them. That is why my "daily driver" is a thirty year old Kenmore canister and why I am now so adept and disassembling Powermates and resurrecting them when they die. My fiancee rolls her eyes at the age of some of the stuff I use and how careful I am with it. She tears things up like most people do then expects new. Then the fight begins ......... 
For most working families coming up with that initial $800-$900 to purchase a high end vacuum is daunting with all the other demands on one's finances. I don't know if you ever spent any time down in the bottom of the heap, but I did and I remember what a struggle it was, and I was one of the smarter ones who never, ever for any reason borrowed money or used credit. I always had some money in the bank, just in case, but coughing up that much money in one chunk for a household product? I hit the thrift stores or prowled the Penny Saver for second hand items when buying big ticket household goods. This is, I think, why cheap nasty vacuums will be with us for a long time (same with washer/dryer combos, boy have they all gone down the tubes, anyone remember the stainless steel drums of Speed Queen washers and dryers?). What I cannot get over is how chintzy the top of the line Kenmore Intuition canister is for how much Sears is asking for the thing. That, friends, to me is an insult.

For most working families coming up with that initial $800-$900 to purchase a high end vacuum is daunting with all the other demands on one's finances. I don't know if you ever spent any time down in the bottom of the heap, but I did and I remember what a struggle it was, and I was one of the smarter ones who never, ever for any reason borrowed money or used credit. I always had some money in the bank, just in case, but coughing up that much money in one chunk for a household product? I hit the thrift stores or prowled the Penny Saver for second hand items when buying big ticket household goods. This is, I think, why cheap nasty vacuums will be with us for a long time (same with washer/dryer combos, boy have they all gone down the tubes, anyone remember the stainless steel drums of Speed Queen washers and dryers?). What I cannot get over is how chintzy the top of the line Kenmore Intuition canister is for how much Sears is asking for the thing. That, friends, to me is an insult.