Concept II U3303

I have a Hoover upright purchased in 1985, when we bought our house. It is still working great. There’s a repair shop a couple towns over where I take it every 2 years for a complete checkup. Last time, the owner told me it would be the last visit, since he could no longer get parts. That’s the same thing the Maytag guy told me me about my 30 year old washer and dryer. When you really need to clean, nothing beats a plug in vacuum like a Hoover.

I'm using a 30 year old Hoover Power Drive Supreme. In fact, I used it extensively tonight. I've never had to replace anything except bags. I have loyalty to that vacuum due to the way I acquired it. The model was the high end version at $299 retail price, which was a chunk in 1995. But one of my favorite stores in Las Vegas was going out of business so I kept an eye on it. Nope, $199 was not low ennough, even though many disagreed. Most of them were snapped up at that price. The following Monday I visited at noon. I've never even awake at noon. But I wanted to check the new rate. Unbelievable. The tag read $99. A lady saw it at the same time I did. Both of us grabbed one. There were 6 remaining. It wasn't that easy. The young lady behind the counter knew the retail price and refused to honor the $99. She didn't care what the tag read. She said she was going to tell the owner it can't be that low. The housewife and I were not thwarted. We wandered around the store for 15 or 20 minutes. Perhaps more. It was strategic. Sure enough, the girl went on her lunch break. The replacement cashier was a young guy who probably would have rung them up at 99 cents.