Are we really this cheap?!?

October 9, 2008

Well, today we had the Kirby vacuum cleaner guy come to show us the vacuum. They called us the day before to see if we were interested in a free carpet cleaning in our rooms. I told them that I’m not that interested in having them come because I’m not going to buy anything. They said that it was just an opinion poll to see how well it cleans the carpet and that they definitely wouldn’t be charging anything for the cleaning. Well, they didn’t charge for the carpet cleaning but, they gave us a 2 hour presentation on how wonderful the Kirby vacuum was. It was pretty cool but, they wanted $2199 for this vacuum. I’m not sure why anyone would spend that kind of money on a vacuum, even if it did last 50 years. You could buy a Bissell for $69, at least 17 times over to equal that price. Anyways, it was funny though because our kids were really into the vacuum guy. He kept saying phrases like, “ Isn’t it the best vacuum ever!?!” and Logan shouted like in the game shows “YES IT IS !!!” It was soooo funny. He was so enthused! I think the vacuum salesmen look for people who are like Logan when they sell. Logan got out his toy Dirt Devil vacuum to show the vacuum salesman that he is a good cleaner and knows his vacuum’s. Landon was just attracted to the shininess of the vacuum…he kept drawing near it and touching it, but every time the salesman went near him to show him something he would quickly run to me or dad to hide from him. Anyways, Logan had a great time with the salesman and was sad to have him leave after we let him know that we wouldn’t be purchasing the vacuum but appreciated the free cleaning. It’s the simple things in life you treasure!