Two weeks ago I was going to go to Target or Sears looking for a new vacuum. My brother was going with me. So he comes walking out of his car with a vacuum hanging from his arm. I asked him what is that? He said it's a vaccum for you. He told me that his wife had found it at a thrift shop. But I said to him, I wanted to buy one of the bag less ones. He told me it is bag less. Then I told him I need a heavy duty one because of the dog hair. He said this was a commercial vacuum. He also gave me a big bag with all the attachments and replacement filters. I never heard of the name of the vacuum before but heard of the company that sold it. Amway sold this vaccum and was the first to introduce bag less vacuums. I just looked up the model that my brother bought for me and someone was selling it on e-bay for $409. These vacuums sold upwards of $1,000! Anyway, I'm IN LOVE with this vacuum. It makes doing my rugs a breeze. Wow, what hair this thing picks up. The down side is I constantly have to empty the bag less container, but that's a minor annoyance. I actually look forward to doing my rugs now. It's not too heavy to push for a commercial product. Oh yeah, and the added bonus is that my brother only paid $10 for it and all the attachments that came along with it!! Talk about getting a bargain! So do check out your local thrift shops.............you never know what treasures you may find there! Barbara p.s. Here is the name of the vacuum I have...................AMWAY VACUUM CMS1000 ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2011. All material remains the property of the original author and of GSD Communication, Inc. NO REPRODUCTIONS or FORWARDS of any kind are permitted without prior permission of the original author AND of the Showgsd-l Management. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. Each Author is responsible for the content of his/her post. This group and its administrators are not responsible for the comments or opinions expressed in any post. ALL PERSONS ARE ON NOTICE THAT THE FORWARDING, REPRODUCTION OR USE IN ANY MANNER OF ANY MATERIAL WHICH APPEARS ON SHOWGSD-L WITHOUT THE EXPRESS PERMISSION OF ALL PARTIES TO THE POST AND THE LIST MANAGEMENT IS EXPRESSLY FORBIDDEN, AND IS A VIOLATION OF LAW. VIOLATORS OF THIS PROHIBITION WILL BE PROSECUTED. For assistance, please contact the List Management at admin@xxxxxxxxxxx VISIT OUR WEBSITE - http://showgsd.org SUBSCRIPTION:http://showgsd.org/mail.html NATIONAL BLOG - http://gsdnational.blogspot.com/ ============================================================================