notoepik just reminded me that my parents bought a Rainbow vacuum cleaner from some salesman who probably worked in a similar manner. It was actually a good vacuum cleaner, but a pain in the butt to use b/c you were always dragging the canister around with you and it was much easier to tip over than you were supposed to believe. It lasted a long time though.
I'm not sure if my dad was always cheap and frugle with his purchases but I can see him haggling the salesman down to an unprecedented low price for the vacuum. I don't know how my dad does it but he knows how to work salesmen... I wish that rubbed off on me.
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