howdy today @dollarsandsense! yes I thought the dyson's were expensive, wow. nothing compared to the Kirbys back then. but at least you got that salesman his vacation I'm sure. yeah I think I made a mistake..yes sir, my bad..I was thinking of Hoover. It was the Hoover plant that closed or moved overseas not Kirby. I suppose they still make Kirbys right where they always did, I haven't been vacuum shopping for years so I haven't seen one forever.