The $1,000,000.00 Vacuum-- only 100 to sell - get your order in now!

[mattl]

Title kind of says it all.

 

Just Haver, VP of sales and marketing for Go Vacuum -- an online retailer of vacuum cleaners that has been around since 1996 -- has manufactured a set of 100 24-carat gold-plated vacuum cleaners, each with a price tag of $1 million.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/...-cleaner_n_1659186.html?utm_hp_ref=technology

 

[petek]

Looks like a rebadged Royal upright.. at least you get free shipping

 

[gansky1]

If your ears weren't bleeding from that ghastly rap advertisement, they will when you switch on that 10 amp motor. I consigned my 10 amp Royal to occasional use in a large open building to prevent hearing loss and still it's a danger.

 

[paulg]

Are they sold door to door?

Just wondering...

 

[lordkenmore]

Are they sold door to door?

In neighborhoods where a "starter house" is really a 30 room mansion!

 

[foraloysius]

It has a HEPA filter, they thought of that too!

 

[tolivac]

If someone was going to pay $1,000,000 for a gold plated and rebadged Royal-would bet the person would hire someone to do his vacuuming and bring their own machine.and yes,the 10A Royals make too much noise-the 7A models do just as well and are quieter-and to top it off----that gold plated Royal is made in China!Bet you could buy a metal Royal vacuum-then have a plating shop plate it in gold for less cost.

 

[gansky1]

There is vacuum shop here that had a 24k gold plated Kirby vacuum for sale for far less. It was done at a local plating shop and never picked up when they found out how much the total was for the plating. The vac shop got a really good deal. I think he ended up selling it eventually but not sure I remember to whom.

I do love my 7 amp Royal upright, a very good cleaner. The 10 amp is indeed loud but in it's defense, that is one powerful cleaner with the fixed nozzle - definitely pulls the dust up out of the rug!

 

[washernoob]

The 24karat gold vacuum from Odowds was indeed real gold platted. My friend bought that and one other original plated kirby from him.

The gold plated one was in a fire, so a customer wanted it redone in real gold and he had it refinished. Never payed for it.

 

[58limited]

If I had $1 million to drop on a vacuum, I'd hire a cleaning staff to clean my house instead. That way the windows, fixtures, etc. would be cleaned too, and for far less $$$.

 

[autowasherfreak]

I'm going to buy 6 to give away as Christmas gifts this year. ;-)