Goodbye, Kevin, Goodbye

Kevin the Kirby is gone. They came and took him home yesterday. Blackwifeo was strong in the face of pressure. She even made them sign when they took him away. Why? you may ask. It's not as if he didn't fit in. He looked quite regal standing at attention in the living room, sort of a modern art cleaning ensemble. The problem is that they gave bwo 14 days to return the vacuum. She looked on Ebay and found you could get the same thing for much (much, much) less. More importantly the model they sold her wasn't even the sleek new "Sentria", but rather the older clunky model. She was pissed.

So we did what any self respecting Blackgoldsmith family member would do, we enlisted BlackAriO, the family dealer with all things messy. They called three times, then faxed and sent a registered letter to makes sure the Kirby people realized that Bwo was not kidding.

When blackwifeo called and spoke to a manager's manager, he asked her why she was returning this magical machine. "My husband wants to divorce me", was the first thing that popped into her head. "What over such a small amount of money", the fool answered. Now that really got her riled up. "If he wants to divorce me over the vacuum cleaner, then that's our problem", and not for some stiff who works for the premier "home care product" company to comment on. He actually wanted to send someone to talk with me. They are lucky he listened to her when she said that they had better not.

Anyone know of a good reliable, not gold plated vacuum cleaner?