Ok, so I went to BB&B to *look* at vacuums.
My store had 6 Dyson models on display: the DC14, DC24 (ball), DC25 (ball), DC25 Animal (ball), DC28 Animal, and one other I can't remember.
I took them all off the shelf and pushed them up and down the aisles (I was the only customer in that part of the store
). I realized fast that I preferred the ball models for their manueverability and the smaller brush heads....the larger heads on the regular models would never fit under most of my furniture.
I didn't like the feel of the DC24, the handle and the height felt wrong to me. I loved the DC25 Animal, though! And it came with an extra attachment that the regular DC25 didn't offer. The wonderful saleslady (store manager) undid their security features and let me take it in the back to plug in and try it out. I was sold!
But....they didn't have any in stock. They'd sold the last one since I called yesterday.
So, she offered to order it for me and wave the shipping costs. I told her I'd really like to have it now and I mentioned going across the parking lot and asking Target if they'd do a price match on it. And she offered me another 5% off the regular price if I would order it through her store. That meant I saved another $27 so I let her order if for me.
I have to wait a few days for it to get here but I'm ok with that.