Yes I should of looked closer at the Dyson site. I purchased a Dyson Canister for my vacation home and just thought that the DC23 was the current model. It seems crazy that they dropped the power beater bar. The LG is a copy of Dyson but with improvements. I still don't understand what Dyson is thinking, I was a loyal customer and didn't even think of looking at other brands.

I live in NY State and Amazon charges sales tax of everything.

Amazon prices have increased such that it is no longer cheaper. I purchase a lot of things from Amazon because it is convenient. Still surprised that they charged shipping on a return. I am a prime member and find that many items on the site are cheaper without prime shipping but when you add back the shipping cost it becomes a wash. It seems that prime is a bit of a ripoff since they charge more for items purchased by prime.

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