i know we bought ours new, and i think we paid exactly 1K for it (4, 5 years ago)
you got to realize that this is a product sold on commission, so whoever tries to sell it to you will mark it way up before they even come in the door
i have no problem telling them to knock 400 dollars off or the conversation is over
if i remember correctly, what sold us on it is that one of the kids had spilled some slime on the carpet and i had not been able to get it out
by the time the rainbow guy came by, that stain was over a year old
he got about 95% of it out in a few minutes, that sold us on it
