Life in Geneva is nothing short of glamorous. Views of the tallest mountain in Europe from our balcony, weekend trips to Rome and Paris, and having the unique opportunity to buy three vacuums in a year and a half.
Purchasing appliances is of course one of my favorite past-times. Who wouldn't want to spend their hard earned money on items you hate to use? It just makes it that much more exciting imagining all of the hours we will get to spend together once I get the beauty home with me.
I bought a vacuum when I arrived in Switzerland. I purchased the cheapest model available, for 30 euros, since it only had to last two years to clean a 50 square meter apartment. It was almost tempting to buy a dust buster instead. That vacuum broke a couple of months ago, so we purchased the next model up... no bag! It was snowing that day, so the buses weren't running regularly. I carried that thing all the way home from the grocery store. Uphill one way. In the snow. Across the border where they asked me to declare it.
Well, fool us once, shame on you, vacuum. Fool us twice, shame on us and shame on the F Bus and the snow the day we bought it. Fool us three times, well now we have a guarantee!
We bought the cheapest model available (it even has "discount" in the name), but we made sure to pick up the guarantee this time. Yes, we guaranteed our 30 euro vacuum cleaner that we plan on using for three months. We had to take the receipt to the customer service counter, fill out a form, take the form and receipt to another customer service representative who stamped it, pledge our first born child, and then pinky promise.
Sorry Dolin child #1. But if you had to purchase three vacuums in the course of 18 months, you would have done the same thing.
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