You may get lucky.
Here are some Craigslist ads the get you a Kirby for near $50 or under $100.
While I can't recommend any of them, it might get you out of a jam ...
http://denver.craigslist.org/hsh/3500610883.html
http://denver.craigslist.org/app/3509880606.html
http://denver.craigslist.org/app/3493674265.html
and some Dysons...
http://denver.craigslist.org/eld/3498954524.html
http://denver.craigslist.org/eld/3471012533.html
http://denver.craigslist.org/ppd/3507534121.html
http://denver.craigslist.org/hsh/3500610883.html
Good luck....
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The fattest knight at King Arthur’s round table was Sir Cumference. He acquired his size from too much π.
Dyson animal.
ive clogged it up twice... But both tjmes it took a pen, followed by a very intense caking of miller carcasses .... I even used it for cleaning up drywall bits from a bathroom demo.