The high pressure salesman did arrive this afternoon.  We did get the cheap knife set.
Were told the vacum was made by an Italian company
We sat through his demo. Cost of this vacum was $2,700.00, very over priced we felt.  Got him down to 13 hundred.  The vacum appeared to be OK, however we didn't feel comfortable with his salesmanship and felt under pressure and didn't buy it.
We think it is probably a "fly by night" company