I just got to use a new Connie for the first time yesterday! What a cool vacuum! I tried one at the Hoover factory center in Salt Lake. I was so star struck that I forgot to buy belts for my PowerMax. The white one was marked $199 the stainless one wasn't. The salesman told me they were the same price! I can't wait until I can afford one. I'm still saving. (Kinda sucks being a staving college student.) They also has the 700 Z for $199. They sure dropped fast! Does anybody know if the connies are selling well?