of course it's better to avoid amazon where possible, but their warehouse deals are usually good - we got a returned hoover for a quarter of the price and it had never been used before. the box had been a bit bashed up. the issue is that you can't return it yourself, but ours was Β£50 which is affordable for us and we've never had any problems with it. it's great! it came with all the attachments and the battery life is decent.
anyone got any tips for sprucing up a small flat? we don't have a hallway - just one room as the living room/kitchen, then a bathroom, then a box bedroom...