HELP! Above ground pool nightmare!

[mmstampa]

Ok what about without buying a filter/pump thingy? Is there a way? I can not see spending $185 on a pump when the whole pool set cost $260. It has a pump but no vac to waste feature.... just sucks in water from the skimmer and it goes through a filter you can replace at walmart and then pumps it back into the pool. To vacuum it you have to attach a hose to this head thing with a bag on it, turn the hose on, and hope you get suction, AND it does not get all the little dirt/dead algae off the bottom.