On Wed, 18 Jul 2007 20:14:56 -0500, kjpro @ usenet.com wrote:


"xModem" wrote in message
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Someone else mentioned that many of the parts are interchangeable among
brands, so how is this a problem?

Try putting a computer board from a Ford into a GM product. Will it work
properly?

A Lexus dealer/distributor has car tires... will they fit my Semi?

Now, do the same thing to your HVAC equipment. Is it any different?

But what about all those brands you claimed were identical?


Does that make them *all* identical... geez, pull your head out of your
ASS!!!!

I noticed you ignored the reply from poster "yourname".

Let's assume for a minute that you can get equal service for any brand.
Which would you be first to install? Which would be the last?


I see you've never been in business...

Evasion noted.


No evasion, just more FACTS which you don't seem to like!



Come on - what's the very last brand name you'd install in your own house?
It's not that hard a question.


Seriously, it really wouldn't matter to me which brand it was... as long as
I was the one installing it.
I will also tell you (even though Goodman is at the bottom of your list),
it' be fine in my home too!


The quality of service from a distributor is no different then the
service
you get from a dealer. Are they always going to be equal? No!

But, for entertainment...
If you had a brand that was offered by one distributor vs. a brand where
several distributors offered it, which brand would you purchase?

Not the one that's at the bottom of the rating list, for starters.
I would defer to my installer, after having given him a few brands I'd be
interested in.


See, this is where that survey screws with people. Goodman products are just
as good as any in the field. And if that's the brand that the company is
familiar with and stocks parts for, I sure as hell wouldn't want them to
install something else!


Don't get the idea I'm down on tradesmen. I simply prefer to make an
informed
decision.


You say you're not down on tradesmen, yet you're here arguing with a highly
competent HVAC tech (about his own trade)!!


I'm not arguing you disingenuous ****. YOU were the one who didn't like the
results of the survey I posted. I'm simply trying to get you to answer 2
simple questions

One more time:
Let me repeat the questions. Hell, I'll even rephrase them for you.

Given *all* other factors are the same, and based on *quality* only, which
current brands would you install in your own home? More importantly, which
brands would you NOT install in your home.

Seeing as you already indicated some past designs or models that you didn't
like, what CURRENT designs or models do you not like? And don't lie and say
"I like them all."

Or are you going to pull a Fred Astaire and dance for me again?

Using CR to make a decision isn't making an informed decision. It helps you
make a decision based on an opinions that are not based on FACTS!!!!

Someone asks 2 simple questions. "What make furnace do you own?" "Have you
had problems with it?" 30,000 people answer with FACTS. Sheesh. Grab a
dictionary and look up "fact."