Here's a link that may help you.

http://hvac-talk.com/vbb/forumdisplay.php?forumid=1

Tom



"jay" wrote in message
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First of all, I'd like to ask if Goodman is a top tier brand (as good as
Carrier, et al).

Here's why I'm asking this: I received a letter from my local Heating/
CentralAC contractor, with whom I have a service contract and already have
done business with. The letter said that this is the slow season for
them, and that since they have some quality 2004 Central AC systems, and
2004 furnaces, in inventory which they obtained at low prices (and these
are fully warranteed units, and not factory seconds or blems) they are
making a special offer. They say they have around 72 complete systems in
the four most popular sizes, so this is a limited offer.

Basically the deal is supposed to be that if I have one of the new AC
units installed in March at a normal price (including installation), then
they will "throw in" a brand new furnace at only $999 installed. My
understanding is that the total cost for the entire system would be
somewhere between $4500 and $6000 for the complete system depending on
their determination of the sizes for the new furnace and new AC units.
My understanding is that my total savings will by $1800 or more depending
on the size of the newly installed units.

I'm located in northern NJ, and currently my townhouse has a 17 year old
system with a 17 year old Carrier Furnace and a 17 year old Carrier
central AC system (condensor, evaporator coils, etc.).

This offer is intended for homeowners who have 15 yr. old or older
systems. They project that those who accept the offer will likely have
heating bills and cooling bills that are 30 or 40% lower and have some
sort of guarantee that if the heating bills and cooling bills are not 20%
lower they will "double my savings" if it is less than 20%. (not sure
what they would do if by some fluke my bills were higher rather than lower
after the new installation though).

Anyway, they say they would be happy to have a specialist come over and
work out the exact numbers, projected savings, etc. for me at no
obligation. They don't want to work based on the sizes of my existing
units, and prefer to take their own measurements.

Again, they say I'm under now obligation if they send someone over, but my
time is valuable. Is this worth pursuing? Would I be better off
replacing only when necessary? Is Goodman a quality top tier brand, or
not? If not, then what other brands do you recommend.

Thanks,

Jay