Second one in less than a year.

Fall, 2006, bought a GE electric range. GE version of the CR "Best Buy"
HotPoint, called all over, all the chains, Sears, Mom & Pops / co-ops &
independents, looked through the www, the Lowes price could not be beat.

Today, a Whirlpool refrigerator that my wife wants & picked out. Called
all over, all the chains, Sears, Mom & Pops / co-ops & independents,
looked through the www, again the Lowes price could not be beat. $100
under the closest price, $200 under most, for the exact same unit. And
it's in stock.

They must have some serious buying power.

Rob

"trainfan1" wrote in message
et...


They must have some serious buying power.

Rob

Either that, or you work for Lowes.

On Apr 28, 2:23�pm, "Postal68" wrote:
"trainfan1" wrote in message

et...



They must have some serious buying power.

Rob

Either that, *or you work for Lowes.

after checking many times home depot and lowes have the best prices. I
NEVER buy from home depot if it requires delivery. Last purchase was
LAST PURCHASE EVER! They would give day but no time or even window of
time for delivery expect me to wait all day 8 am to 8 pm for a truck:
(

After complaing they promised to call before delivery, but instead
delivered and then called, left fridge on porch. Previously they had
their own delivey service but contracted it out and claimed no
control of delivery people.

Lowes has company employees delivery, only nice experiences from them.

Sears has overpriced service department, same tech fixing 2 things
like a washer AND dryer, gets customer a second travel charge. Well I
NEVER BUY FROM RIP OFF COMPANIES! I avoid sears like the plague. Also
their prices are higher too.

On Sat, 28 Apr 2007 14:23:01 -0400, "Postal68"
wrote:


"trainfan1" wrote in message
news:xMqdnTtkn_64H67bnZ2dnUVZ_tqnnZ2d@usadatanet. net...


They must have some serious buying power.

Rob

Either that, or you work for Lowes.

He's not trustworthy, that's for sure. In his message


at Fri, 27 Apr 2007 22:13:22 -0400
in the thread Where is a mobile phone :-)

trainfan1 posted a link for porn spam.

He also complained about the link in the first post in that threadm
saying it was spam, but that doesn't mean he's not promoting his own
porn spam.

trainfan1 wrote:
Second one in less than a year.

Fall, 2006, bought a GE electric range. GE version of the CR "Best Buy"
HotPoint, called all over, all the chains, Sears, Mom & Pops / co-ops &
independents, looked through the www, the Lowes price could not be beat.

Today, a Whirlpool refrigerator that my wife wants & picked out. Called
all over, all the chains, Sears, Mom & Pops / co-ops & independents,
looked through the www, again the Lowes price could not be beat. $100
under the closest price, $200 under most, for the exact same unit. And
it's in stock.

They must have some serious buying power.

Rob

You have a point, always compare total price.

Example: I checked Lowes for a new Maytag electric range. Lowes was
$30.00 cheaper than my local Maytag dealer. But, add $40.00 for Lowes
delivery, PLUS, $32 for the pigtail, PLUS, Lowes would not haul-away the
old appliance.

My local Maytag dealer did not charge extra for the pigtail, did not
charge for delivery, installed for FREE, plus hauled away the old
appliance for FREE.

My savings for not shopping Lowes, was invaluable.

mm wrote:
On Sat, 28 Apr 2007 14:23:01 -0400, "Postal68"
wrote:

"trainfan1" wrote in message
et...

They must have some serious buying power.

Rob
Either that, or you work for Lowes.

He's not trustworthy, that's for sure. In his message


at Fri, 27 Apr 2007 22:13:22 -0400
in the thread Where is a mobile phone :-)

trainfan1 posted a link for porn spam.

Sorry, did not know that. I couldn't get the site to work, I've never
seen any porn in connection with it. The local morning shock jock radio
show was talking about it last week & I must have caught the tail end of
it.

Feel free to google my other posts.


He also complained about the link in the first post in that threadm
saying it was spam, but that doesn't mean he's not promoting his own
porn spam.


I was joining you, or someone I guess, in saying "spam" about phone
traces. I not selling or promoting anything.

Rob

Sonny wrote:
trainfan1 wrote:
Second one in less than a year.

Fall, 2006, bought a GE electric range. GE version of the CR "Best
Buy" HotPoint, called all over, all the chains, Sears, Mom & Pops /
co-ops & independents, looked through the www, the Lowes price could
not be beat.

Today, a Whirlpool refrigerator that my wife wants & picked out.
Called all over, all the chains, Sears, Mom & Pops / co-ops &
independents, looked through the www, again the Lowes price could not
be beat. $100 under the closest price, $200 under most, for the exact
same unit. And it's in stock.

They must have some serious buying power.

Rob

You have a point, always compare total price.

Example: I checked Lowes for a new Maytag electric range. Lowes was
$30.00 cheaper than my local Maytag dealer. But, add $40.00 for Lowes
delivery, PLUS, $32 for the pigtail, PLUS, Lowes would not haul-away the
old appliance.

My local Maytag dealer did not charge extra for the pigtail, did not
charge for delivery, installed for FREE, plus hauled away the old
appliance for FREE.

My savings for not shopping Lowes, was invaluable.

That's strange, I had the opposite experience. I just got back from
picking up the fridge, so there was no delivery involved.

With the range, delivery was $60.00, and there was a $60.00 delivery
rebate.

I used the pigtail off the old range, no charge there.

Lowes hauled off the old range, no charge. I even loaded it up with all
the spare parts I had accumulated.

It must depend on region?

I also am getting a gift card rebate that I didn't know about, it
printed out at the register. $50.00, or about a $46.50 discount when
you consider the sales tax.

Rob

trainfan1 wrote:

They must have some serious buying power.

That's been my experience as well. Many of the models they sell are "Lowes
Exclusive", identifiable by an L in the embedded in the model number. While this
can be used to avoid price matching, at Lowes I've found they tend to take
features from the next more expensive series and include them in the Lowes
version of the less expensive model. And they still price cheaper.

--
"Tell me what I should do, Annie."
"Stay. Here. Forever." - Life On Mars

On Sat, 28 Apr 2007 16:59:23 -0400, trainfan1
wrote:

mm wrote:
On Sat, 28 Apr 2007 14:23:01 -0400, "Postal68"
wrote:

"trainfan1" wrote in message
et...

They must have some serious buying power.

Rob
Either that, or you work for Lowes.

He's not trustworthy, that's for sure. In his message


at Fri, 27 Apr 2007 22:13:22 -0400
in the thread Where is a mobile phone :-)

trainfan1 posted a link for porn spam.

Sorry, did not know that. I couldn't get the site to work, I've never
seen any porn in connection with it. The local morning shock jock radio
show was talking about it last week & I must have caught the tail end of
it.

You said in another thread "I have not seen it. I have nothing to do
with it." (post this post)

WTF, Did you or Did you not?

Nevermind!!

--
Oren

"If things get any worse, I'll have to ask you to stop helping me."

"trainfan1" wrote in message

That's strange, I had the opposite experience. I just got back from
picking up the fridge, so there was no delivery involved.

I cold never figure out why anyone would want to pick up a refrigerator.
They are heavy and expensive if damaged.

My local dealer is about the same price as Lowes but offers much better
service. If you're happy, good for you, but Lowes and HD are the last
places I'd buy an appliance. Well no, Sears is deal last.

Today, a Whirlpool refrigerator that my wife wants & picked out. Called
all over, all the chains, Sears, Mom & Pops / co-ops & independents,
looked through the www, again the Lowes price could not be beat. $100
under the closest price, $200 under most, for the exact same unit. And
it's in stock.

Just for fun I checked out a freezer I bought at Sears this week. Lowes is
$10 less, but Sears has free delivery. Lowes won't say what their delivery
cost is, but I am guessing it is more than $10.
I shopped only Sears because I had rebate certificates I had to use up, but
its good to know I made the best choice!

Toller wrote:
Today, a Whirlpool refrigerator that my wife wants & picked out. Called
all over, all the chains, Sears, Mom & Pops / co-ops & independents,
looked through the www, again the Lowes price could not be beat. $100
under the closest price, $200 under most, for the exact same unit. And
it's in stock.

Just for fun I checked out a freezer I bought at Sears this week. Lowes is
$10 less, but Sears has free delivery. Lowes won't say what their delivery
cost is, but I am guessing it is more than $10.
I shopped only Sears because I had rebate certificates I had to use up, but
its good to know I made the best choice!



Delivery is $60.00 at Lowes, but there is a $60.00 rebate. And I wanted
it on my schedule, not theirs, & today.

The same unit at Sears today is $160 more when we called. Mom & Pop
local dealer #1 was $80 higher, + delivery, Mom & Pop local dealer #2
was $120 higher, + delivery, although I picked up. Add ~$46.50 + 9% per
$100 to these differences figuring in the $50 gift card rebate & sales tax.

I remember when Lowes came to town, I told myself I could never imagine
buying a major appliance from them.

The best deals were always so quick, reasonable, & easy with the local
guy(co-op buying power). When I bought a over-the-range microwave &
dishwasher about ten years ago, I recall this being the case.

You still have to do your shopping around, no doubt. And I couldn't
find any deals on the new Google "Products" search(formerly "Froogle")
to use as bargaining leverage.

Rob

Lowes has (also) worked for me in all but one of the transactions I've
had over the last 3 years. I've purchased 2 washers and a dryer and a
fridge from them during that time.

They've become the first place I look. I check with a local appliance
(crazy eddy type) place before finalizing. But I've been liking Ropers
from Lowes...

They often have delivery and other rebates and they will set up and flip
a door on a fridge if needed.

CP

I truly despise threads like this one. Somebody raves about their
favorite store and others say it sucks. Nothing ever comes out of the
thread. It is just a collection of meaningless anecdotes.

The likelihood that paid advocates are participating is high.

May this thread die soon.

Ryan

trainfan1 wrote:

Sonny wrote:
trainfan1 wrote:
Second one in less than a year.

-snip-
They must have some serious buying power.

-snip-

It must depend on region?

And luck-of -the-draw. We got our dishwasher at Lowe's 3 years ago-
Freezer at Appliance Giant that year- Refrig & stove from Sears last
year- and washer/dryer from a local mom&pop this spring. [bad few
years for appliances- all were nearly 20yrs old- and except for the
refrigeration units I've repaired them at some point, but they had
major failures. . .. the furnace is all that's left I think]

The mom&pop, BTW, if anyone is near Schenectady, NY is Marcella's. I
dropped in there on a hunch thinking they were probably high, but I've
heard good things about them. They beat Lowes by $150 on a $600
dryer-- and beat Boscov's sale price by $50.


Jim

Rick Blaine wrote:
trainfan1 wrote:

They must have some serious buying power.

That's been my experience as well. Many of the models they sell are "Lowes
Exclusive", identifiable by an L in the embedded in the model number. While this
can be used to avoid price matching, at Lowes I've found they tend to take
features from the next more expensive series and include them in the Lowes
version of the less expensive model. And they still price cheaper.

--
"Tell me what I should do, Annie."
"Stay. Here. Forever." - Life On Mars

Are you a Lowes employee? That doesn't even make sense that appliances
would be fitted as you described.

"Jim Elbrecht" wrote in message
...
trainfan1 wrote:

Sonny wrote:
trainfan1 wrote:
Second one in less than a year.

-snip-
They must have some serious buying power.

-snip-

It must depend on region?

And luck-of -the-draw. We got our dishwasher at Lowe's 3 years ago-
Freezer at Appliance Giant that year- Refrig & stove from Sears last
year- and washer/dryer from a local mom&pop this spring. [bad few
years for appliances- all were nearly 20yrs old- and except for the
refrigeration units I've repaired them at some point, but they had
major failures. . .. the furnace is all that's left I think]

The mom&pop, BTW, if anyone is near Schenectady, NY is Marcella's. I
dropped in there on a hunch thinking they were probably high, but I've
heard good things about them. They beat Lowes by $150 on a $600
dryer-- and beat Boscov's sale price by $50.


Jim

Hey Jim - If you need more appliances, try Roy Matthews in Scotia - they
beat out the 8 other places we shopped for the model we wanted. We paid $450
for a dishwasher when the "list" price was over $700 and the cheapest we
could find elsewhere was $525. Most places wanted $600 plus delivery and
installation. We did that ourselves, so I don't know what the delivery would
have been.

George wrote:

Are you a Lowes employee? That doesn't even make sense that appliances
would be fitted as you described.

No, but I can read. And I stayed at a Holiday Inn Express last night. Here's
just one example: Go to the Lowes website and look at this fridge:

http://www.lowes.com/lowes/lkn?action=productDetail&productId=241391-2251-FRS3LR5ES&lpage=none

Now go to the Frigidare web site and try to find that model. The closest you'll
find is this:

http://www.frigidaire.com/products/refrigerators/side-by-side/Standard_Depth/prod_FRS6R5ES.asp

Compare the feature and you'll find they are identical, except that the Lowes
model has an energy star compressor and the other does not. Note that the L in
the model number indicates that it's a Lowes specific model. They aren't the
only ones to do this. Sears does it as well.

--
"Tell me what I should do, Annie."
"Stay. Here. Forever." - Life On Mars

I have no vested interest either. And I usually begrudgingly hand out
praise. And you can easily find an employee is way too attitudinal in
any of these places. So of course it's not perfect anywhere.

And Lowes is 'designed' to actually cater (more) to women, so that
****es me off. But if they are cheaper, they just are..

One call always shop an item to death and always find a lower one. But
once you get beyond a certain point (say 3 bids?), I guess it becomes
more of a 'hobby'..?

I bought my fridge from HD. They told me the date, time etc. Called me on
the day and told me they would be there within 30 minutes. They were.
Delivery guys knew their job. They were in and out in 10 minutes. That
said, I can shop at either Lowes or HD..they seem the same to me.


wrote in message
oups.com...
On Apr 28, 2:23?pm, "Postal68" wrote:
"trainfan1" wrote in message

et...



They must have some serious buying power.

Rob

Either that, or you work for Lowes.

after checking many times home depot and lowes have the best prices. I
NEVER buy from home depot if it requires delivery. Last purchase was
LAST PURCHASE EVER! They would give day but no time or even window of
time for delivery expect me to wait all day 8 am to 8 pm for a truck:
(

After complaing they promised to call before delivery, but instead
delivered and then called, left fridge on porch. Previously they had
their own delivey service but contracted it out and claimed no
control of delivery people.

Lowes has company employees delivery, only nice experiences from them.

Sears has overpriced service department, same tech fixing 2 things
like a washer AND dryer, gets customer a second travel charge. Well I
NEVER BUY FROM RIP OFF COMPANIES! I avoid sears like the plague. Also
their prices are higher too.

On Apr 30, 4:45�am, "Lars Thorwald" wrote:
I bought my fridge from HD. *They told me the date, time etc. *Called me on
the day and told me they would be there within 30 minutes. *They were.
Delivery guys knew their job. *They were in and out in 10 minutes. *That
said, I can shop at either Lowes or HD..they seem the same to me.

wrote in message

oups.com...
On Apr 28, 2:23?pm, "Postal68" wrote:

"trainfan1" wrote in message

news:xMqdnTtkn_64H67bnZ2dnUVZ_tqnnZ2d@usadatanet. net...

They must have some serious buying power.

Rob

Either that, or you work for Lowes.

after checking many times home depot and lowes have the best prices. I
NEVER buy from home depot if it requires delivery. Last purchase was
LAST PURCHASE EVER! They would give day but no time or even window of
time for delivery expect me to wait all day 8 am to 8 pm for a truck:
(

After complaing they promised to call before delivery, but instead
delivered and then called, left fridge on porch. Previously they had
their own delivey service but contracted it out and claimed no
control of delivery people.

Lowes has company employees delivery, only nice experiences from them.

Sears has overpriced service department, same tech fixing 2 things
like a washer AND dryer, gets customer a second travel charge. Well I
NEVER BUY FROM RIP OFF COMPANIES! I avoid sears like the plague. Also
their prices are higher too.

perhaps home depot has improved its delivery service in the last few
years, I was LIVID they couldnt give a time window and left it on the
porch.

if any company pulls that again I am telling them to come pick it up
and demand a refund!

wrote in message
ups.com...
On Apr 30, 4:45?am, "Lars Thorwald" wrote:
I bought my fridge from HD. They told me the date, time etc. Called me on
the day and told me they would be there within 30 minutes. They were.
Delivery guys knew their job. They were in and out in 10 minutes. That
said, I can shop at either Lowes or HD..they seem the same to me.

perhaps home depot has improved its delivery service in the last few
years, I was LIVID they couldnt give a time window and left it on the
porch.

if any company pulls that again I am telling them to come pick it up
and demand a refund!

Oh man! Left it on the porch? wow. I wouldnt deal with them either.