[Magdalen] How do you buy a stove?

[Jay Weigel]

When my daughter needed a fridge she got a "scratch and dent" model from (I
think) Lowe's for $150 off. The dent was on a side of the fridge that was
going to butt up against cabinets.

On Sat, Aug 1, 2015 at 6:34 PM, Lynn Ronkainen <houstonklr at gmail.com> wrote:

> when I had to buy a new fridge the year after I moved ('09), I shopped and
> chose a 'French door', small version, and got a real deal at Best Buy as it
> was a close out previous year's model... They delivered it and had to take
> a the top doors off to move it into my fairly restricted small kitchen. The
> drawer freezer was easily removed for the placement. After moving it into
> place they attached stuff, removed tags and left. While reloading the
> fridge I noticed they had forgotten to put on the long sleek side to side
> handle that pulls out the freezer which is a drawer. Of course I did not
> have the delivery guys number, so I called Best Buy. Can't say what
> actually happened but no handle ever was found (they probably threw it out
> in the box). The solution BB cane up with was to order another fridge
> (what???) possibly because it was a discontinued model. Two weeks later I
> had to go through the whole unloading/loading thing again, and when the
> customer rep called to see how everything went I mentioned the hassle for
> such a small part. They knocked another $100. off the fridge (which I had
> bought on their no interest 2 year credit) ! It was my lucky day.
> L
>
> website: www.ichthysdesigns.com
>
> When I stand before God at the end of my life I would hope that I have not
> a single bit of talent left and could say, "I used everything You gave me."
> attributed to Erma Bombeck
> "Either Freedom for all or stop talking about Freedom at all" from a talk
> by Richard Rohr
>
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> From: "Jay Weigel" <jay.weigel at gmail.com>
> Sent: Saturday, August 01, 2015 5:01 PM
>
> To: <magdalen at herberthouse.org>
> Subject: Re: [Magdalen] How do you buy a stove?
>
> When we bought our dishwasher, we read everything we could find online,
>> comparison shopped locally and online, and finally settled on a Maytag
>> from
>> Lowe's. We like it a lot, BUT....a small part holding the top shelf broke
>> in the first month and it took 7 weeks to get a replacement part, all of
>> which was covered by warranty. Since then it's been fine, works well and
>> purrs like a kitten.
>>
>> On Sat, Aug 1, 2015 at 5:52 PM, Lynn Ronkainen <houstonklr at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>> there are fewer 'local' places in suburban Houston (I used to have a
>>> favorite place, then they opened up several locations, then they
>>> disappeared after 20 years) and Best Buy is open to competitive pricing
>>> and
>>> 'discounting'...
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> website: www.ichthysdesigns.com
>>>
>>> When I stand before God at the end of my life I would hope that I have
>>> not
>>> a single bit of talent left and could say, "I used everything You gave
>>> me."
>>> attributed to Erma Bombeck
>>> "Either Freedom for all or stop talking about Freedom at all" from a talk
>>> by Richard Rohr
>>>
>>> --------------------------------------------------
>>> From: "ME Michaud" <michaudme at gmail.com>
>>> Sent: Saturday, August 01, 2015 4:43 PM
>>> To: <magdalen at herberthouse.org>
>>> Subject: Re: [Magdalen] How do you buy a stove?
>>>
>>> Space-saving concept. You're right.
>>>
>>>>
>>>> We're not allowed charcoal grilles at the pool any more. I do wonderful
>>>> things with a professional hotplate, a convection oven, and an electric
>>>> frying pan. Works fine.
>>>>
>>>> I would never buy from Best Buy or Home Depot. I call a local appliance
>>>> shop and tell them make&model and they order&deliver
>>>> -M
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>