Experience and Opinions in buying a floor model
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Comments (2)"If any of you have gotten great deals negotiating floor models" Sure people have gotten fantastic deals on floor models, so have paid more than what a new one would cost because they got caught up in the hype. You've got to what what things cost and your threshold of pain $$$ wise is before you even get wet. I have personally gotten display stuff at 50% off of cost before. Now this is not the norm but insane deals are possible. You also have to be luck, and be in the right place at the right time for super deals. " any reason not to?" yep, risk. Some don't carry or have a more limited warranty, sometimes there is damage, sometimes they are actually used and quite dirty. I saw a dishwasher at a dealer the other day that was on "display sale". It was the working kitchen's DW so got used everyday by the staff and looked like it. It was 20% off retail price and I'm pretty sure is being discontinued. Good deal ??? "Is there any seasonality to the business" not really, especially when it come to price. If you don't need them for a while you'll have a big advantage finding something....See MoreReclaimed wood floors-opinions and experiences
Comments (17)Cautionary note: much reclaimed wood flooring is manufactured by individual mills that are not part of any particular flooring association and thus may not produce the flooring in accordance to accepted standards. 1) make sure your installer is familiar with reclaimed wood flooring 2) make sure to take moisture content readings BEFORE you pay for the product and that it falls within standards provided to you by your installer 3) make sure to take moisture content readings at your house before installation, and compare the readings to other floors in your house. Had I done this, and purchased the $150 Delmhorst J-LITE pin LED meter 2 months ago instead of this week, I would have saved myself several thousand $....See MoreOpinions on/experience with microwave drawers? Price?
Comments (11)I bought my 24" Sharp refurbished from eBay also. I think the same seller in Luckymom's link and for about the same price. Sharp makes all the drawers. Other manufacturers just re-badge them and jack up the price. When I initially started planning my new kitchen I thought MW drawers were so gimmicky and looked awkward to use. I ended up with a layout where the drawer fit so nicely that I went with it. I don't use it to cook--only reheat (am doing less of that though in favor of rangetop or oven), melting or softening butter and occasionally heating water. IRL I don't find them awkward to use at all. I like being able to see down inside the drawer and manipulate the food if necessary without removing it. Once in a while, I have exploded butter in there. You have to bend to clean the top, but it's not difficult. My one annoyance is that I find is that as a taller person I have to bend a bit sometimes to push the buttons if I'm doing something with which I'm a little unfamiliar, like melting butter. Because I don't do it every day, I have to concentrate on which buttons to push with the "melt" function for the amount of butter I am using. I like that the drawer's landing space above the unit on the counter is almost always a safe place to land something. My old kitchen had a OTR MW built-in with the range as one unit. It's landing space was the electric burners below, which wasn't always safe or accessible if someone else happened to be working the burners. A year in, and I'm very happy with my choice!...See MoreSensa Granite - opinions? first-hand experience?
Comments (6)We priced Sensa granite from Lowe's and we found that we could get it much cheaper from the flooring/countertop company that we are going to go with instead. We were looking at the Baltic Cream color at Lowe's and it was approximately $50/sq. foot (I can't remember if that included installation). The same Sensa granite from the other company was $17/sq. ft. plus $24/sq. ft. for fabrication and installation. We're going with a different granite instead (not Sensa), but I added a 15-year stain warranty (Pro-Advance Sealer) to it. We might rent this house in the future, so I thought adding the stain protection would be a good idea. We also found out that Lowe's would probably have a 3 week turn around time from templating to installing the granite. The company that we are going with has about a week turn around, so *hopefully* we'll be able to get back in our kitchen that much sooner!...See Moresaeyedoc
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