All I'll say is that Yale's warranty service is leagues ahead of Sears. Home Depot and Lowe's don't have warranty service as far as I know, so you'll be referred to a local authorized servicer by the manufacturer, unless the manufacturer has their own service. Just something to think about. There's a lot to go wrong in an induction range. It's up to you to decide whether it's worth the savings for inferior or unpredictable warranty service. This post was edited by hvtech42 on Tue, Jul 8, 14 at 14:10

Our refrigerator died suddenly and we had to get a new one right away. I really hate having to buy something fast but it was either that or live out of an ice chest that my husband pulled out of the garage. We spent 3 days checking out Sears, Lowes, Home Depot, Best Buy, Pacific Sales, The Great Indoors, and a few locally owned appliance stores. ItÂs surprising how all the refrigerators started to look the same after a while but we finally decided on the brand/model we wanted. Now it was down to price. Over the last 1 1/2 years, we have had to replace all our appliances except for our stove. All have lasted us between 15-17 years so I canÂt complain. We bought our new front load washer/dryer from The Great Indoors. The price couldnÂt be beat by any other store and the salesperson was so helpful that when our dishwasher bit the dust a few months later, we went back. Once again he gave us the best price and great/friendly/helpful service. Our third appliance to go was our oven. Again we shopped all over and ended up buying at Pacific Sales. The price was the best and the salesperson was a pleasure to deal with, very professional and courteous. Our oven was installed last week. As for the refrigerator, Pacific Sales didnÂt carry the model we wanted. Although I shop a lot at Best Buy, their salesperson did nothing for us so they were out. The salesperson we encountered at Sears bent over backwards to try and help us. We didnÂt make it easy for him because we were so undecided but he stuck in there. We came back 3 times and he was very patient and understanding. Sears was having a big sale but someone else said that The Great Indoors was having a huge 1 day sale. We ended up getting a better price at The Great Indoors but since the Sears guy was so kind, I wanted to give him one last chance. We let him know that the decision was up to him for the sale. He beat the price and we got free delivery. He really earned the sale and we got a fantastic price. The refrigerator was delivered 2 weeks ago. We started having a problem with the doors squeaking right away. Called service and they came out very fast. They fixed the problem but it reappeared a few days later. Again service came out right away but this time they recommended replacing the refrigerator. Wow, how honest can you get? Most repair places would string you along for quite a while before admitting that you got a bad appliance. We should be getting our new refrigerator next week. Sears gets an A+ for both sales and service.

@saltidawg: "Like Best Buy taken over by amazon.com?" Yeah, neigher Sears or Best Buy has anything left to sell. Last year we were looking for a small freezer. Decided to try Sears, hadn't been there in years. First thing we noticed was there wasn't any other customers in the store. Found a freezer, asked the salesman what the warranty was on the compressor. It was one year. Any reputable company knows that the compressor is the key component and if it fails - well you have a boat anchor - cause they are not worth fixing. An additional 3 year warranty was $100 - the freakin' freezer was only $175!!. Went to Cosco - paid $150 for a 7 cu/ft - with a 5 year warranty. Best Buy: I refuse to patronize stores that inspect your purchase when you leave the store.

That title, "Sears Holdings" would lead one to believe that Sears is the parent company, but such is not the truth. Originally sears was was primarily a catalog retailer which started in Chicago in the late 1800's and was known as "Sears Roebuck & Co" and in addition to the retail operation they owned "Allstate Insurance" and a 50% share of Whirlpool Appliance Mfg (which accounts for why the majority of all Lady Kenmore Appliances were actually made by Whirlpool.) In the mid to late 70's Sears also acquired a Stock Brokerage & H.R. Block. The government then stepped in and declared that Sears was no longer a Retailer, but rather they were a financial group and primarily conducting banking operations with their credit cards, revolving charge accounts, the insurance company, stock brokerage and the tax consultants, so they officially changed the name from "Sears Roebuck & Company" to "Sears Financial Group". That was the downfall of Sears as we know it. Once they became a financial group, they concentrated on the business of making money, rather than retailing, and the retail operation just became one of their subsidiaries. It was about that same time that some marketing genuis came up with the idea of making Sears "Brand Central" so now instead of exclusively selling "Lady Kenmore Appliances" they were now selling all the major brands of appliances. The problem with that idea was now instead of maintaining the "Lady Kenmore" name as a high end, high quality appliance, they were relegated to just one of many, so the lady kenmore sales instantly fell off. (I guess the bean counters did not have the good sense to realize that they owned controlling interest in Whirlpool so they could basically get the lady kenmores at a much better price). It was then only a short time until they sold off the majority of their stock in Whirlpool. As they continued to concentrate on their financial holdings at the expense of the retail operations, the overall general appearance of the Sears Retail stores began to fall off and their retail sales were continually in a decline. In the mean time, Kmart was originally founded as S.S. Kressgie 5 & 10 cent stores in the late 1800's and they continued to operate under that name until the mid 70's when they moved out of the little downtown 5 & dimes and started building larger stores in the strip malls, which they called Kmart and their corporate Headquarters at Benton Harbor Michigan was renamed "Kmart Holdings" Somewhere in the late 80's or 90's Sears was near bankruptcy and Kmart was feeling the pinch from Walmart so they bought "Sears Financial Group", in hopes that they could revitalize Sears and broaden their market share by moving up to the more upscale clientele. Shortly after Kmart acquired Sears Financial Group they changed their name again, this time to "Sears Holdings" So even though the list officially came out of Sears Holdings, it is in fact Kmart who runs the show.. Now, taking this to the next logical conclusion, according to statistics that were posted on Yahoo about 6 months ago, Malls are seriously on the decline. In fact over 30% of the malls that were built in the early 70's are now either closed or scheduled for closing soon so Sears may not have to make a big payout to close a store in a mall, they may already have advanced notice that the mall itself is on borrowed time. It has already been reported that most of the malls are giving Sears a substantial break on their rental because the malls feel that having a Sear store attracts a lot of customers to the mall itself.