Comparing Marvin, Pella, Anderson, Lincoln and Sierra Pacific
juddgirl2
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Comments (7)The Integrity is the Wood/Ultrex combo and as far as I can tell, it seems to be my best quote. As for the Infinity, it's really hard to tell if their quote was good since they are the only Infinity dealer in the area. I'm leaning toward the Integrity strictly based on the cost difference. BTW, the doors from both the Marvin lines are for the same door; Integrity nor Infinity didn't offer so they quoted a traditional Marvin. Thanks for your suggestions. This post was edited by NMSteve on Tue, Apr 2, 13 at 18:48...See MoreSierra Pacific Windows & Doors
Comments (2)Stay as far away from this company as you can. I was told by the salesperson that these windows are "just like Marvins". They couldn't be further from the truth. They came requiring so much work that they end up being more expensive than Marvins and look so much cheaper. Two of the windows had cracks in the frames, the wood was gouged in many places, the adhesive under the pane separators leaked through and when I asked someone to come out and replace the cracked ones, I was treated rudely, condescended to and treated like I was just some stupid homeowner. The sales person promised me anything I wanted to hear and then when he didn't come through, everyone in the company made excuses as to why that was acceptable. This is my third major remodel, I've used Marvin and Anderson before without any issues. My architect talked me into these and I deeply regret it. I am replacing every one of them with Marvins....See MoreNeed help choosing Patio Slider... Sunrise, Andersen, Sierra Pacific
Comments (19)Pete, I can understand while you might initially find that distasteful. Protect from price competition? Kind of. Not nearly the full story though. Let's say that you made a widget, and your widget was better than others on the market. You spent a lot more money researching and developing your widget, and spend more on materials and labor to produce the widget. This widget needs to be installed by qualified individuals to work properly. Now let's say you are in an industry where any Joe blow can become a professional widget installer with no certification or training and there is a very small initial investment needed to start a business widget installing. Basically any drunk with a hammer and a tool belt can do it. With all of the time and money that you have spent building the brand and quality of your widget, wouldn't you want only highly qualified, vetted, reputable, and financially stable widget installers putting in your product? Of course you would. You would not want people to think poorly of your widget because of a jabroni installer right? This is what you will find with nearly all high end window products, and for that reason. Does that limit price competition? To some extent yes. It limits it to companies that have a good reputation and volume, and have to charge a minimum price to be able to sustain that. The neighbor guy that works for beer money cannot get it. Whether you believe it or not, that offers some protection to you as a consumer in addition to helping the dealer of the product as well as the manufacturer protect their brand. Why can Pella and Andersen sell to anyone then? Because they have built their brands into household names many years ago when there were far more cratfsmen, and fewer rip off artists. You can certainly find a ton of bad reviews about each of them today, however their reputations were cemented long ago for the most part, whether deserved today or not. This is also why most of the other manufacturers that are available anywhere for anyone to buy, are not very good. They are made to meet a low price point, and they know that there will always be a steady supply of people that buy on price alone. That is their niche. Okna and Sunrise and other high end products operate differently. Frankly if you don't like the way that is done, you are severely limiting yourself when it comes to quality choices. Lastly, are there companies that take advantage of exclusivity? Sure. Sometimes they do that without the manufacturer protection if they are shady enough. I know of a company that sold the same window that was $189 from a national chain for over $1200ea by just making up their own brand name and brochures. Pretty shameful. A patio door equivalent would be $5k for a mediocre door. Again, $2500 for a very good door is reasonable....See MoreHelp with Window Brands - Andersen 400's, Pell, Sierra Pacific...
Comments (8)Oh that’s not true - we ordered ours as a custom 400, but here is the thing - with the custom size and ours being non-operable it did indeed end up with a different series number, however the base features were the 400 series. It was inserted into a brick wall in a reno of a 1969 rancher without much adieu. When I get home I’ll look at our invoice and tell you what the ‘custom’ version was, so you have a starting point of what to ask for. But we had a funky size, frosted glass, non-operable with the trim level, UV rating, and detail of the 400s. I do not believe it was woodwright, but let me verify. The sticker said 400 though :) Excuse the lack of trim, this was while we were still shimming :)...See Moremightyanvil
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