After 20 wonderful years, our GE electric stove went into failure mode (oven won’t heat, electronic controls broken) and the Boss Lady decides she wants new rather than repair it. So first we stop at the nearby appliance store which has been here for decades. It’s decked out festively and full of eager salespeople who I was surprised did not pounce on us. They just left us alone after asking if we needed help.
We could’ve bought a duplicate GE for $399+, but a certain Fridigaire catches her eye...pretty basic which is what we want but it has the smooth cooktop instead of burners for $537+ w/free delivery. We decide to keep looking.
Next stop is Lowes, which looks very understaffed. Surprisingly, we found a Frigidaire which looks the same as the one we saw earlier for $399... $138 LESS….also w/free delivery. We confer and agree this is what we will buy. After a while we are greeted by a truck driver, who says he’ll alert the salesman that another customer is waiting and in a few minutes he arrives. We discuss a few things and tell him that we have to leave the store briefly but will return to purchase. We go to the nearby Kroger and buy $450 of Lowes’s gift cards (and get 900 fuel points), return and tell him to write it up. The floor model is the only one in the store, so we’ll have to wait for a week to get it. And while delivery is free, they charge $15 to haul the old one away...okay fine. Also...due to legal issues the delivery men won’t hook the new one up unless we also provide a new cord. I don’t remember if we have a 3-prong or a 4-prong plug, so when I find out I need to go back and spend another $29 for the cord. Oh well.
I guess I don’t mind waiting a week to save $138 and get $1/gallon off on the next fill up.
We could’ve bought a duplicate GE for $399+, but a certain Fridigaire catches her eye...pretty basic which is what we want but it has the smooth cooktop instead of burners for $537+ w/free delivery. We decide to keep looking.
Next stop is Lowes, which looks very understaffed. Surprisingly, we found a Frigidaire which looks the same as the one we saw earlier for $399... $138 LESS….also w/free delivery. We confer and agree this is what we will buy. After a while we are greeted by a truck driver, who says he’ll alert the salesman that another customer is waiting and in a few minutes he arrives. We discuss a few things and tell him that we have to leave the store briefly but will return to purchase. We go to the nearby Kroger and buy $450 of Lowes’s gift cards (and get 900 fuel points), return and tell him to write it up. The floor model is the only one in the store, so we’ll have to wait for a week to get it. And while delivery is free, they charge $15 to haul the old one away...okay fine. Also...due to legal issues the delivery men won’t hook the new one up unless we also provide a new cord. I don’t remember if we have a 3-prong or a 4-prong plug, so when I find out I need to go back and spend another $29 for the cord. Oh well.
I guess I don’t mind waiting a week to save $138 and get $1/gallon off on the next fill up.
