Honest opinions about how to buy Appliances and Lighting.

Wednesday, March 31, 2010

Go Shallow?

Look at this refrigerator:


Which is oddly similar to this one. This one offers less cubic footage for $400 more. This is a shallow depth refrigerator...lets look at it in a kitchen


You are paying more for less protrusion (product sticking out) into a room...Nicer yet more expensive.

Tuesday, March 30, 2010

Slide-Ins (Again)

Now this range is the same as that range. Similar controls, convection with two ovens...

Yet this one is $400 more....Why would you spend the money?

For a more linear look and the ability to see more of your custom tiling, perhaps...

Monday, March 29, 2010

Cash For Clunkers...Yet Again

I always sound like an illiterate during an interview. Hard to know the root cause(never mind the obvious conclusion that I am an illiterate). Back to Cash For Clunkers for a quick post. The rebates are $250 for a qualified dishwasher, $200 for qualified refrigerator, $175 for a qualified washer and $50 for a freezer during this promotion.

This is a big deal for the people within Massachusetts. For example, Tax Day is the biggest retail holiday beside Christmas. The tax rebate is 6.25%. In Cash for Clunkers, however, a $250 rebate on a dishwasher is at the very least 20% and more realistically 40-50% of an average dishwasher purchase

Additionally, nearly all the factory and utility rebates apply, so a $350 dishwasher can become $49 after rebate.

My suggestion: Go to www.Masssave.com/residential, and be the first to register. That is the key. We will publish the best values factoring in all the rebates by April 8. You will have 2 weeks to shop, then register and take advantage of some very good prices

BTW, the aforementioned article

http://news.bostonherald.com/news/hard_times/view.bg?articleid=1242853

New Lighting

Spring hopes eternal...and so does the lighting industry. Decorative lighting, as I have said before, is unique to the individual like clothing.

Before, we used to size a chandelier 12 inches less in circumference and 24 inches off the table. Now with pendants and other different applications like islands and peninsulas there is no all-encompassing size.

Have a look at the newest, latest and a few that could be the greatest...