Kitchen Appliances-Best Place to Buy

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Originally Posted by tis

I don't know about appliances but I do know that Blue Thunder is right about some things. For instance, the John Deere tractors are made especially for HD. Andersen windows do not have the same screens and hardware as at independent lumberyards. Doors from the big boxes also are sold with different hardware, etc.

So the John Deere tractor at HD is cheaper, has the same warranty, *and* can be serviced by any authorized JD dealer? Sounds like a bargain.

The Andersen windows (and similar building products) is really more of a different product line altogether. The consumer home stores typically carry a lower-priced product which caters to their DIY shopper. Anderson has a very wide selection of hardware types and finishes, as well as a few different screen options. Last time I check though (2 years ago when doing replacement windows in my house) I could buy the *exact* same kit as what HD had from an independent Andersen dealer, but that dealer also carried a product line that was not available to HD.