09-30-2016, 12:38 PM
The last two appliances (well researched as well since we are of off-grid) we have bought have been from Lowes via online, simply because they were the only retailer that had the model we wanted (an LG washing machine, and an LG fridge). We bought both with the warranty, and haven't had any experience with needing it yet. The deliveries ("free") were late (with several calls about what was up) but in the end we got what was ordered with the delivery well done by subcontractors, who appreciated a some talk story and beers.
So far, so good. And I hope we don't have to use the warranty...knock on wood. Nearly everything we ever bought, with varying warranties, from Sears went down in the year after they expired, so I guess that might happen with our Lowes purchases as well. Home Depot has never had a major appliance suitable to our set up.
I think, Hawaii being at the end of a transPacific cul-de-sac, that these kind of big item appliances, and the generally fusked up transactions we have in purchasing and using them, are simply the "price of admission" to the east side of Hawaii.
There is a small, but growing, part of my brain that wants to chuck it all (six acres of orchard that needs more time an energy than I give it) and move somewhere to a "condo by a Costco" but so far the larger part of my brain can't get over the view and quiet from the lanai.
Fire ants surely have the potential to ruin the romance of orchard work into retirement, sooner or later I guess.
OTOH, I find that automobile repair, and especially solar gear, are likely similar or superior to mainland experiences--and that is pleasant.
Terracore, I enjoy your contributions to PunaWeb for their high ratio of information over feeding-the-trolls, but, man o man, you seem to have bad luck with retailers of all kind. Do you have any success stories about your commercial endeavors? Perhaps you should just stop buying stuff.
(totally tongue in cheek)
Cheers,
Kirt
So far, so good. And I hope we don't have to use the warranty...knock on wood. Nearly everything we ever bought, with varying warranties, from Sears went down in the year after they expired, so I guess that might happen with our Lowes purchases as well. Home Depot has never had a major appliance suitable to our set up.
I think, Hawaii being at the end of a transPacific cul-de-sac, that these kind of big item appliances, and the generally fusked up transactions we have in purchasing and using them, are simply the "price of admission" to the east side of Hawaii.
There is a small, but growing, part of my brain that wants to chuck it all (six acres of orchard that needs more time an energy than I give it) and move somewhere to a "condo by a Costco" but so far the larger part of my brain can't get over the view and quiet from the lanai.
Fire ants surely have the potential to ruin the romance of orchard work into retirement, sooner or later I guess.
OTOH, I find that automobile repair, and especially solar gear, are likely similar or superior to mainland experiences--and that is pleasant.
Terracore, I enjoy your contributions to PunaWeb for their high ratio of information over feeding-the-trolls, but, man o man, you seem to have bad luck with retailers of all kind. Do you have any success stories about your commercial endeavors? Perhaps you should just stop buying stuff.
(totally tongue in cheek)Cheers,
Kirt