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tert in seattle

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>"tert in seattle" > wrote in message
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>>I need a 30" gas range to replace my ailing aging piece of crap and I am
>> looking in the usual category of no frills and good design & function,
>> not flimsy, etc. It doesn't need to be beautiful, it just needs to work
>> well and cost less than $500.00. Do they all come with a broiler? It
>> needs a broiler too. Any suggestions....?
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>Before you end up back here all bruised & bloodied due to a bad experience
>with Sears, Home Despot or Lowe's, open your yellow pages and look under
>"appliances - sales" or some such thing. Try and find a locally owned store
>that also offers service. Many of these stores participate in a large buying
>group whose name I forget. It allows them to compete with the big stores,
>and you may be happily surprised at their prices. I bought my appliances
>through a place like that 2 years ago. In my previous home, I dealt with the
>same place for many years. When I needed service, it seemed they were there
>before I hung up the phone. They have a parts department with a person I can
>actually speak to, and he saved me some serious money when I had to fix the
>one appliance that came with this house. This store's been in business for
>40 years, and it continues to expand, even with competition from the
>theoretical "discounters", like Lowe's, which is right around the corner.
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>This is the kind of store you want to deal with.

I agree. I worked for Whirlpool way back when Best Buy was just getting
started in Minnenoplace and learned when I repeatedly heard the service
manager say "Best Buy Sucks" that local dealers are the place to go.
I'm glad the Best Buy's etc haven't extinguished them all.

If anyone in the Seattle area can recommend a local dealer I'm all ears.
I found a good one in Tacoma when I bought the washer/dryer but it's
kind of a long ways from here... but I might go back.