We needed nearly all appliances for our new home. For once, I did some thinking before purchasing. We signed up for ConsumerReports.org and did some research. I then priced some of the appliances at different stores. Ended up getting a good deal on a range, washer and dryer from Sears. Got a discount on top of that and will get the shipping charges refunded in the form of a prepaid Mastercard.
I was going to call the local stores with the total that we received from Sears.com and see if they could beat the price, but a little investigation proved that the effort would be wasted. By doing a search for promo codes and getting the added discounts, it was unlikely that we would have saved $100 by mercilessly beating the local merchants over the head.
We had already scored a great deal on a large side by side refrigerator freezer combo and a large deep freeze. We have to pick up a mower and a dishwasher, and we plan on mercilessly beating the local merchants over the head for those.
