04-25-2007, 05:52 AM
We had them price out our living room window last fall (biggest window in the house) when we needed to replace it. They offered a really inflated price, and then offered to discount it by 300 bucks if we put a sign out for a week previous to and 2 weeks after the work. That works out to 100/week for some of the best traffic exposure in North Bay aside from the main highways.
I told him to double the discount or walk. He laughed, I told him I'd call.
Then I had a contractor buddy of mine come over and do a hell of a job for $1000 less with no stipulations. They'll be quoting on the rest of the windows in 2-3 chunks for this year and next year.
Shop around, talk to contractors recommended by family and friends. Get EVERYONE's warranty on paper BEFORE SIGNING.
Also, when HD did their measurements... they measured once. The other guys measured several times and even compensated for a slight window size error at the house. You'd never know to look at it.
I told him to double the discount or walk. He laughed, I told him I'd call.
Then I had a contractor buddy of mine come over and do a hell of a job for $1000 less with no stipulations. They'll be quoting on the rest of the windows in 2-3 chunks for this year and next year.
Shop around, talk to contractors recommended by family and friends. Get EVERYONE's warranty on paper BEFORE SIGNING.
Also, when HD did their measurements... they measured once. The other guys measured several times and even compensated for a slight window size error at the house. You'd never know to look at it.
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33" BFG Mud-Terrain KM2s, lots of Rough Country gear - bumper, 2.5" lift, swaybar disconnects, Superwinch 10,000lb winch, Detroit Locker in rear D44 axle, custom exhaust, K+N filtercharger, Superchips-tuned.
Daily driver 2: 2006 Subaru Legacy GT
COBB Stage 1+ package - AccessPort tuner, COBB intake and airbox. Stage 2 coming shortly - COBB 3" AT stainless DP and race cat, custom 3" Magnaflow-based exhaust and Stage 2 COBB tune.