Went to Bestbuy and Sears to look for 3 appliances that I needed: a washer, a dryer, and a fridge. Thought about going to costo, but I didn't think they delivered.

The appliances had a be high quality, inexpensive, and accessible for me. Before I went, I did some price comparisons online. I found a coupon for 15% off open box appliances at Bestbuy. So I went to Bestbuy first, figuring whatever I didn't buy there, I would get at Sears.

When I got to Bestbuy, there was 1 open box item that caught my eye. A washer for 299, so with my coupon, it would have been about $250. I was like cool!, but upon closer inspection it was pretty banged up. It felt a little flimsy. It was a GE. It didn't live up to my quality standards. Not that I'm an expert, but I can tell when something is disposable. The selection was fairly limited at Best Buy in the low price range. They had some cool $3000 fridges with tv's and those $1000 water efficient washers. Oh well, so off to Sears I went.

Sears had a boatload of a selection of washers and dryers. Each aisle had a different brand and all price ranges. I was like, the only difference seemed to be the brand. Every brand had a low, mid, and high range product. I tested out some dryer doors, because some were too hard for me to open. I told the sales rep that it seemed like brand and price were the only differentiation between products. So I asked him which brands to avoid and which to pick. He said to avoid Maytag and GE. Glad I didn't buy that GE at Best Buy. He said Whirlpool is what he'd get.

Ended up gettting a Kenmoore set(made by whirlpool) that were onsale for $50 off each, totalling $670. Not too bad.

They were doing a promotion, 0% interest for 12 Months, but I had to spend 399 on a single appliance. Off to the refridgerators. Again, I asked him what brands to avoid. He said to avoid Frigidaire and Maytag. Both frigidaire and Whirlpool make fridges for Kenmoore. If a Kenmoore fridge has rounded corners, it's made by Frigidaire. If the corners are square, then whirlpool makes it.
Ended up getting a Kenmoore again(with square corners). Price tag said 469, but found out it was on said for $399. Yay!!

They were also doing a free delivery promotion, ending today. $65 to deliver and set up all 3 appliances. Free after mail in rebate! I was telling the rep, how I heard over 50% of people don't ever turn in their rebates. He proceeded to tell me that Sear's statistic is thar 60% do not turn in their rebates. Why people don't send off for free money boggles my mind. I'm going get my rebate ready to mail off right after I'm done with blogging.

Send me the money!!