Replacement windows connundrum

Undertoad · 09-19-2013, 01:27 AM

$6400 out of nowhere - number one, must be nice to live in an oil-bearing country.

Number two, how can any company go belly-up with those kinds of checks being handed out for its product? Oh, right - it was a limited time offer, so the massive windfall ended. So they had a great incentive to make a bunch of crappy products and then, with its windfall over, and a ton of jobs suddenly being unsupportable, to merely die.

With the best of intentions, your government produced this result.

Griff · 09-19-2013, 05:33 AM

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Originally Posted by Undertoad

With the best of intentions, your government produced this result.

So are US Americans better or worse off since our government lacks good intent?

chrisinhouston · 09-19-2013, 12:29 PM

Update... My S in L called me and asked if I could meet the window salesman/rep at their home later today as he and his wive carpooled to work and can't get home in time. I said sure...

He is very upset with the overall product and installation.

Oh well.

glatt · 09-19-2013, 12:42 PM

They're calling in the big guns.

limegreenc · 09-19-2013, 05:44 PM

The window company went under because they broadened their business by going to the States, where the market was too soft/spread themselves too thin/didn't do enough market research. Funny thing, when you look them up online they still 'exist in the east coast', but the BBB warns that it's a mock-up. FYI the retrofit grant no longer exists-no wonder. When my sister did hers, they'd upped the grant to 85% per, so she ended up with cash in pocket.

glatt · 09-20-2013, 07:20 AM

I may be misremembering, but I think in the US, you can deduct 7% of the purchase cost of windows that meet the highest energy star standard for your area up through the end of the 2013 tax year. Installations fees are not deductible. So a $380 window would wind up only costing $350 after you get your tax refund in April.

chrisinhouston · 09-20-2013, 10:03 AM

Well the sale rep came out and I met him, he checked every window and felt that only 2 were very hard to open and made the excuse that the other seemed a bit hard but they were big windows! He said he would have to come back with the installer at a later date. My step son says the sale pitch emphasized they could be opened and closed with one finger! I also asked the guy about the big screw heads showing and installed rather haphazzarely and where the drill chuck had damaged the frame and he said that was all normal based on where the studs in the window frame were. Yeah right...

Talked to my stepson later and he did say the windows averaged $1500 each so my wife was right about the cost. All I can say is I am glad I measured, purchased and installed my own. I Googled the company name and can't find much negative about them so maybe they will make it alright.

09-19-2013, 01:27 AM	#1
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	$6400 out of nowhere - number one, must be nice to live in an oil-bearing country. Number two, how can any company go belly-up with those kinds of checks being handed out for its product? Oh, right - it was a limited time offer, so the massive windfall ended. So they had a great incentive to make a bunch of crappy products and then, with its windfall over, and a ton of jobs suddenly being unsupportable, to merely die. With the best of intentions, your government produced this result.

09-19-2013, 12:29 PM	#3
chrisinhouston Professor Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Houston TX Posts: 1,857	Update... My S in L called me and asked if I could meet the window salesman/rep at their home later today as he and his wive carpooled to work and can't get home in time. I said sure... He is very upset with the overall product and installation. Oh well.

09-19-2013, 12:42 PM	#4
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	They're calling in the big guns.

09-19-2013, 05:44 PM	#5
limegreenc shed door curio Join Date: Jun 2013 Location: Canada Posts: 406	The window company went under because they broadened their business by going to the States, where the market was too soft/spread themselves too thin/didn't do enough market research. Funny thing, when you look them up online they still 'exist in the east coast', but the BBB warns that it's a mock-up. FYI the retrofit grant no longer exists-no wonder. When my sister did hers, they'd upped the grant to 85% per, so she ended up with cash in pocket.

09-20-2013, 07:20 AM	#6
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	I may be misremembering, but I think in the US, you can deduct 7% of the purchase cost of windows that meet the highest energy star standard for your area up through the end of the 2013 tax year. Installations fees are not deductible. So a $380 window would wind up only costing $350 after you get your tax refund in April.

09-20-2013, 10:03 AM	#7
chrisinhouston Professor Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Houston TX Posts: 1,857	Well the sale rep came out and I met him, he checked every window and felt that only 2 were very hard to open and made the excuse that the other seemed a bit hard but they were big windows! He said he would have to come back with the installer at a later date. My step son says the sale pitch emphasized they could be opened and closed with one finger! I also asked the guy about the big screw heads showing and installed rather haphazzarely and where the drill chuck had damaged the frame and he said that was all normal based on where the studs in the window frame were. Yeah right... Talked to my stepson later and he did say the windows averaged $1500 each so my wife was right about the cost. All I can say is I am glad I measured, purchased and installed my own. I Googled the company name and can't find much negative about them so maybe they will make it alright.

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