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Lisa
I'm a PANK!!!
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Window Estimate...OMG...did I get an eye opener!!!!
Boy did I get a wake-up call yesterday! My DH and I had someone from Pella Windows come in to give us an estimate on a new dinning room window. We want to replace and increase the sizeof the window...so we looked at a bow window...with 4 windows that all crank open. Of course I feel in love with the blinds built into the window...which is why we were looking at the Pella design series windows.
Well after all was said and done....the bottom line for installation and the window it came to a wopping $8,512.67!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 
HOLY &HIT!!!!!!!! Im looking to get ONE window.....not a whole house full!! 
The salesman told us the price and then said...ok...should we proceed???  uhhhh I dont think so!!!
 its almost comical!!!
So needless to say, we are now going to look at the regular Pella windows and also Anderson.
Message edited 9/17/2006 10:09:11 AM.
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christy
Mommy of 2
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Re: Window Estimate...OMG...did I get an eye opener!!!!
OMG!!!!!!!!!!
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| Posted 9/17/06 10:08 AM |
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LuckySV
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Re: Window Estimate...OMG...did I get an eye opener!!!!
OMG!!! I would've have We're replacing 5 windows in our house (installing ourselves) and they are $285 each and I was shocked!
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| Posted 9/17/06 10:27 AM |
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Lisa
I'm a PANK!!!
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Re: Window Estimate...OMG...did I get an eye opener!!!!
Posted by npbride
OMG!!! I would've have We're replacing 5 windows in our house (installing ourselves) and they are $285 each and I was shocked!
let me tell you...it took all my might not to
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SweetestOfPeas
J'taime Paris!
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Re: Window Estimate...OMG...did I get an eye opener!!!!
 OMG! I heard that Pella was expensive, but that is OUTRAGEOUS!
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HarleyGirlFLA
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Mel
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Re: Window Estimate...OMG...did I get an eye opener!!!!
OMG I would have right there in my seat
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charon54
My two boys!
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Re: Window Estimate...OMG...did I get an eye opener!!!!
Wow that's a lot. We paid $3000 for a 4 panel Anderson bow window and 2 replacement windows. The installer was
Tom Morse Siding/Windows/Roofing.
Tom is great, he is the DH of my DH's coworker. He did my roof and windows and my in-laws siding.
516-799-1735
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Maathy317
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Re: Window Estimate...OMG...did I get an eye opener!!!!
Pella is infamous for this. When we wanted to change our windows 18 years ago, we had them come to the house. After they quoted their price, the first thing they did was take out a book and tell us how we could finance it. We said "we'll think about it" and went to the nearest Anderson store. We spent far less money on all the windows we wanted and have not regretted it. They look just as good and perform just as well as they did when we first put them in.
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Re: Window Estimate...OMG...did I get an eye opener!!!!
Just as an FYI- our house came with those crank windows and I hate them- one of them needs to be fixed and we can't open that window at all. And the others don't open so easily. But I also bet it's a cheap window- the previous owners were not into quality.
Though, for $8k, I guess they come with some kind of guarantee against that kind of thing! 
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Lauren09
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Re: Window Estimate...OMG...did I get an eye opener!!!!
omg!!!! for 1 window!!??
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| Posted 9/17/06 1:21 PM |
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Blu-ize
Plan B is Now Plan A
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Re: Window Estimate...OMG...did I get an eye opener!!!!
yep Pella's are huge money. Andersens are half that. It's the installation that's also nuts.
We though we had to replace 4 ft windows on my second floor and got estimates from a few. The lowest was $4000 and the highest was $6000.
It turned out that Nassau Door and window came to look at them and said we don't have to replace them. They fixed them for under $2k. they even re-framed them and went to the lumber yard and put on new moulding for us since the old stuff was bad.
At least they were honest. The other places couldn't care less and wanted to replace them.
Needless to say, I am going to use them to replace my front door.
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Lisa
I'm a PANK!!!
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Re: Window Estimate...OMG...did I get an eye opener!!!!
Posted by charon54
Wow that's a lot. We paid $3000 for a 4 panel Anderson bow window and 2 replacement windows. The installer was
Tom Morse Siding/Windows/Roofing.
Tom is great, he is the DH of my DH's coworker. He did my roof and windows and my in-laws siding.
516-799-1735
Thanks for the recommendation!!
Looks like we are going Anderson!!
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Lisa
I'm a PANK!!!
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Re: Window Estimate...OMG...did I get an eye opener!!!!
I feel a little better...we got a quote from Lowes for a Pella 2 window casement and its only $600
we still want to check out HD though for an Anderson! 
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Re: Window Estimate...OMG...did I get an eye opener!!!!
my SIL also had a free estimate from Pella and they said $8,000 she laughed and sent him on his way
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justthe4ofus
I hate hypocrites!!!!!
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Re: Window Estimate...OMG...did I get an eye opener!!!!
Holy crap one window
We will be looking into redoing ALL of our windows next year. I was thinking about 12k for all of them- I think we have 14 windows and I wanted to change our living room window into a bow window and maybe get one of those flower box windows for the kitchen-- crap I think we will be lucky to replace 2 of them at that price.
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| Posted 9/17/06 9:05 PM |
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hazeleyes33
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Re: Window Estimate...OMG...did I get an eye opener!!!!
We did our entire house for $7,000!!!
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| Posted 9/17/06 9:18 PM |
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Re: Window Estimate...OMG...did I get an eye opener!!!!
DH and his Brother and BIL did all our windows the big bow window in the front cost $1600 and the 3 panel anderson casement in our BR cost a few hundred and the rest were all around $250
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MegZee
My bunny
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Re: Window Estimate...OMG...did I get an eye opener!!!!
was it a self cleaning, indestructible, money dispensing window???
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june262004
But I love the Snow!
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Re: Window Estimate...OMG...did I get an eye opener!!!!
I know Pella is a lot BUT i have to admit we bought pella French doors and I heart them
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Lisa
I'm a PANK!!!
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Re: Window Estimate...OMG...did I get an eye opener!!!!
Posted by june262004
I know Pella is a lot BUT i have to admit we bought pella French doors and I heart them
I really have my heart set on Pella....I just have to realize that the Designer Series is just way TOO expensive!!
we got a price on a regular Pella window from Lowes and it was about $600!! thats more like the price we are looking for!!!
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june262004
But I love the Snow!
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Re: Window Estimate...OMG...did I get an eye opener!!!!
Posted by Lisa
Posted by june262004
I know Pella is a lot BUT i have to admit we bought pella French doors and I heart them
I really have my heart set on Pella....I just have to realize that the Designer Series is just way TOO expensive!!
we got a price on a regular Pella window from Lowes and it was about $600!! thats more like the price we are looking for!!!
YA I hear ya...
Our French doors were 4000.00 We did have to minus some things out like the blinds in between the glass  cause of the price
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Lisa
I'm a PANK!!!
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Re: Window Estimate...OMG...did I get an eye opener!!!!
the blinds between the glass was the ONE thing that I wanted!!
Ohh well...I gues we will just have to have regular blinds!!
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Re: Window Estimate...OMG...did I get an eye opener!!!!
We are doing our whole house in Pella Windows and it came out to $5000 with insulation. We are not using Pella to install them the guy we hired is getting the windows for us.
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Sandra
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Re: Window Estimate...OMG...did I get an eye opener!!!!
We just did the entire house w/ Anderson, and including was a triple french door slider and 2 sets of glider windows for $10,000 ---
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Re: Window Estimate...OMG...did I get an eye opener!!!!
WOW!
We just got 8 double hung windows AND a huge bay window for about $9,200 from Sears (with installation and screens)
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