Hey danno, Your're not that far off from the 13. the 12 is exactly the same size. It just doesn't have the epa rating. Still, for $350 it was still a good deal. ;-)
Danno77 said:I'm thinking that if your lowes carries them and they aren't on sale RIGHT NOW, then they won't ever be. The summer's heat version of the New Englander 13 was listed at just under 400 bucks at lowes and I thought I was going to get one because the computer said they had one in stock. Turns out they had a defective one sitting in the back to be returned. So, alas, I got the smaller cheaper stove.
It was already returned and apparently had been burned up (overfired?). I asked if I could see it, because the salesman gave me some story about a guy hooking it up to single wall pipe and how that ruined it. I didn't follow his story because it didn't make sense. Basically I asked to see it because I always suspect the worst and figured some employee was hiding it in the back to buy for himself or something.blel said:Danno77 said:I'm thinking that if your lowes carries them and they aren't on sale RIGHT NOW, then they won't ever be. The summer's heat version of the New Englander 13 was listed at just under 400 bucks at lowes and I thought I was going to get one because the computer said they had one in stock. Turns out they had a defective one sitting in the back to be returned. So, alas, I got the smaller cheaper stove.
You should of tried to buy it cheap and had it repaired/replaced under warranty.
If you want to save money on heating the way to do it is to buy a stove and start using it. The sooner the better. The real savings are not the purchase price of the stove but in the reduced reliance of utilities. Its expensive to properly install a wood stove but the sooner its done the more you save. The longer you wait chasing a deal is more money out of your pocket that you will never recoup.
I think I will see a savings of about $900 this winter by using my stove. I think that is much better than chasing the elusive “end of season” deal to save $300 on a NCL-13 or 30. Plus I`m really warm and comfortable. Wood heat is just plain nice.
Flame away but that is my story and I`m sticking to it.
Hogwildz said:Man I am glad I got my 30 last year. It was $476.00
The way they sold out so fast last year, combined with the energy & economy crap now, they prolly smartened up and figured they would sell at normal pricing.
They had to have taken a bath last year.
BrotherBart said:Hogwildz said:Man I am glad I got my 30 last year. It was $476.00
The way they sold out so fast last year, combined with the energy & economy crap now, they prolly smartened up and figured they would sell at normal pricing.
They had to have taken a bath last year.
They took the real bath year before last. We had a warm December and January and they threw everything on sale nationwide in late January. All hell broke loose weather wise the next week and they had already sold everything.
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