Lanning said:<<<Lanning- How old is your insert?>
I installed it on Oct of this year. It was on the floor of the dealer last Feb, and I p/u for $1,850, w/o the gold door trim. Its so warm in Minnesota right now that I have had to have the house windows open to not over heat the house.
FYI...
Cost of a new combustor from Condar for the Princess PI1010A needs a rectangular combustor 3.6 x 10.6 x 2, which is part number CC-511; the cost on this unit is $182.00, plus $12.50 shipping & handling. Thats not to bad....
You haven't had yours very long so I guess your still in the first yr trial period and you'll have more info as the winter progresses. That's good info on the cat cost; I'd been quoted more like $280 from a local dealer. $1850 sounds like a really good price and I'd be surprised if the store could have gone more than $50-150 lower and still made a profit. It does go to show that there's a huge markup on these things as well. What's that dealer selling the same stove for at their shop now? I'll guess it's more like $2400-$2800 which shows they're marked up a good 50'ish percent (or higher). That "should" make for a lot of negotiating room and it matches up pretty well with most of the thoughts in this thread regarding pricing and methods of payment: https://www.hearth.com/talk/threads/45393/
dale- Btw, I wasn't upset I just wanted to know if I worded something the wrong way irt getting fuel out of wood. np.