wood-fan-atic said:
It is true.....excrement rolls downhill. I was @ the local stove shop the other day, and heard the owner speaking to a customer about their costs. He 'predicted' that stove prices will soon be rising due to the skyrocketing oil prices. The prices for all goods rise when oil goes up, but I'm sure glad that that I have already gotten my new insert, and am re-furbishing my DW 2461 Large cat for a rainy day. With $5 a gallon gas and heating oil a virtual certainty, I can envision stove prices (and firewood) going thru the roof as well. As we enter the traditional 'slow season' for stove sales, I wonder if prices are only going to go up instead of down?
My understanding is that this is a stove shop high-pressure sales tactic, and it's an inidcator that you should shop elsewhere.
I got a similar line of crap from a stove shop in Naugatuck, CT (Blazing Hot Stoves) when I challenged the owner as to why his quote on a Jotul 550 was $100 higher than that provided by his wife the previous weekend. He attributed the differential to 'the rising price of steel.' Total crap, and it spurred me to shop around.
I deal exclusively with a stove shop in Southington CT now. I'm unsure of the dealer's status in Naugatuck - the name of the business appears to have changed since then. Regardless, I stear clear of that particular shop now - even though I drive past it routinely.
Some of these stove shop type individuals are bad news - particularly when they cry about their costs when trying to make a sale.