4 Things to Avoid When Making an Appointment With a Window Dealer

The home improvement business is a racket.

Protect yourself from an expensive mistake by controlling with whom and how you make your deal.

You want to find the contractor, technicians, and products you think will enhance your lifestyle and the value of your home. But you are in danger of not meeting that goal. Despite bragging in their advertising about how satisfied hundreds of thousands of their customers are, some companies will do anything to sell you.

Watch out for these window dealer warning signs:

• Limited product offerings. Most vendors, franchisees, or fabricators hawk vinyl windows only. These are commodities. Each will emphasize the several peculiarities that make the promoted window “different”. Performance and appearance differ little, and often the customer makes the decision based on who offers the best “deal”. If they sell fiberglass or wood windows, they likely do not have talented installation personnel experienced with their installation.
• Salespeople with gimmicks. Take the heat lamp test, for instance. Wow the prospect with demonstrations, flashy literature, and big promises. Most of these people are well-meaning at best, but haven’t the experience to help the typical customer weed through the myriad choices available in the marketplace.
• Incredible discounts. Buy 1, get 2 free. Will you really know what price you’re paying for any window or door?
• Incredible warranties. Limited lifetime? Who’s lifetime? Offered by a manufacturer about which you’ve never heard? No warranty on installation? When you learn that few salespeople follow up after the sale and seldom take responsibility for the ordering or installation of your windows or doors, it’s easy to see that these guarantees aren’t worth much.

Wouldn’t it be better to have a relationship:

• with a person who helps you select from the broadest spectrum of products made in North America?
• with a company that can make better products affordable, even when you didn’t believe you could be a customer for them?
• with people who know how to keep water out of a building and build with beautiful craftsmanship?
• with the president of the company, and a contractor that gets 80% of its business from happy customer referrals?

Yes? Call Egret today! No limit to products offered – no gimmicks or promotions – no discounts, just bottom-line pricing – simple 10-year installation warranty.