Fishing - OT gumpy old fart rant

On Tue, 13 May 2008 11:57:57 -0700 (PDT), wrote:

On May 12, 2:42*pm, wrote:
On Mon, 12 May 2008 14:01:00 -0700 (PDT), wrote:
... selling JD equipment but
not the spec grease for same. Ditto for routine maint. supplies for
same. I blame it on dumbass MBAs.

FWIW, the JD stuff sold at HD and Lowe's are built for them - JD dealers
don't sell them. *Some are good and some are bad, but none are "true"
JDs. *And never buy a Jenn-Air grill from Lowe's - it's a Chinese POS
made outta the same ****ty stainless as the house brand "Perfect Flame"
(and "Perfect Flame" must be the phonetic "POS made from ****ty
stainless" from Mandarin or something...).

TC,
R

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Thats good to know. Is it the same for Jenn Aire stoves? I have a
rental and like to put in basic models of better brand appliances
because most people will take better care of them than other stuff.
However the GE stuff looks better and better for the money.

I cannot say with certainty, but I'd doubt it as Lowes doesn't, to my
knowledge, have "house brand" appliances.

I was looking at grills last week and noticed that the Jenn-Air grills
looked suspiciously like the "Perfect Flame" grills, so I looked at the
tag to see where they were made. I wasn't surprised to see "Made In
China," but I was surprised to see it was made for "LG Sourcing," which
stands for "Lowes Group" Sourcing, and the same as on the Perfect Flame
models.

I suspect that Lowes rents the Jenn-Air name. Now, whether extends to
"Jenn-Air" stoves, etc. models sold at Lowes, I've no idea, but since HD
also sell JA, I'd think that at least some Jenn-Air stuff is "Jenn-Air."
Now, what would concern me is that Jenn-Air would allow their name to be
put on that level of cheap crap at that kind of price.

FWIW, we've found some real deals at both Lowes and HD in their
clearance area, esp. on SOS/Special Order returns, which are often
high-end things deeply discounted.

TC,
r

Dave