I bought a Kenmore washer and dryer back in 2003, when I first moved to Idaho. Back around 2007 or -8 the dryer decided not to dry anymore. So we called the Sears repair guy.

It was the circuit board, and the cost of repair (slide in a new board?) was more than the cost of a new dryer.

Screw it, thought I. So we wandered through "Consumer Reports" and found their top-of-the-line dryer. Okay, in white instead of camo or international orange or puke or any other color...and I called Lowes.

Yup, we can get them. Here's the cost. Take about six weeks....

So I called a local store. Sure, no problem, in fact we have one in stock...and the truck is getting ready to go out.

An hour later a new dryer was installed -- and at a hundred or so bucks less than Lowes wanted.