Generator Selection?

[grsthegreat]

Can't put my finger on it, but that generator site kind of gets the hairs on the back of my neck up. Don't believe I'd order from there.

I saw a 14 there with a 'New' icon, but no 15. Also it only shows a 5 year warranty. What happened to the 10 year?

there a very respected site. i have many customers that have ordered from them. Generac scrapped the 10 year promotional warranty when generators became hard to find. the 10 year thing is a sales promotion. when everyone and their brother wants a generator, who needs sales promotions. generators now only come with standard 5 year warranty (and thats limited years 1&2 parts,labor,travel time; years 3,4 &5 parts only, no labor). they have been offering 5 year extended warranty (parts,labor,travel for 5 years) if you sign up for Mobil Link monitoring plan. but they offer optional paid 5,7 and 10 year extended warranties.

i can tell you i know many people that have saved a small fortune on the 10 year plans. and some people never have any issues. whos to say. warranties do not cover things like batteries,oil changes, basic maint.

 

[Popgadget]

I’ll second that electricgeneratorsdirect is very respectable. I had a Hyper Engineering SureStart fail, they replaced it immediately with no questions.
I know of others with similar customer service experiences there.

GRS- agreed about switches & generators. It does seem that once you are out of the air cooled homeowner range that there is far more standardization and interchangeability.

I hear you about the charging circuit on the Generac. I didn’t have enough wires underground to the generator shed, (the new Generac is behind the shed now), so I had to use a 120v line and step up transformer for the sense circuit so I could provide a 120v charging circuit that would switch to standby power when the generator was running. It was a little bit of a head scratcher, but it sure beat pulling all the wires out of the conduit and repulling them with additional ones as it was too close to full to add one or two.t

 

[Diggin It]

Blue Box Store has them listed now:

14KW: $3,397.00
18KW: $3,997.00


Is there any advantage to changing my order from the 16 to the 14? or 18?

 

[grsthegreat]

Blue Box Store has them listed now:

14KW: $3,397.00
18KW: $3,997.00


Is there any advantage to changing my order from the 16 to the 14? or 18?

no idea what so ever. it would probably put you to the end of the list though. right now generac is showing almost 5-6 months to receive a generator. thats insane.

if i still installed generators i would be out of business.

last year if i placed an order i would have the generator on my doorstep in about 7 days.

 

[Diggin It]

Also, I found they're doing a 7 year full warranty, but there are hoops to jump through. You have to call their 800 number to schedule an onsite visit/estimate, then buy from a servicing dealer not a retail or ecommerce seller. I wouldn't mind that if they'd match the box store discount and did the same 24 month no interest payments plan, but I don't see that happening.

 

[grsthegreat]

Also, I found they're doing a 7 year full warranty, but there are hoops to jump through. You have to call their 800 number to schedule an onsite visit/estimate, then buy from a servicing dealer not a retail or ecommerce seller. I wouldn't mind that if they'd match the box store discount and did the same 24 month no interest payments plan, but I don't see that happening.

well, when i used to sell and install i would offer 18 months no interest (thru a participating bank and generac). My prices were my actual cost thru generac plus sales tax and shipping charge (just cause h depot says free shipping, dont believe it. generac charges a shipping fee and its just added to gen cost). my costs for gen were within $20 of home depot or lowes UNLESS those stores were offering military discounts. i could not match those prices so i told those customers to buy their own and have it sitting on the slab when i arrived, uncrated, sitting inplace. i dont make one dime in supplying the generator. i made my money with the install and the service contracts. you cant mark up the price of the equipment because online sales prices are too low to bother. i did make money thru Generac from promotions like buy 6 generators get 1 free, things like that in the good old days. now days the sale of gens is so high, there are no incentives offered.

i used to be able to offer 7 and 10 year free warranties offered thru generac IF owners contacted generac to set up appointments, but you never know what installers will show up. some guys want 3 times the cost of unit to install. i have no idea what programs are out there right now as i am no longer selling and installing generators (except for a few friends or past clients). i am now only servicing generac air cooled units.

 

[Sawyer Rob]

There's no free lunches...

Every time I hear about 0% I can always buy the same product, cheaper with cash!

SR

 

[grsthegreat]

There's no free lunches...

Every time I hear about 0% I can always buy the same product, cheaper with cash!

SR

well...sometimes

back in 2003 i got a chevy work van on 0% GMAC financing. i asked for a cash deal and worked up a price on new rig with free ladder rack and full interior work rack package. after deal was done, the salesman offered me the same deal, 60 months 0%. in 5 years the total was the same amount of money as it would have been if i paid cash. the only difference was i had to depreciate it over 5 years instead of the 1 year option. but using gm money for 5 years for free was a good deal. no wonder they went broke.

 

[Sawyer Rob]

My brother bought a Kubota at 0%, he's kinda proud of that, as he got such a great deal.

I paid cash for mine, and it was $700.00 cheaper...

I bought a new 4WD PU last year, it had a window sticker of $38,000.00 and It was what I wanted. They tried to get me to finance it with some super duper 0%, but I penciled it out first, and then walked in, and got the REAL deal with $29,000.00 in my hand...

Seems there's always some one around with the product you want, with a deal, if you have cash in your hand...

SR

 

[grsthegreat]

im not saying cash isnt the way to go, i got my kioti on an amazing cash deal. cash is always king. its just sometimes there are deals to be made financing. that said i have zero financed things presently. everything including house and property is paid in full. dont want no financing deals.