Lowe's 10% discount through 17

Lowe's has 10% off certain stoves. Currently I can get the Madison 2400 50-SHSSW02 Summers Heat for $809.10 plus taxes and they will ship it to the store for free pickup.



Looking at the NC-30 from Home Depot for $649.00 plus $99.00 to ship plus taxes and the fact that I have to spend $120 for the mineral board to build the R2 hearth; $868.00 minimal for the NC-30, the Madison is looking good. Plus the time it is going to take me to build the hearth. The Madison only requires ember protection which means my hearth is going to be much cheaper and quicker to build.

I am trying hard to raise the funds for the Madison. I will let the forum know how I come out.

 

My sister rung me to talk about the stove above; I had mentioned to her that I was interested in having it. She told me that she saw the 10% off offer. I wanted to wait until I had the cash in hand before buying the stove; I don't like putting things on credit because credit is for someone that has a steady income and I don't have a steady income. However, she pointed out that the 10% off ended the 17th. Now, I checked all last year after the heating season and I never saw any of the Lowe's stores clearance wood stoves; I think they have so few they just put them back in the stock room and I saw this first hand at the Lowe's near me; two stoves up in the steel (that is what we called the heavy shelving when I worked in one of the big box warehouse shops). I ended up agreeing to let her put the stove on her Lowe's card; 18 months to pay it without interest. I went to ebay and brought a 10% discount coupon for $4.50 (I could have got one cheaper but I needed it ASAP). With taxes the stove came to $780.34; throw in the $4.50 for the discount coupon and that brings it to $784.84 In contrast, the HD NC30 from Home Depot would have been $798.49 plus spending $120.00 (from Menards) for the mineral board to build the required hearth; making it $918.49 for the NC30.. The problem is that I am now in debt for the stove. My begging only netted me $9.41 from a friend. When I first ventured into trying to heat with wood, I never thought stoves would be so expensive.

I am hoping that I will be able to sale the stove Canadian Boarder Vt gave me. See this post: CFM Corporation Stove | Firewood Hoarders Club If I post the stove on Craig's List, what sort of price should I put on the stove?

 

Lowe's has special financing on purchases of $599+ thru the 20th.

I wish I could make a Madison work here. I'd like to give one a try.

 

Good luck with your new stove Kimberly! Not sure how your paying for heat now, but perhaps you will save the cost of the new stove in your heating bills.

 

It is a forced air electric furnace. Electric heat is the least efficient form of heat; thus the high costs and why I keep the thermostat on 50F (sometimes lower) in the main house. In my little office area I have an electric radiator, still the least efficient form of heat but I am heating a smaller space. I have been doing this for years, every since Mum died. Even with the heat down low, if we have a lot of cold weather the electric bill gets very expensive. I am constantly behind on the electric bills but manage to pay them to prevent cut-off; cut-off means a charge to get the electrics back on. This is why I wanted to be able to heat with wood, there is wood on the property here if managed properly and if I have to, buying wood would be lower than buying electricity to heat the house. I managed to pay for the chimney because a good friend donated the cost and I have managed to cut wood because of some very good people here on the forum that donated chainsaws to me, including chaps and gloves and chain sharpening equipment. If I had not stumbled across this forum in my searches, I would not even be this far along. Many thanks to everyone here on FHC.

 

I am not very happy about buying the stove this way; it is another debt for me to worry about. I wanted to wait until I had the funds but it made sense; it was a logical move since I could get 20% off of the cost of the stove.

 

First, let me say that electric forced air is NOT the least efficient for of heat, rather, it is the most efficient form of heat in that it converts 100% of the electricity into usable heat. Someone has mislead you. It may cost you more to run it, but that has nothing to do with the efficiency, rather, the price of the electricity.

Credit cards sure are convenient , but also easy to get into trouble with especially if the repayment means are sketchy at best.

Getting the stove hooked up is not a timed event; nor should it be. If you have to wait until next year (fall) for the stove of your choice, so be it. It'll give that firewood a few more months time to dry. Which, by the way, you have learned by now that it should be dried for 3 years anyway.

This last comment is not intended to offend and I sure hope you don't take it that way, but aren't there any public assistance programs in your county or state that you can qualify for? Since you are behind on your bills and do not have a steady income, I'm sure there is something available for helping you?

Again this post is not intended to offend you but rather to help you.

 

Oh yeah, I think every year, home depot puts the nc-30 on sale for $650 shipped to your closest store...maybe that'll help too?

Otherwise, there's always craigslist and buying a used stove. Maybe you'll have to settle for a pre epa stove.

 

What I meant to say here was not efficiency but costs; I was thinking one thing and stated another. Direct electric heat costs more for the amount of energy, propane is only slightly better than electricity. Kerosene is much better than propane for the amount of energy.

 

Sounds like you've got things lined up. When does your stove arrive? I haven't been following your chimney threads, is it all ready to go?

 

No, there is no chimney yet. And it is snowing today.

 

Don't think of this as debt, but rather an investment...because it is. You didn't by a pair of shoes for the prom, you bought a tool that will keep you warmer and save you money in the long run!
I would have to believe that continuing to run the electric heat (and freeze) will cost more per month than the interest on that credit card...unless it be one of those 25% ones!

 

Thanks. That is the NC-13; I have decided that if I am going to buy a stove, it would not make sense to buy the NC-13 due to the small size. The reason is that a good stove should last a long time; so I want to make a one time investment which will save money in the long run.