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Elizabeth Morgan in Mt. Washington loved to entertain. Having her grown children, their spouses, and the three grandchildren over for a Sunday afternoon diner and Bengal's football is her favorite activity. </div>
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When I was measuring her windows to give her an estimate I mentioned the family pictures on the wall in the dining room. Our dining room wall is covered with family pictures also. She mentioned she did not have enough room for all the food she made when everyone was over. </div>
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I asked her if she had ever thought of a garden window where she could have an extra shelf. Her dining room window is only 47" X 47" and too small for a bay or bow window. Naturally she said it would be too expensive. </div>
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Our normal no gimmick installed price for her entire home, including the garden window, was only $480 more than the other price she received from the nationwide company offering 35% off coupon. </div>
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Their price<i> did not</i> include a garden window. </div>
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The Screwtape Afternoon Tea and Biscuits Session</div>
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I wrote this for a class at Indiana Wesleyan</div>
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“Ah my dear Professor Lewis, please join me for a spot of tea.’’<br />
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“A spot of tea you say, sorry for my laughter, Old Sport, you can never get a cup of tea large enough or a book long enough to suite you. Priceless Professor Lewis, you are a man of simple pleasures and great talents. I toast you. I have some biscuits here also; freshly baked by the Oxford Ladies Auxiliary, in honor just for you.”<br />
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“Oh this meat in my jacket pocket? This, my dear Clive, if I can be so bold, is a recipe that I have entitled, Wormwood Jerk. I find its taste satisfactory, but your palette would not find it acceptable.”<br />
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“Oh I beg your pardon, Professor Lewis. I was hoping to get to know you better. You want to remain formal, it shall be. I humbly offer my regrets. If you would like to join me for a drink after the Socratic Club meeting this Wednesday I will share the story behind it. You will find it remarkable. I again find myself needing to ask your forgiveness. I do not desire to make you uncomfortable around me. You do not agree with my research or maybe my person even. I wanted to ask you about your lectures on the BBC. We are living in such trying times, yes? I admire you in wanting to bring some hope and comfort to those so desperately in need.”<br />
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“You are welcome; let me ask do you truly believe man has a universal law of nature written on his heart. It seems to me man is a very selfish and simple creature and respect for the law must be beaten into him with fear and propaganda. What about sin? It appears to me that man can be turned from this heart written law relatively easily. All one has to do to fail is to walk into a church. If a man can’t be cured of churchgoing, the next best thing is to send him all over the neighborhood looking for the church that ‘suits’ him until he becomes a taster or connoisseur of churches. The search for a "suitable" church makes the man a critic where God wants him to be a pupil. If someone sings off key, their clothes are wrinkled, or cough during prayer, all give the person to have the thought, at least I am not like that. One thought, and the law is violated.”<br />
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“You say my dear Professor that all societies throughout time have had the same basic foundations on how people behave to one another. I can agree with that.” It is when man dehumanizes another race or peoples when the same laws that drive their own society is not bestowed on an enemy.”<br />
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“Yes, yes, yes, you are correct. This natural law is common throughout all peoples and races. I wonder does anyone keep the law. My research demonstrates that to turn away from this law is easy. It does not matter how small the sins are provided that their cumulative effect is to edge the man away from the Light and out into the Nothing. Murder is no better than cards if cards can do the trick. Indeed the safest road to Hell is the gradual one--the gentle slope, soft underfoot, without sudden turnings, without milestones, without signposts. Wasn’t it your Jesus who said to want someone to die is equivalent to murdering them themselves? To think it is to do it. No one could keep the law, impossible, thank the master.”<br />
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“An old acquaintance of mine, Friedrich Nietzsche wrote, “You have your way, I have my way. As for the right way, it does not exist.”Are morals different between societies? Are we to say what Germany does within their own borders is their business. We do not want it. Why not live and let live.”<br />
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“No Professor Lewis, I am not saying they have the right to bomb us. We fight because it is an offence against us. If they would have honored the treaties then do we have any right to judge their behavior within their borders? They believe they have evolved into the master race. Their morals and natural law would have evolved along with them. Who is to say they are not the moderns, and we are ancient and obsolete.”<br />
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“Ok, I will agree with you no one wants to be murdered, raped, or enslaved. We should be kind, honest, and helpful. I am sorry, for the coughing, something was stuck in my throat; it may have been an almond from the biscuit. Thank you for understanding. Let me re mediate the rest of your statement. ‘The morality inside each individual. What is the good of drawing up, on paper, rules for social behavior, if we know that, in fact, our greed, cowardice, ill temper, and self-conceit are going to prevent us from keeping them? You cannot make men good by law: and without good men you cannot have a good society. So you are telling me that if a man or woman does not have a moral interior compass or foundation, then they will eventually ignore the law and society and relationships will suffer.’ “<br />
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“Thank you for spending this time with Professor Lewis. You speak powerful words. if I could quote, ‘And since we cannot deceive the whole human race all the time, it is most important thus to cut every generation off from all others; for where learning makes a free commerce between the ages there is always the danger that the characteristic errors of one may be corrected by the characteristic truths of another.’ I may study and research it; it may prove helpful for my education students in the near future”<br />
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“Good day professor, good health I look forward to sharing a drink with you and telling my story this Wednesday eve.”<br />
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References<br />
Lewis, C.S. (1941) Quotes from The Screwtape Letters Retrieved April 5, 2014 from http://www.catholiceducation.org/articles/philosophy/ph0036.htm<br />
Lewis, C.S. (1944) Quotes from Mere Christianity Retrieved April 5, 2014 from http://www.catholiceducation.org/articles/civilization/cc0109.html<br />
Lewis C.S. Quotes retrieved April 5. 2014 from http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/2467-you-can-never-get-a-cup-of-tea-large-enough<br />
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Editors Note; One may ask how could Professor Screwtape be asking Professor Lewis to meet him after the meeting of The Socratic Club when the Screwtape Letters was published in 1941 and the Socratic Club did not start meeting until 1942? We think that ‘time’ for Screwtape may not be lineal; which sounds a good as any excuse we could make up.<br />
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Fenestrated Integrity</h2>
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An Essay on Integrity, Holiness, and Justice</h3>
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<i>Bring the whole tithe into the storehouse, so that there may be food in My house, and test Me now in this,” says the LORD of hosts, “if I will not open for you the windows of heaven and pour out for you a blessing until it overflows. Malachi 3:10</i></div>
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Our Vision is to help forward America's energy independence through leadership, education, and guidance in fenestration, improved building performance and alternative energy sources.<br />
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Our Mission: To serve, by offering an easy shopping experience with straight talk, no gimmicks, and upfront pricing, to never compromise on product quality, installation, or service, and to treat everyone the way we want to be treated.<br />
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Our Passion is windows, doors, family, and happy satisfied customers.<br />
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Our Pledge: Deeds Not Words<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Hartwell United Methodist Church where we attended for years had a Good Shepherd stained glass window like this. I need to stop, reflect, and examine if I am being a good shepherd to my family, friends, and mission.</td></tr>
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Integrity</h4>
Integrity was impressed in me as doing the right thing when no one is looking. Merriam Webster describes it as firm adherence to a code of especially moral or artistic values: Incorruptibility<br />
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Proverbs 11:1 <i>“God hates cheating in the marketplace; He loves it when business is aboveboard.”</i><br />
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2 Corinthians 8:21 <i>“We're being as careful in our reputation with the public as in our reputation with God.”</i><br />
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We put these principles out for the world to see. We see them every day. We come from an industry where to talk is to lie. Everyday you will see advertisements for buy one get one free, thirty, forty, fifty percent off, and free energy upgrades. At a company I was an officer for, every quarter we had a sales meeting to decide what our offer was going to be. The BBB does not like to see fake sales. I never sold anything at the regular price always giving my customers a discount of some kind. The reality is consumers are acclimated to a call of action, the strongest being a discount. In the home improvement game, you usually have to sit through a long sales demonstration before you can get to a price. If you are a better negotiator, you will pay less than you neighbor with the same house from the same company, the same salesperson. I believe it is glorified, acceptable, yet legal dishonesty.<br />
I want to do business differently.<br />
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<i>Holiness</i></h4>
If I was asked to describe Holiness I would say it meant to try to immolate the character and aspects of God; easier said than done.<br />
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Luke 6:45<i> “It's who you are, not what you say and do, that counts. Your true being brims over into true words and deeds.”</i><br />
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1 John 3:3 3 “<i>All of us who look forward to his Coming stay ready, with the glistening purity of Jesus' life as a model for our own.”</i><br />
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My wife says no, but I want to have ‘deeds not words’ tattooed on my arm so I am always reminded that my words have power. They have the power to encourage or destroy, to lie, or tell the truth, to bless or to insult. It requires a conscious effort and emotional maturity to stand behind my word. I must have people, time management, and systems in place to remind me and to assist me in fulfilling my duties. I must put first things first and not allow myself to become distracted.<br />
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<i>Justice</i></h4>
I always thought that justice meant you are going to get yours in the end.<br />
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1Corinthians 6:12 (The Message Bible) <i>Just because something is technically legal doesn't mean that it’s spiritually appropriate. If I went around doing whatever I thought I could get by with, I’d be a slave to my whims. </i><br />
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Isaiah 56:1 1 <i>"Guard my common good: Do what's right and do it in the right way, for salvation is just around the corner, my setting-things-right is about to go into action.”</i><br />
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These verses reflect a different view of justice for me; to treat everyone fairly, to respect everyone, and by doing my best, and giving the customer more than they paid for, I am glorifying God. I knew a vinyl siding crew where one of the men would urinate, before the insulation board went up, on any house that belonged to an African American family. That was one time and I believe it was legitimate, I exploded in anger. When it comes to justice I do not care who the person is, their green is as green as anyone else’s. Generally, drug dealers and other criminal elements do not buy home improvements anyway. I try to show justice by helping customers taken by non-reputable contractors and have appeared in court as a witness for. Justice also tells me to give back, to support charitable causes and to give my skills and talents to volunteer for God’s work and Great Commission.<br />
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I have been called a give away artist, weaker than water, and worse of all, AN ORDER TAKER!; because I find the ten step, one call close, buy tonight or lose this deal forever, I am not coming back, selling system distasteful and dishonest. These skilled closers, dedicated to accumulating money, did not know that the rules were going to change. My father would never be able to sell a young, professional, single woman; he would never understand that in today’s market women make 70% of all home improvement buying decisions. The internet has evened the playing field, justice at work.<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10593878010280618774noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-124538033398987025.post-13911103803233011122014-01-20T12:10:00.001-05:002014-01-20T12:10:30.885-05:00mywindowprice.com American Renovations Ltd.<a href="http://jerryhartman.homestead.com/~local/~Preview/index.html">mywindowprice.com American Renovations Ltd.</a>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10593878010280618774noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-124538033398987025.post-71906216797952339562014-01-15T10:55:00.000-05:002014-01-23T09:18:33.472-05:00<h2 style="text-align: center;">
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I am eligible to save $200 off windows or $400 off doors for my home. I also
will not have an interest for a year but I read I cannot use both offers at the
same time though I know that for this offer it is a gimmick.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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order to have fake sales. </i>A quote from Time Magazine Business section
online said ‘<span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">In early 2012, JC
Penney promised the<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span><a href="http://business.time.com/2012/01/26/in-major-shakeup-j-c-penney-promises-no-more-fake-prices/" target="_blank"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">end
of “fake prices”</span></a><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;">—ones that
were inflated just so that shoppers could be tricked into thinking the
inevitable discounts represented amazing deals. Well, it’s already time to
welcome back discounts and inflated prices alike.’ (2013) </span></div>
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<span style="background: white; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%;">According to the <em><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;">Wall Street Journal</span></em>, Penney’s ousted president Michael Francis after just
eight months on the job, saying his marketing strategy had failed to explain
the pricing strategy to consumers; this in reaction to a 10% drop in store
traffic in the first quarter and worse after that.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%;">The New York Times from April 4, 2013, explains “<span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">But most shoppers, coupon collectors or
not, want the thrill of getting a great deal, even if it’s an illusion. In
recent months, Penney recognized that human trait and backtracked on its
pricing policy, offering coupons and running weekly sales again. And it <b><i>started
marking up items to immediately mark them down for the appearance of a
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and marketing experts say is that
consumers are conditioned to wait for deals and sales, partly because they do
not have a good sense of how much an item should be worth to them and need cues
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<span style="background: white; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">You see ladies, gentlemen and intelligent dolphins; in
marketing this is called anchoring. </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Consumers
infer that they get a great deal based on the reference point provided by the
higher, presale price. Social scientists refer to this idea as anchoring, and
it applies to all sorts of consumer behavior and expectations. Without that
anchor, consumers have trouble determining whether the store is actually giving
them a good price. Even the words a retailer uses in its marketing can affect
how a customer judges a deal — “sale” or “special” leads people to think the
item has a high value, but a straight markdown leads them to think it’s a
cheaper item. This is according to a<span class="apple-converted-space"> study </span>in
the Journal of Retailing. (2005)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">How
do I know the information in this coupon is a gimmick using the principle of
anchoring? For years every two to three months we dedicated a sales meeting to
what offer shall we advertise. If a company constantly advertises the same
sale, without changing the offer, the Better Business Bureau and some state
attorney generals question is the sale price the regular price. Is the sale
legitimate? <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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us hear what industry expert Dave Yoho, a
sales trainer with over forty years in the business,</span> <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">has
to say about the Washington State
attorney general going after contractors and how the industry is being affected<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #333333;">“He doesn't
understand marketing or the emotional connotation of the buy/sell relationship.
He understands law not psychology. He says: I want to take the emotionalism out
of selling these products. </span>Well, there is no such thing as a cold,
rational buyer purchasing this type of product purely on merit. Some people
want a Cadillac, some want a Lincoln. Color, style, accessories ... it's about
how that product makes the [consumer] feel.<span style="color: #333333;"> “<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">“A vinyl window in this industry,
totaling 90 united inches, could range in price, at retail, from $350 to $950
or more. What does that imply? That there are different products offered at
different prices. What the attorney general wants to know is how you establish <i>your retail price and how many jobs do you
sell at this price</i>. That's where he's utilizing prior Federal Trade
Commission guidelines.<span style="color: #333333;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Yoho went on to say<span style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #333333;"> “</span></span><span style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Two
of the companies tell me that their lawyers told them drops like that aren't
illegal because they do it in the automotive business. <i>Well, it's not illegal, but it doesn't defend well in court. </i>The
price of jobs can vary for many reasons, but if you don't have a base price and
sell jobs at that price occasionally, you're going to run into trouble in front
of a jury.”</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">The
company that sent me the coupon always has some type of special or sale but
changes it every month or so. The bottom line is the phone will not ring if you
do not perceive a savings. I will not share any specific numbers because it is
unethical to but I can attest from memory that the sales price, the discount
from list, closing rates, and salesmen commissions were pretty constant month
to month no matter what the offer. The company is a good reputable company with
caring people and great products but fake sales and discounts are the standard
operating conditions of the industry and the consumer’s mindset.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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No Author (2011) Dave Yoho on
Deceptive Sales Practices Retrieved December 17, 2011 from http://www.replacementcontractoronline.com/contractors/q---a--dave-yoho-on-deceptive-sales-practices-and-the-washington-state-civil-suits.aspx</div>
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Ryan D. (20120 Frequent Sales vs
Everyday Low Prices Retrieved May 22, 2013 from http://rswpartners.com/frequent-sales-vs-everyday-low-pricing/
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A Story About Discounts</h2>
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January, cold, windy, the snow still is pretty and not yet
turned black from traffic. Walking
across the tiled foyer in socks I discover the rock salt the vacuum left for a
cheap laugh at our expense. The mailbox sits an arm’s length beyond the front door
so there is no need to bundle up. This afternoon the mail is the normal
collection of litter destined for the attractive black wrought iron recycling
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One oversized postcard catches my
attention. It exhibits a photo of a stately two story home, snow-covered,
announcing a limited time offer on products to protect me from the harshest
winter in thirty years. The reverse
displays the smiling image of the owner of the company I worked with for years.
A wave of contrasting emotions and memories always battles within me when I see
his photo. He is declaring I am eligible to save $200 off a window, $400 a
patio or entry door. In contrasting color the words ‘no interest for 12 months*’
is highlighted below the headline; again, available for a limited time.</div>
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Yes if I have already purchased the offer is null and void. In the past when a
customer called asking for this new sale and discount I could easily convince them
the <i>price they</i> <i>paid</i> was a <i>better deal</i>; always.</div>
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The rules specifically state I cannot use the twelve months
no interest along with the $200 off. It
is either one or the other. The rule establishes the groundwork for a brilliant
sales manipulation technique. I imaging the salespeople I trained at that
company saying something similar to ‘Remember, as I shared before, the company
gives me a little leeway in order to keep a smooth flow of business for the
factory and installation teams. I am authorized, for a very limited number of qualifying
customers only, to give you the $200 off and set it up so there is no interest
or payments until 2015. I have to have a yes or no tonight.’ This is the
principle of the norm of reciprocity, or rule reciprocity of sales, I do
something nice for you, and you feel an obligation to do something for me.
Cialdini R.B. (2001) Influence: Science and Practice (4th ed.) For further
information see Kendra Cherry’s article at <a href="http://psychology.about.com/od/socialinfluence/f/rule-of-reciprocity.htm">http://psychology.about.com/od/socialinfluence/f/rule-of-reciprocity.htm</a>
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hard for me I feel this must be the best deal I can get. I do not have to shop
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There are times when discounts and finance offers are not
compatible. If the offer is legitimate, (this $200 is a sales
gimmick, I’ll tell you how I know in a later post) then many businesses cannot afford
it. You probably know that a business has to pay a processing charge to a
credit card company when they redeem their sales. A company with a large ticket
may have to pay 3 percent or more. Credit card companies make money even if you
never pay a penny of interest. When you see delayed interest or payments the
business usually is paying a processing fee to the finance company. This
company used GE Credit (a good company) in the past and that is how they
operated. They are in the business of loaning the money and they need to be
paid for their services.</div>
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Now sit down because here is the bottom line on how this
affects you. Normally when you are paying for the tires, furniture, or plumbing
repair and you use delayed payments, the processing charge is already in the
price of the product! For a one year same as cash program we had to pay seven
percent to GE Credit. One company forbade us to inform customers of this
practice or offer a cash discount in lieu of financing. In the case of our $200
off a window coupon it would not be a wise financial decision to use the
financing because you can receive a better price without it. Home improvement
salespeople want you to use the financing in order to convince you to buy at
the time of the presentation. Which is less, $8,500 for windows and a door or
$99 a month?</div>
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<i>Jerry Hartman is an expert in fenestration, a 25 cent word
for windows and doors, but a novice at life. He is the owner of American
Renovations Ltd. a remodeler specializing in windows, doors, insulated siding, home restoration, energy inspections, metal roofing, and walk in baths in Cincinnati
Ohio. He may give you a better discount if you shared your LEGO brand
blocks.</i></div>
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Bowtie did not know anything about glass and Low-E coatings that reflect heat back into the house. She did not know anything about foam filled insulated frames, triple glazing with Argon gas, or energy efficiency. She only knew she could see out this window and it was comfortable. The humans thought so too and they were happier. Bowtie dreamed about finding them a present later.<br />
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What is a bay window? A bay window is a group of windows that extend out beyond the exterior wall. Generally it has a larger center fixed window with two side windows called flankers. That is the common style yet we have installed many different variations.<br />
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Bay windows can have a dramatic effect on the exterior appearance of a home creating an interesting focal point. Many folks though install a bay window in their dining or breakfast-nook, facing the rear of the house, to open up and give more light and depth to a room. I remember a lady who wanted more flat surface in her dining room when the kids and grand-kids came over for meals.<br />
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This has been a busy two months. I have been lax at saying a big shout out and THANK YOU to Pella Windows for their Pro Expo that Bill Wagner and I attended. I can understand why you have been such a tough competitor in the past and look forward to being teammates in the future. <div>
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