Dryer to a dump recently. Mrs. Puddy has been eyeballing one of those front-loading washers for a while so instead of replacing just the dryer, we opted to go forward with this baby and it's matching dryer. They are not cheap by any means (washer = $1400, dryer = $1050, pedestals = $400, 4-year warranty $150 - total = $3,000). However I did get $775 off in the following manner:
Lowes was advertising 0% interest and no payments for 6 months so I wanted to charge them. It had been so long since I used their card that my account was canceled. No big deal just open a new one. I did which got me an unexpected 10% back. Savings = $300
They were supposed to deliver next day. They called and said they couldn't make it until the following day. No problem, they'd be there between 12:00 and 2:00. They didn't show up until 6:30 (after several calls from the wife I told her to tell them we will just return them if we find them somewhere else for the same price). Manager offers to give us the pedestals for free. Savings = $400
Last night I went back to Lowes for other items and noticed they were offering gift cards for appliance purchases. Amounts determined by price of appliances. They incentive went into effect the morning after we purchased ours. Talked to the manager and bam, gift cards allowed. Savings = $175.
So a $3,000 expected purchase turned into $2,125.
Oh and those machines are truly amazing. Quiet as can be and from what I understand really energy efficient (the washer used 1/3 the amount of water a traditional washer uses).