If you need a household appliance, no matter what the grade or reason, you can save easily half the price by shopping the scratch and dent outlet, and still get a full warranty.You may have to drive all the way to the nearest "big city", but your regional Sears or other major appliance outlet has an outlet for scratch and dent appliances. They may be demo returns, or have insignificant damage you won't even notice once you put it in the cabinet.
They're still "new", and carry every bit as much warranty, but you can get a deluxe model for the cost of a bare-bones basic one, or an entry level product at a big discount. There isn't a fancy showroom or elaborate [404 Check: was link to http:/ / shopping106. blogspot. com/ 2007/ 05/ grocery -shopping. html, anchor: home-delivery] options, but for $200 to $500 consumers, find it a worthwhile concession.