Saturday, May 22, 2010

How To Buy Granite Counter Tops

Frustrated by misleading granite ads?

If you've been shopping around, you'll see many granite shops advertising a low installed square foot price. Sound too good to be true? It probably is.

Here's how that works.

You set an appointment and the salesperson comes out to measure your home.

He says "Yea, we have $25 granite, but that price is only for these two colors (which are not attractive colors- once is called "Ugly1" and the other is called "Uglier")."

The nice colors are Group 2 & 3, which are substantially more expensive.

Then he shows you the edge profiles available, and says "it's $15.00 per foot for putting a polished edge on your granite."

"What?" you say. The edge is separate? Who buys granite counters without an edge?

Then he asks who's removing the old countertops. You say "don't you do that?"

He says of course, but it's $350 extra. Then he asks "Do you want a sink?"

Well, duh, you think, of course I want a sink. Your ad says it was free.

He says it is free, but to cut the sink hole and polish it's edge is another $150.

To make a long story short, you end up paying about $54 per foot for the entire project. You feel scammed and cheated.

That's where we come in.

Our price includes a wide variety of colors, five edge profiles, free sink and no charge to haul away your old counter tops.

We have other services to help you with your kitchen too. We can add lighting, install dishwashers, repair kitchen cabinets, paint, install floor and wall tile.

So call us today, you'll be glad you did.

1 comment:

  1. I got a kick of of this article. I'm also a granite countertop salesperson and I've had this same conversation with MANY clients. Thank you for spelling it out to the masses!! I've also got a few articles on my website that can help you figure out the square footage of your project. Check out the 'Estimation Guide' on this page http://www.greatlakesgm.com/newsandarticles.html.
    Thanks again!
    Allison

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