Well, I decided to go in and grab a blue end cabinet to accompany my 44" US General box. I was SHOCKED that they had one in stock today and was expecting that there would be a significant wait to order one in.
Anyhow, with the 10% off it ended up being $216 +tax which IIRC, is pretty close to what they used to sell for at full price. These US General boxes continue to move up in price and with the limited coupons that apply to them, the new normal price is $500 for the lower, $330 for the upper and $240 on the end cabinet. So, at full retail this thing is now $1070+tax for what's pictured below. I'm not really near that number as I bought the lower used, the upper before the last price jump and with coupon and then the end cabinet with 10% today. For what I have into it I'm comfortable with the quality and bang for the buck... with that I think HF might be approaching the price level that alternatives might start being more attractive.
I'm not sure that any of the 3 pieces came from the same manufacturing plant. The top and bottom are similar but have some slight differences that lead me to believe they might be out of different plants... their model numbers are 64444 lower and 64440 upper. The end cabinet #64450 is certainly a different build than the other 2, the metal gauge is thinner, slides are cheaper, etc. I'll probably follow-up with other things I notice, once I get things set-up.
BTW all of them had zero damage when purchased which is nice, as the 26" combo I purchased previously had some bumps and bruises.
Anyways. here is the money pic:
Anyhow, with the 10% off it ended up being $216 +tax which IIRC, is pretty close to what they used to sell for at full price. These US General boxes continue to move up in price and with the limited coupons that apply to them, the new normal price is $500 for the lower, $330 for the upper and $240 on the end cabinet. So, at full retail this thing is now $1070+tax for what's pictured below. I'm not really near that number as I bought the lower used, the upper before the last price jump and with coupon and then the end cabinet with 10% today. For what I have into it I'm comfortable with the quality and bang for the buck... with that I think HF might be approaching the price level that alternatives might start being more attractive.
I'm not sure that any of the 3 pieces came from the same manufacturing plant. The top and bottom are similar but have some slight differences that lead me to believe they might be out of different plants... their model numbers are 64444 lower and 64440 upper. The end cabinet #64450 is certainly a different build than the other 2, the metal gauge is thinner, slides are cheaper, etc. I'll probably follow-up with other things I notice, once I get things set-up.
BTW all of them had zero damage when purchased which is nice, as the 26" combo I purchased previously had some bumps and bruises.
Anyways. here is the money pic:
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