CONTRIBUTED CONTENT: Five Reasons Why

Five reasons why to use a local window covering dealer vs. ordering from an invisible online store?

• Lower prices. Sometimes we are tempted to order the cheapest price vendor. Yes, sometimes the price may be lower. So is the service. Some company in the Midwest is not going to come out and fix your blind or deal with the manufacturer on your behalf as quickly and efficiently as a local window covering dealer that wants to maintain a good reputation.

• Pay 100 % at time of order. NO WAY! Out of town, state, or country dealers want your money up front. Chances are they won’t give it back or fix the problem in the event something goes wrong. Local window covering dealers invest in your satisfaction by being accessible to help you. Most local dealers want a deposit to get the order placed and collect the balance when it is finished.

• What is your warranty and who takes care of it? Local dealers enforce the manufacturer's warranty and, in some cases, have an additional service warranty for the installation and one year after. Try to get the online vendors to do something a year later. Keep the boxes in case you have to send them back.

Local dealers take care of the problem locally. No boxes to keep.

• You can see a real person and real samples in the best showroom ever: your home or business.

Have you ever looked at itsy bitsy color swatch on a computer screen? It never looks like a real sample swatch! You can get a swatch in the mail if you want from the far away invisible dealer but with local dealer you can see it at your in-home appointment … like buying a car online without a real test drive.

• DYI smart home programming make you feel stupid?

With a local dealer who is smart home certified they make you look like a genius. You sit and watch while they program each blind, set up a hub, put on a remote or an app on your phone or smart pad. When you have a problem never spend hours on the phone waiting for someone to answer or when they do answer they speak in a language that is not your normal words.

Local dealers are better … even the price is better all things considered. Local dealers can fix it right away.

Did you know your appliances talk to each other? They also can hear you? That will be our next article dedicated to everything smart home.

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This article written by Gerry Yates — Factory Rep Blinds.