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Originally Posted by retiredguy123
I doubt that many people will do this. If a $449 water heater lasts only 8 to 10 years, I feel like I got my money's worth.
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You are exactly right. Very few will ever do this. Even worse, very few will do any maintenance on their tank like draining it periodically for example. They just install it, and forget about it until it leaks or fails somehow.
If I had a choice of getting the $449.99 special from the "Chuck in a truck" company vs the $900 tank from Mike Scott, I would get the $900 tank. For the extra money I would have more peace of mind that the tank would last longer and Mike Scott would stand behind the product if anything came up.
I'm not saying this is going to happen with the $449 tank but some guys will literally unhook the old tank and replace it with the new tank using all the existing connections. When you ask why they are not replacing the connections or the expansion tank they will say something like "Oh they are fine, no need to replace". They get your money and at some point in the future you will be paying more to replace the expansion tank or whatever they didn't do.