We had a Window Nation rep out this past Thursday for a free estimate for a sliding glass door and two windows. He looked at everything, measured, plugged it into his iPad and came back with $6498 to replace them. BUT....here it comes...If you commit right now we can get you down to $4640 because the Homeshow order is going in Monday. Holy crap...what a freaking deal. We thanked the in home rep who was very polite and personable and he said a sales manager would email us a quote the following day. The next day (Friday) we get the email from sales manager Jeff Naughton with the original price and if we commit before Monday when the order goes in we can get the reduced price. Out of curiosity I emailed back asking for an itemized quote. Like any good consumer I want to know the cost breakdown between product and installation. Where specifically is my money going? How did you come up with the first number and then how you are able to give an amazing discount if we commit by Monday. I don't think this is unreasonable and if you ask me, I think this whole process is shady. It's like they come in, size you up, and say "I think we can get X amount of dollars out of these people" and then hit you with the giant discount price to make you feel all warm and fuzzy inside. Show me how you come up with these numbers. The truth is, I would feel better if you sat down with your pen and paper or iPad and showed me physical evidence that it takes X amount for manufacturing product and X amount for installation. However if they actually did this I think people's heads would spin off and they would see they are being ripped off. That's probably why they don't.