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Costco's Laminate Flooring @$1.30 sq ft. - Any Feedback??

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davefr

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Oct 13, 2000, 3:00:00 AM10/13/00
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Costco's laminate flooring pricing is well under half the other
suppliers.

It's the Allegria line from Uniboard and appears to be a Canadian
product.

Has anyone used it? Is it decent quality?

It appears the only downside is that they don't offer the range of
colors that Wilsonart and others provide.

Siobhan Perricone

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Oct 13, 2000, 3:00:00 AM10/13/00
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Please take the time to read about laminate flooring at ifloors.com.
There's a huge quality gap between the least expensive and the most
expensive that you should think carefully about before buying whatever is
least expensive.

--
Siobhan Perricone
"The obvious insinuation here is that somehow, homosexual seed pods were
smuggled into the Green Mountains under cover of darkness in the back of a
Volvo with Jersey plates."
- Walter Amses, Times Argus Op-Ed piece

Lisa Cea

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Oct 14, 2000, 3:00:00 AM10/14/00
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For God's sake DO NOT let a big box store handle any type of flooring
installation. Low prices=Low quality installation.
For the same money (or less!) you can interview and hire your own pro.
Call CFI @ 816-231-4646 to find a CFI Certified installer near you.


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davefr

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Oct 14, 2000, 3:00:00 AM10/14/00
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Thanks! Interesting website, but this brand was not evaluated.

I'm going to give this Allegra brand a try. I suspect the pricing is
so good because of the Canadian exchange rate and the fact that they
sell thru Costco. It looks to be a high quality product and is
unbeatable for the price. It looks like this company is trying to
buy their way into the laminate flooring market.

I've heard from multiple sources to avoid Pergo due to major quality
problems.

R&T

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Oct 14, 2000, 10:20:54 PM10/14/00
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In article <39E8FA23.957F578F@the_edge.com>, Cliff Walker <@the_edge.com>
says...
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> i'll never know. i refuse to buy from a company that presumes i've stolen
> something everytime i leave the building through their front doors.
>

so you don't do costco or sams either?

davefr

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Oct 15, 2000, 3:00:00 AM10/15/00
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Than you better not shop at Home Depot, Circuit City, CUSA, Office
Depot, just to name a few.

They also "presume you've stolen" with their Sensormatic systems.

On Sat, 14 Oct 2000 17:28:19 -0700, Cliff Walker <@the_edge.com>
wrote:

mike

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"Cliff Walker" <@the_edge.com> wrote in message
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>
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> i'll never know. i refuse to buy from a company that presumes i've stolen
> something everytime i leave the building through their front doors.

actually, they do that because they dont trust their cashiers to ring things
up properly... youd be surprised how often the cashiers miss stuff on the
bottom of the basket. it goes both ways too- ive seen cases where items were
double scanned by the cashier as theyre run thru the scanner, and the door
people have caught it. theyre also there to make sure that big ticket
merchandise pick-up items (small electonics) are picked up at the
merchandise pick-up cage before you leave the warehouse with the *empty*
box.

davefr

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Oct 15, 2000, 3:00:00 AM10/15/00
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Further research shows that this brand is from Uniboard based out of
Canada vs. a private labeled brand.

http://www.uniboard.com/en/index.html

It would appear they are have been doing laminate products for some
time but are trying to buy their way into the flooring business but
don't have much in the way of distribution channels as yet. (Etail and
Costco look their only channels) There website suggests they were
very highly rated in a '99 Good Housekeeping evaluation of laminate
flooring.

On Sun, 15 Oct 2000 12:18:16 -0700, Jim McClain <JMFl...@yahoo.com>
wrote:

>On Sat, 14 Oct 2000 11:21:44 -0700, davefr <dav...@REMOVETHIS.com>
>wrote:


>
>>Thanks! Interesting website, but this brand was not evaluated.
>>
>>I'm going to give this Allegra brand a try. I suspect the pricing is
>>so good because of the Canadian exchange rate and the fact that they
>>sell thru Costco.
>

>Dave,
>
>Allegra may be a re-named brand, what we call "private labeling" in
>the trade. This is so the consumer can not easily compare prices or
>quality. I suspect that this product rates somewhere near or even
>below that of Pergo. Buyer beware.
>
>Jim
>JMFloors


Dick

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Oct 15, 2000, 3:00:00 AM10/15/00
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or KMart, WalMart, Sears and a bunch of others with electronic detectors
at every door.

o...@att.net

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Oct 18, 2000, 3:00:00 AM10/18/00
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On Sun, 15 Oct 2000 02:20:54 GMT, R&T <StoneCr...@earthlink.net>
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Or COMPUSA?

debbie...@gmail.com

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Jan 14, 2019, 5:51:11 PM1/14/19
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Where can I get 6 boxes of the oak champagne allegria laminate flooring number for 33933

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Jan 14, 2019, 5:55:34 PM1/14/19
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On 2019-01-14 3:51 p.m., debbie...@gmail.com wrote:
> 6 boxes of the oak champagne allegria laminate flooring number for 33933


lots of places but they might not deliver

Oren

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Jan 14, 2019, 7:02:33 PM1/14/19
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On Mon, 14 Jan 2019 14:51:07 -0800 (PST), debbie...@gmail.com
wrote:

>Where can I get 6 boxes of the oak champagne allegria laminate flooring number for 33933

Ordinarily, one goes to the "gettin' place" to get it..
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