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Re:GE won’t let me use convection roast on my new oven witho... by nix9000 on Saturday March 05, 2022 @05:09PM (#30572434)
It's likely they bought the house from the home builder e.g. something like Toll Brothers. So the alternative is to take their hundreds of thousands of dollars and buy another house.
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Re:GE won’t let me use convection roast on my new oven witho... by aunty_helen on Saturday March 05, 2022 @06:27PM (#30573069)
Once again, this isn't a pack of oreos you're buying from the supermarket and asking to swap a vanilla in the pack.

Negotiating details is perfectly reasonable at this price point. Swap out the oven or I don't buy the house. This is a case of accepting no and then paying for the privilege.

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Re:GE won’t let me use convection roast on my new oven witho... by nix9000 on Saturday March 05, 2022 @11:49PM (#30575121)
>Once again, this isn't a pack of oreos you're buying from the supermarket and asking to swap a vanilla in the pack.

That's actually the perfect analogy.

>Negotiating details is perfectly reasonable at this price point.

There is no negotiation possible. It's take it or leave it. Toll Brothers don't care if you walk away; they'll turn around and sell it to someone else.

>Swap out the oven or I don't buy the house.

Right, exactly. Except if you insist on this then the result is you don't buy the house 100% of the time. There's no negotiation.

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Re:GE won’t let me use convection roast on my new oven witho... by duped on Saturday March 05, 2022 @05:33PM (#30572630)
Appliances are not that expensive, and you are free to sell whatever is in your home and buy what you'd like. If you're getting a good deal on the home you can break even, if not ahead on that.
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