Ren-Wes Sales in Lake Forest, (Orange County) I have used them for close to 30 years.
IMO, the best there is in product knowledge, and service...

This post was edited by ctycdm on Tue, Jul 8, 14 at 22:16

I went to Pirch and was extremely happy with the staff I interacted with when looking a couple times and when I ordered. I went to Costa Mesa, but I think they also have stores in SD. I haven't received appliances yet, so I don't have any further opinions and Miele will be delivering and installing so I won't have a lot of future contact to comment on.

Purcell-Murray in Huntington Beach are distributors for Bosch and Gaggenau. They should be able to steer you to dealers nearest to you, though it would still be up to you to research the quality of the dealers from there. It might also be worth your while to make an appointment at P-M to see everything installed, or maybe go to one of their demos.

When I bought my appliances a number of years ago, I was having a hard time getting some of the accessories I wanted, and the codes were confusing the people at the store. The P-M rep came to the store and was great help in tracking down the right pieces and getting them delivered to me.

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This post was edited by wildta on Wed, Jul 9, 14 at 17:51

Thank you all for the recommendations.

RenWes was recommended by my contractor. My contractor said he likes the post-install service here.

Pirch's showrooms are amazing and their sales reps are typically friendly/helpful--although some can be a bit overbearing. I've heard some negative feedback about install and post-install services but this was back when their name was Fixtures Living, about a year ago.

I've never heard of Purcell-Murray. I will have to give them a call.

Thanks again!