tony

while you don't say where you live, I find the prices quoted extremely high/outrageous and someone may be attempting to take advantage of you.

is the HP working? if so, I would get another opinion.

If you replace the compressor, you will still have a 10 yr old system, just with a new compressor and I suspect a warranty 90 days at most.

and I admit a bias against Sears but I wouldn't purchase a hammer from them much less HVAC.

my advice is to try to find a reliable HVAC dealer.

IMO

If I did not know better I would swear that this info was about me. In any case I am in the same ship. Last Oct I replaced the accumulator at the cost of $800 and then last Thurs the compressor died. Well I am hard pressed to put another one in as the system is 12yrs old. so now I have a 10seer unit and that is out of date. Seems to me that I am getting a new system. Problem is which one. I am in Mobile Al so the Heat pump is pretty good here. I have 3 proposals. 1- 13seer $4838 Merv 10 filter sys. Or #2 15seer $4990 merv 10 or #3 16 seer 2stage cooling and Air Handler with Var spd blower...$7040. So there is a $2000 diff here and I do not know if I am going to get 2k worth of savings to warrant..Help!!! BTW that is total prices.

BTW meant to say that it is a Lennox system and using the R-410a freon