Laundryvet first GE has local warehouses through out the country. Second if you go to Home Depot they can order it thru thier order system, not the internet and ship to the store at no charge it just takes longer to get thier then being shiiped to the home.

We tend to shop Lowe's more often than Home Depot but do frequent both. I can say that I do not recall ever being charged a shipping fee when ordering items from Lowe's online, whether in store or at home. I am not sure if it is an item location thing or a Lowe's thing. For example, I purchased an 8ft piece of stainless schluter trim today online (the one I wanted isn't carried in either of our local stores) and instead of having it shipped to store I elected to have it sent to my home. Shipping was still free.

tjmwine

Lowes shipped from Appliance Park, I saw on the screen when punched in. Both quoted shipment to local store, both considered it an Internet purchase, even though I was standing there in person at each store, and Home Depot did not offer a waive of the shipping fee regardless of time frame involved.

For the record, I got it from the local Lowe's on Friday, 5 business days after we ordered it, and it installed easily this morning. One tidbit, the new GE microwave does not mount on the same wall bracket, the power cord and mounting holes moved since 1998, required more drilling. Exhaust fans are much quieter than yesteryear. Functionality is identical except for adding a turn table and a 2 level light setting. Old unit weighed a bunch more too, at least 15 lbs.

Laundryvet