Best Buy and high-end appliance dealer Pacific Sales are owned by the same corporate parent.

In some high-end areas they don't want to open a brand new Pacific Sales therefore they are creating a seperate store within a store to sell high-end appliances within Best Buy.

In Costa Mesa CA Best Buy they have been selling Miele, Wolf, Subzero etc for years.

BTW I have seen more than one Wall St analyst say both Best Buy and Sears will be finished within the decade. Internet on the one hand and Costco,Lowes,and Home Depot on the other are killing them. If they go belly up don't blame high end applainces :)

Wow, I was just at my local BB, and it was, as always, all GE, Samsung and the various Whirlpool companies. Furthermore, the sales staff was hard-pressed to explain even the differences between the KA FD fridge and the Samsung. They're gonna need a WHOLE lot o' trainin' to handle the Mieles and Thermadors. I am also surprised that Miele would allow distribution to that type of retail store.

It didn't look like a "store within a store" to me (in the style of their Magnolia home theater in its own room), but then again they're not done with the renovations.

Best Buy if they're smart should be able to survive - there are times I don't want to wait two or more days for my stuff to arrive, plus online returns are a hassle. Sears, on the other hand I think is doomed - their stores around here look like ghost towns.

My BB store is like Akchicago's. Right before I bought my Sharp MW drawer I was having trouble finding one in my town to look at IRL. When I asked the young guy at BB if they had one on display, he looked at me as if I had sprouted a second head and a set of pink fairy wings. He didn't even know drawers existed. And just the other day they had the same Whirlpool brands, GE, Samsung, etc laid out in the same aisles side by side as usual.

My local Home Depot has Sharp MW drawers now.$899

Lowes has had them for a few years now at the same price as local independents. ~$1150.

Have not looked around at local indies but maybe a price drop recently?

I don't think the lowest prices, at least online, have dropped -- up maybe $30 from early this year.

My local independent quoted me $699 for the KB6524PS 5 months ago, which was as cheap as anywhere online at the time -- I was surprised that he wasn't $200 higher. I hope the price will still be good when I get to the point or making a purchase.

I'd go with the "gone within ?? years" prediction. Anyone who would by those products in that store............?