dude- buy a unit from Leowe’s and install it yourself
I am glad you tossed out the $3000 salesman - I LOVE tossing salesmen out of my house
I had one a$$ hole try to sell me wondows doe $70 grand- yes my house DOES look like a rich person owns it- but i just got lucky
After I let him think I was going for it I told him “Ok well I am going to get a few more estimates” - he said “Oh well if you order tonight you can get the ‘mamager discount’ at $35K
I let him have it for trying to sell them at 70K and kept hammering him until he was down to $17K at which point I physically picked up his demo unit and told him I was throwing it out the door if he did not leave my house right that second
If the dumbell had started with a reasonable estimate I would have considered it too- it was a great window.
I bought this one from Sam’s Club for under $400. I’ve owned 5 homes that had various softeners and this is the best. And it is very frugal on salt consumption. Like one bag every 3 months.