Help me find this AC: SPT WA-1211S for Baltimore pickup today.

May 15, 2013 6:12 AM

I have settled on the brand and model. OK, grab the keys, let's go get it. But where?!

Has the air conditioner retail distribution model changed? I can't seem to find anywhere that I can pickup this Air Conditioner today. My google-fu has run out, Sears, Walmart, Home Depot, local appliance shops, it seems this brand must be exclusively provisioned from a Warehouse out on I-81?

posted by joecacti to Home & Garden (4 answers total)

Okay, this thing is manufactured in China (surprise). Apparently you can have Amazon get it to you tomorrow if you order it in the next 6 hours and 26 minutes.

Now the big box stores will have a certain number of models available in-store. Home Depot appears to have GE and LG models.

So your only option is to order it for delivery.

How weird is that?
posted by Ruthless Bunny at 6:29 AM on May 15, 2013

The distribution model hasn't changed, it appears you just found a brand that no major chain is carrying.

SPT? Sunpentown? Sounds like a newer company trying to get into the US market like Haier did. Until they get more traction, it looks like internet order is the only way to go.
posted by JoeZydeco at 7:50 AM on May 15, 2013

Fry's eletronics carries this brand, or at least they used too. Googling it gave mixed results. Their website is terrible in relation to showing anything they stock at their stores though.

Fry's site shows two stores for baltimore, call them up?
posted by emptythought at 2:01 PM on May 15, 2013

Where are you seeing Fry's in Baltimore?
posted by postel's law at 3:35 PM on May 15, 2013