The exclusive window replacement division of the Andersen Window Corporation - the most recognized window brand in the United States. The above statement is on this company's website -RBA HudsonValley.com - I challange them to explain what it means. I know what the general public THINK what it means (the only place to get an Andersen replacement window) but that is wrong. You can get a RBA made replacement window at any Andersen retail outlet. You can get another RBA replacement window (Andersen 100) at a list of totally different... read full review »

Please go to the complete list of threads for Renewal by Andersen complaints and read, at the very least, the thread titled Marketing Shenanigans. You will see the truth concerning your franchise. Read the thread Sham on Them and you will understand why. Read as many as you can because it is your money that is up for grabs. read full review »

The story below was gotten from the web -andersen100series.homestead.com/.../FibrexWindowFrames/Our_Andersen_100_Series_Fibrex_Story.html - Cached - Its a story on how the same company, Renewal by Andersen, makes the same window and markets them thru different companies. Its the story on how huge price differencies exist for the same window. Its a story that should make you furious and ill. If you have already purchased your incredibly overpriced RBA windows thru their franchise system, at the very least warn others to stay away from RBA. If... read full review »

Consumers are responsible to make every effort to understand what they are buying. Please go to the complete list of Renewal by Andersen Complaints and learn from it. For those of you in Washington D.C. and Maryland please read the thread Misleading Advertising. Not understanding windows is not a crime. What is a crime is intentionally not understanding windows. read full review »

Please go to the complete list of Renewal by Andersen Complaints. You will learn a great deal about RBA and how they market their windows. Specifically, for those of you in the Washington D.C. and Maryland area, I ask you to read the thread titled Misleading Advertising. Manufacturers are aware of your lack of knowledge about windows. Don't become a victim - become a survivor. read full review »

This franchise has on their website the following - Renewal by Andersen "The exclusive window replacement division of Andersen Corpotation" Just what does that mean? If this means something, than a statement like - the non exclusive window replacement division - would also mean something. RBA manufactures Andersen core replacement windows and their retail outlets like Home Depot sell them for approx 50% less than the windows RBA sells. Is that what they mean by "exclusive window replacement division". Or how about the... read full review »

In 2003, The Woodwright (a replacement window sold at all Andersen retail outlets) was introduced into the product line of Andersen Windows. Made by Renewal by Andersen, it competes directly with RBA windows. Its retail cost is approx. 50% of the RBA window. Renewal by Andersen, as of 2003, stopped being the replacement window division of Andersen Windows and yet it still promotes itself that way. The Woodwright was followed by the Andersen 100 window introduced in 2009. This window duplicates the RBA except in one major area, price. Below are... read full review »

There's a sucker born every minuteFrom Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia "There's a sucker born every minute" is a phrase often credited to P. T. Barnum (1810–1891), an American showman. It is generally taken to mean that there will always be many gullible people in the world. Andersen Windows and Doors have the same mentality. If you look at Parts 1-2-3 you can only come to the same conclusion. Franchises disguised as branches. Describing RBA as the replacement division when, in fact, it isn't. Selling the... read full review »

RBA, a division of Andersen Windows and Doors, sell their windows at the very high end of the money chart. They do this by promoting the material they are made with, Fibrex. Now, since 2009, Andersen, the main company, is selling their new 100 series window by promoting the material they are made with, Fibrex. These windows were "produced to rival the lower end vinyl market", or, in layman terms, cheap windows. How can you sell to opposite markets by promoting the same material? You can do this by having two separate marketing system... read full review »