The Vince Files

Anna’s friend Janet blogged about an eBay store she discovered. The Faucet Discounters sells cheap (as in very inexpensive) faucets.

So I checked out the store to see what they have to offer. There’s a wide variety of faucets there. Go have a look.

We’re looking to sell our place soon and our kitchen faucet badly needs to be replaced (the pullout sprayer is cracked and is currently being held together by tape – LOL). It’s a simple single-control faucet with a pull-out sprayer. I decided to get a cheap one since we’ll be selling our place anyway. So I picked up something very basic; something very OEM-looking and not too conspicuous.

The old faucet was a bit of a pain in the ass to remove since I’m new to all this faucet replacement stuff. But once I got all the copper supply pipes removed everything was a piece of cake. I went to The Home Depot to pick up some flexible supply lines to replace the solid copper supply lines. It really makes installation much easier since there’s no need for flaring, bending, etc, etc.

My beef with the one I bought was that the sprayer’s hose is made of grey plastic. I opted to re-use the old faucet’s sprayer hose since it’s a much higher-quality looking chrome material. Also, the new faucet didn’t come with a weight to attach to the hose to help it retract so I had to use the old one too. But other than that, the price can’t be beat. So for $74 USD ($40 + $34 shipping), I bought a faucet that retails in-store for $150! Can’t complain ’bout that.