Anyy feedback on Liftmaster Garage door openers?

[rcraw45425]

Our garage door opener (Genie Excellerator) is a piece of crap. We've not been that pleased with it since it was originally installed, it seemed to snatch our old door up, eventually it caused the old door to stress to the point of cracking around the plate that attached the opener to the door. We had a new door installed and now the opener will not work properly, starts, then stops before raising the door more than 6 inches.

I have a company coming this afternoon to install a Liftmaster 3850. 3/4 hp, belt drive with surge protector, battery back up good for 40 cycles within a 24 hour period, digital wall panel with display for temp, etc (not necessary but included), and outside keypad. They are also going to program my opener inside my car for me. Turnkey price with tax, install, and the extra length of track (8 ft door) for $399. I've found a few reviews online but I guess I'm just hoping for reassurance that I'm not being ripped off. We installed the Genie ourselves and it was a PITA all around. Lowe's charges around $115 to install all of theirs, plus the tax, plus the openers are in the $250 range. (Not to mention these guys stand behind their work)

 

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My parents' garage door opener is a Liftmaster. I have absolutely no clue on any of the specifics, but I know I've never had any problems with it at all when I've had to house-sit for them, and they've never complained of problems that I know of. I'm guessing they've had it for something like 5-7 years or so, maybe more. Works like a charm.

 

[rcraw45425]

Thanks, that's what I was hoping for. This POS Genie is only a few years old, and has not even been used that much since it started cracking the door. THe owner of this company that I'm using said he has had so many complaints about these openers. What hacks me off is the fact that we put out around $300 total for it, after buying the unit, the extra track and the wireless keypad. We also have a Genie on the door for our basement/ workshop. All of a sudden the sensor on it has stopped working. Guess they just have inferior products!