I love my Pergo and wasn't up for a huge project, so I had Lowes do it and got the 12 month no interest financing. The job was about 12k, which sucked, but I donated one year's tax return and am set for a long time. It looks great and they had to rip out some tile areas as well. The amount of dust was amazing when the rugs came up and the house looked so much better when the project was done.
I was amazed that they did the whole job in a day and a half and had to pay a little extra to have them move wall units and all kinds of heavy furniture.
A friend of my wife's says wood and laminate floors are like men; if you lay them right the first time, you can walk on them for life.