Washer/Dryer Dilemmas

We trekked over to Sears yesterday to do some learning about washers and dryers and what we might want to get.  Well, we found out that they are currently having a sale through Monday for 15% off appliances.  So that put us in a new position of trying to learn, very quickly, about what we might want so we could order them in the next two days.  One set we really like is quite pricey and we're trying to decide if it's worth it to get the matching set (which will include the additional pedestals for free if we get both) or to go for an unmatching set and lower the price by about $500.  I know it seems simple - duh, save half a thousand dollars! - but the features I want on a washer put us into the higher price range no matter what.  So the real dilemma is, do we want the matching set with free pedestals or a cheapo dryer to go with a nice washer and have to build a platform to raise the washer to a reachable height (jerks purposely make front loaders so low that you'd be silly to not buy the $200 pedestal).  Sigh.  Guess I'll update when we figure out what to do.