Hello everyone,
Since the electrical appliances offered through kitchen planners are almost always close to the manufacturer’s suggested retail price (often feeling at least 50% more expensive than in regular retail), I would like to know your strategy regarding these appliances.
Of course, there are advantages to sourcing appliances through a kitchen studio/planner, but I don’t find the excessive markup justified.
Do you have experience contacting individual and wholesale dealers or competing furniture stores/planners to get quotes? Or are the prices on sites like “idealo” (reliable dealers) still the best option?
Over the weekend, I noticed that prices from stores like MediaMarkt, etc., sometimes don’t appear, even though they are listed on MediaMarkt’s website (this varies from appliance to appliance).
Since the electrical appliances offered through kitchen planners are almost always close to the manufacturer’s suggested retail price (often feeling at least 50% more expensive than in regular retail), I would like to know your strategy regarding these appliances.
Of course, there are advantages to sourcing appliances through a kitchen studio/planner, but I don’t find the excessive markup justified.
Do you have experience contacting individual and wholesale dealers or competing furniture stores/planners to get quotes? Or are the prices on sites like “idealo” (reliable dealers) still the best option?
Over the weekend, I noticed that prices from stores like MediaMarkt, etc., sometimes don’t appear, even though they are listed on MediaMarkt’s website (this varies from appliance to appliance).
Offtopic schrieb:
Mediamarkt uses its own model designations partly to prevent direct comparisons.
The problem will be that the kitchen installer will use their mixed pricing calculation again. If you remove something now, will they really pass the price on to you one-to-one?I have also heard several times that the kitchen price for the furniture components does not stay the same if you take out the electrical appliances.
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xMisterDx2 Nov 2023 08:20It’s always a question of how much courage you have to simply stand up and say, “Alright then, not this time.” At the moment, you should be in a fairly good position since the new construction market has just collapsed, and if you’re not building new, you don’t need a new kitchen either.
Also, when making comparisons, you have to be careful about what exactly you’re comparing. That’s just how comparisons work—they need to make sense.
If you spend half an hour to save 50 EUR, that corresponds to an hourly wage of 100 EUR net for that time. No one here earns that much from their regular job, really no one.
Also, when making comparisons, you have to be careful about what exactly you’re comparing. That’s just how comparisons work—they need to make sense.
If you spend half an hour to save 50 EUR, that corresponds to an hourly wage of 100 EUR net for that time. No one here earns that much from their regular job, really no one.
WilderSueden schrieb:
When comparing prices, you really have to be careful to make sure you are comparing exactly the same appliance. The manufacturer and model name alone are not enough; each model often has a cryptic variant (for example, ovens with or without pyrolytic cleaning, steam functions, etc.), and even a single letter can make a big difference in price. I’m quite familiar with this by now and almost know what each letter stands for.
The kitchen designer/planner is allowed to add a markup on the appliances, but a 50–100% markup claiming that is the manufacturer’s suggested retail price is ridiculous, especially when a kitchen planner in the next town offers you a better price than what you find on price comparison sites, even when you don’t buy the kitchen from them.
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WilderSueden2 Nov 2023 08:52xMisterDx schrieb:
If you spend half an hour and save 50 EUR, that works out to an hourly net wage of 100 EUR for that period. Nobody, absolutely nobody here earns that with regular employment 😉You have to be careful not to make a simplistic calculation here. It’s not just the effort of comparing prices, but you also have to receive the packages (freight deliveries usually arrive during working hours and come with large delivery windows), possibly store them temporarily (in a rented apartment?), and transport them to the construction site. Of course, you have a warranty from the manufacturer, but they won’t uninstall the appliances from your kitchen or reinstall the repaired unit. You also won’t get a user briefing for the appliance. You need to save significantly more than 50 EUR for this to be a good deal.
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HeimatBauer2 Nov 2023 09:06When we bought the kitchen back then, we were initially shocked by the total price and then asked what the price would be without the appliances. Depending on the appliance, there was a difference compared to buying them individually, but this was almost entirely explained by the installation work, such as adjusting the front panels. In the end, we would have saved a ridiculously small amount—less than even the tip you might give the delivery people for carrying the washing machine into the basement instead of leaving it at the front door as specified.
So by all means, do your own calculations, but the fact that the internet exists has also become known to kitchen showrooms. As a result, if you don’t purchase the appliances, you lose the “special discount for buying all appliances” anyway.
So by all means, do your own calculations, but the fact that the internet exists has also become known to kitchen showrooms. As a result, if you don’t purchase the appliances, you lose the “special discount for buying all appliances” anyway.
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xMisterDx2 Nov 2023 09:13Viki1984 schrieb:
(...) the kitchen designer/planner can certainly add a markup for the electrical appliances, but a 50-100% increase claiming that this is the manufacturer’s suggested retail price is just ridiculous, especially since the kitchen planner in the neighboring city offers you a better price than iedolo, even though you don’t even buy the kitchen from him.Maybe you should just buy the entire kitchen from him if he offers the appliances at such a good price? That would be fair, and everyone would benefit.
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