I have been looking around for coffee machines tonight and ended up settling on this.
Will need a European to Australian power plug adapter & the warranty may be different to the Australian-sold versions.
It has pretty good reviews - 4.1 stars at https://www.productreview.com.au/p/delonghi-magnifica-s.html
308,08€ = $465.93 on 13/10/17 with 28 degrees card according to the Mastercard® Currency Conversion Calculator https://www.mastercard.us/en-us/consumers/get-support/conver…
Same machine in AU stores (note that the stainless steel version generally sells for ~$50 more than the black one):
- $745 https://www.appliancesonline.com.au/delonghi-coffee-machine-…
- $749 https://www.myer.com.au/shop/mystore/fully-automatic-espress…
- $699 https://www.jbhifi.com.au/whitegoods-appliances/coffee-machi…
- $698 https://www.harveynorman.com.au/delonghi-magnifica-s-coffee-…
- $558.40 from $698 with PULL20 from the Good Guys eBay https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/112591306469
Other machines I was considering:
- Same machine as this post, $558.40 from $698 with PULL20 from the Good Guys eBay https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/112591306469
- DeLonghi ESAM04110B Magnifica Automatic Coffee Machine $479.20 from $599 with PULL20 from the Good Guys eBay https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/142526331788
- Same machine as above $499 direct from the Good Guys https://www.thegoodguys.com.au/delonghi-magnifica-automatic-…
- Breville BES870BSS The Barista Espresso Coffee Machine $519.20 from $649 with PULL20 from the Good Guys eBay https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/122736843008
Credit to these comments:
- jkcat on 29/07/2016 https://www.ozbargain.com.au/comment/3887868/redir
- bertiness on 20/07/2017 https://www.ozbargain.com.au/comment/4894337/redir
- kaizen on 30/09/2017 https://www.ozbargain.com.au/comment/5129338/redir
I love my Delonghi coffee machine, HOWEVER, like a friend's after about 4 months it failed and it had to be repaired under warranty.
The serviceman said they did/do get a number of these in for repair, he identified the issue right away and it was fixed after the parts arrived.
It has been faultless ever since.
The Point is that when buying one of these from overseas make sure it can be serviced and warranted in Australia otherwise shipping it back for repair wouldnt make this a deal at all.