Are There Tips for Making Bulk Purchases of Home Appliances?

auskck8293 on 16/11/2020 - 17:10

Hi all,

My family is moving to a different city, and we need to buy most household appliances. We have a $1000 JB Hi-Fi gift card (2 x $500 gift card from the Telstra deal a few days back), and are currently waiting for Black Friday to see if there are any good deals. I heard that you can cut a deal if you are making a big purchase at a single store, and I wondered if there are people from OzBargain who have done something similar or have tips for someone in our situation.

The list of items we need to get are:
- Washing machine (top-loading washing machine)
- Refrigerator
- Microwave
- Vacuum cleaner (we've decided on LG CordZero A9)
- Toaster
- Kettle
- (Maybe) Roomba (if a good deal can be had)
- Internet modem

We are planning on buying new, based on our previous experience with second-hand electrical equipment. There is no preference for the store we buy at, and we can sell our gift cards if a deal can be had at a store other than JB Hi-Fi.

Apart from tips in negotiating a deal with a store, if there are any brands or particular models of an item that you highly recommend, please share with us. Thank you in advance!

Home & Garden

Comments

  • Switchblade88 on 16/11/2020 - 17:32

    Unless you're doing commercial quantities (20+ of each for furnishing apartments/units, for example) then you're not likely going to get a good bulk deal I don't think. They'll offer you, say, the fridge for cost price - but then upsell you the rest and still be raking in their profits.

    You might possibly get SOME benefits like free delivery from one shop - so it's still worthwhile to ask I suppose.

    I'm sure any store would appreciate the bulk business, but you're likely best off being patient and finding the best deal for each appliance from the best store if you can.

  • bobbified on 16/11/2020 - 19:09

    Apart from tips in negotiating a deal with a store…

    That's pretty much all you can do if you decide you're only buying one of each item.

    I've actually found that you can often get a better deal if you negotiate on one item at a time, especially on the more expensive items. Because if you buy it all in one go, the price might be, say, $5,800 in total and then when you negotiate, they might just round it to $5,500.

    Whereas, if you do it individually, the price for the fridge might be $2,700 and they'll do it for $2,500. The washer might be $900 and they'll let you have it for $750. The total discount on those two items might be more than what you're likely to get on the "whole package" already. And then you can negotiate on each of the other items to get a much larger total discount when you add it up in the end.

  • jackinyourbox on 16/11/2020 - 19:14

    Buy the second least expensive items

  • Seraphin7 on 16/11/2020 - 20:23
    +2

    One method I've used for this in the past is to email the relevant stores a list of what you're after (you'll need to be specific down to model numbers, etc.) and get them to quote back. See what comes back and decide you're next move from there.

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