In the market for big items.( Fridge/dishwasher/range hood/dryer).
Plan is to buy 10% off gift cards from classifieds ( around $4000 worth) section here and use them in store for savings.
As this process involves specific store gift cards,which store I should stick to? Especially considering deals and warranty.
Thank you.
FYI JB owns GG.
which store I should stick to?
One that offers the best discount, since you wanted to buy a Fridge/dishwasher/range hood/dryer, I would walk to the store and ask what is the best they can do for all these items at once. Then compare between store and buy. You can use AO as a haggling price point.
You will probably be better off playing Good Guys against Bing Lee.
I've always ended up buying from Bing Lee because they have been more up front with their best price, although rare to see discounted gift cards for them.
Agree, I just recently bought all my kitchen appliances from Bing Lee. On all items they were able to either price match or beat the best price from other stores including online stores. Plus they are 5mins away from me, offered to hold the items till I need them and free delivery.
I had an exactly opposite experience, on 4 occasions TGG was more upfront as compared to BL. Most recent encounter was when I bought eufy floodcam E340. BL had it for $449 and JB for $358. Jb was upfront with their 30 off 300+ with perks. BL didn't budge even after their rep online agreed for $329. Then I went to TGG and mentioned these prices and asked for their best, got it for $270.
10% off gift cards from classifieds ( around $4000 worth)
Stay safe mate
Yeah, I understand what you are saying. I will do it in parts, not all at once.
I will do it in parts, not all at once.
Ok, so you diversify your risk, but it still takes just one bad transaction to completely offset any savings you stand to gain, or worse.
Why not play it safe and look into procuring discounted gift cards via some rewards platform instead?
Most of these giftcards are at 50/100$ denomination. I need to have 15-20 cards for just one transaction . Not sure how this will work.
@CrypticM: When Coles had 15% off $50 HIM gift cards I bought 50 of them for a MacBook Pro. I was not the only person in the store using them, as there was 10% off Mac at TGG that week. Staff were annoyed but not surprised and just asked that we scratched them off and entered the PINs ourselves. Lady in front of me must’ve had 100 of them. I don’t get the concern?
@CrypticM: I have used gift cards to buy from The Good Guys online before, and I believe the maximum was 5 gift cards used in one transaction online, in store I think you were able to use more. I would check on live chat with both websites for gift card usage before spending your money on the gift cards :)
Theres upcoming 10% off GC deals in the coming days but op is gambling the same rate off randoms yikes
I always prefer TGG because of their extra warranty options. Unsure on what JB offers.
Do we really need extra warranty? Our consumer laws are strongest.
I've got it on two dryers, and I had issues with both. The first time, I got a replacement, and the second time, it was a repair. Both are outside the 2-year warranty. The first one was 4.5 years old and I had 5 years total warranty.
I do this too, and have found TGG to be pretty easy to deal with regarding warranties and replacements.
Depends what price you can get it for, and how much you value your time.
Total roll of the dice sometimes and depends how much you are prepared to hassle the branch or manufacturer.
We sometimes get reports here of easy process as soon as you throw the keyword ACL into the conversation.
Then you also get reports of basically having to take them to an ombudsman/claims court to get a solution (assuming it’s really warranty / product related and not user error or similar)
I’ve personally had a shit time dealing with Sony, Samsung and Nikon.
Oh and bosch too. F Bosch.
Bosch too? Was it dishwasher?
@CrypticM: Dryer serie 8. Shittest design servicing wise. I pulled it all apart and cleaned it all out, will just wait till it totally dies in the arse then go any brand except that.
You don't need an extra warranty for white goods or electrical goods as they are pretty reliable but 99% of my claims are coming through the standard warranty period. For me, Sony/BOSE/Brother and Dell were pretty good.
The only time I use ALC is on Redsbaby (an Australian Company), a few months after the warranty and initially, they did ask, what is ACL lol.
Things I would get an extended warranty on things that you need tradies to install, ie cooktop or oven.
Appliances Online is my go to (or E&S)
They deliver and take away your old stuff
Appliances Online
agree
Ditto. They agreed to much better prices than anyone else recently when we needed a new washing machine and a few weeks later, when we needed a new dishwasher. Next day delivery and free removal of old machines. - part of Winnings group.
Plan is to buy 10% off gift cards from classifieds
Bookmarked for future reference lol
Will be careful.
How careful can you be though? About the only way to truly be careful is to meet the seller at the JB/GGs counter and use the gift cards in the presence of the seller.
This is pretty much the only way the way it’s going these days. I’d be uncomfortable even gambling on a $500 voucher let alone 4k
Hey shh, this is building up to another great post ;)
or just buy gift cards from aldi in 11 ish days.
You're better off forgetting about the gift card idea and going in to the shop and making a deal with the store people. I reckon you'll get looked after a bit better.
Do you have access to commercial pricing? Or Costco?
I prefer Harvey Norman, they have the best brands and hold stock.
They only sell mid-priced average whitegoods. Suggest you start at Winnings who stock all the quality brands and work down from there depending on how much you want to allocate. Outlet options are Home Clearance and Miele.
Looks like they are spending $4k on 4 appliances, I don't think Miele is high on the list.
Neither? I find their range limited. Have had best deals from price matching HN against Bing.
Get them to price match appliances online, or just get it from appliances online.
Anywhere but Bing Lee, crappy customer service.
I would go neither, looking online you will probably be able to save more than the 10% through some smart shopping depending on what you are after.
Same company mate, doesn't matter
You'll see more variance just based on which specific store locations rather than which out of TGG and JB