Getting a deal on appliances

[mollybrown]

Any tips?

I need a washer, dryer, fridge, and range hood, so I'll be making a pretty substantial purchase. Can I just walk into Lowes or Sears and ask for an additional 10% off of their best price? Is that something the salesperson can handle?

[countthestars]

Shop around for the best prices so that you can bring for a comparison. The salesperson does have room to negotiate so I would see what they can do for you especially considering you are purchasing multiple appliances that one. Do your research before you get there on what you want so that they don't try to talk you into something you don't need. We ended up going with Sears because they had the best deals when we were ready to buy. Good luck!

[ejpint]

YGPM

[auberge]

You would surprised how much wiggle room there is. Negotiate!!!!! You should get a discount for buying multiple appliances at once. Also, google the appliances and get a price match to anything lower you find.

[Pilsy]

Have you considered a scratch and dent place?

[HoneySpider]

We did a lot of shopping around when buying our fridge, washer and dryer. IIRC Lowes ending up price matching and taking 10% off. And then they might have also given us the 10% coupon. I forget but we ended up with a really good deal. Good luck!

[fakejew]

Oct 5, 2012 17:26:38 GMT -5 mollybrown said:

Any tips?

I need a washer, dryer, fridge, and range hood, so I'll be making a pretty substantial purchase. Can I just walk into Lowes or Sears and ask for an additional 10% off of their best price? Is that something the salesperson can handle?

Make sure to check out scratch and dent places. Some are better than others.

[kaylie]

Check out some local places - they tend to have much better service. We have some in the Philly area that price match and will give you package discounts. They also have a monthly warehouse/scratch and dent/floor model sale with amazing deals.

I will say that we had a TERRIBLE experience with Home Depot. We ordered our washer and dryer six weeks before we needed them delivered to our new house. They called us 48 hours before they were supposed to be delivered and told us that they were backordered and we wouldn't get them for another two months. Inexcusable given that they had taken our money six weeks before.

Luckily FIL's girlfriend knows everything about this area and directed us to the local place who delivered the next day AND matched the great price we got at HD.