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Kitchen Appliances-Discounts for Multiple Items?

18 years ago

We are looking to do appliance upgrade in a recently purchased home. We have narrowed to the following items:

3 zone 48" Liebherr SBS fridge

36" gas cooktop (Bluestar or Capital)

Island hood for cooktop (vent-a-hood or prestige)

30" wall oven (Bluestar or American Range)

Gaggenau Steam Oven

Asko 3232XL Dishwasher

While we can't find anyone on the web who sells all of these brands (AJMadison comes close), we wonder if people have gotten larger discounts when buying multiple big ticket items from the same dealer.

Comments (6)

  • 18 years ago

    It's possible but a number of the high end brands are sort of price fixed with UMRP and dealers cannot discount them at the risk of the manufacturer revoking their authorization to sell their appliances. Sometimes you can negotiate to get a discount off of a non-UMRP product, or free delivery and/or installation. Some brands like GE sometimes offer rebates on multiple purchases of the same brand.

  • 18 years ago

    I'm working with one dealer (suburban Baltimore...) to purchase:
    30" Bluestar range
    Zephyr Venezia hood for BS range
    JennAir counter-depth french door fridge, floating black glass doors
    27" JennAir electric wall oven (non-convection)
    GE spacemaker microwave
    replacement dishwasher (TBD)

    This dealer said if I purchased all from him he'd give me some kind of break/package deal. I don't know what that will entail, but since I live 75 miles from him I'm hoping he'll at least waive delivery costs and cut me a break on some of the more 'common' appliances (I'm not expecting a break on the BS).

    Do you have any brick & mortar dealers you can try?

  • 18 years ago

    We live in the Chicago area and bought our appliances from abt. Because we were replacing all our appliances, we were able to negotiate discounts on the non-high end stuff. (for example the microwave trim kit 1 cent, etc.) I then had to work off the total that they came to, because on delivery the invoice was all jumbled - I guess, for accounting purposes. They also threw in free installation and extended the warranties. abt already does free delivery. Also look if there are any rebate programs. Wolf/SZ had a rebate program in Dec. and I got my $450 back already. :)

    The only negative I have is that they have a high sales tax in the the suburb that they are located. Good luck.

  • 18 years ago

    My dealer wouldn't give a package deal. Prices were good as quoted whether purchased all at once ($27K) or only one appliance.

    His 1st quote still beat the competitors, so I ended up buying all from him anyway.

  • 18 years ago

    Thanks to all. We live in mid-Michigan and had to drive ~80 miles just to see a Bluestar. Haven't found a store in state that sells all of these brands though one sells everything but gagg. Trying to get the steam oven from ebay, but seems that the supply has dried up recently. Will post how it all works out in the end.

  • 18 years ago

    mrs517, I don't know if this is true anymore, but I have a friend here in the Chicago area who bought a vacation house in Michigan. She ordered her appliances from abt and they did free delivery from Chicago!! (granted she likes the high end stuff) You might want to check out their prices and call just to find out. Good luck!

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