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Appliances Design Dilemma

Appliance Supply chain ?

Lawrence Kutten

11 days ago

I am at a loss to understand what is going on with Supply chains as of February 2021.

I am looking at buying Bosch of Miele products.

Local high end speciality appliance store: everything takes a minimum of four to six weeks or more for delivery. A Miele washer has been on backorder for two months, etc. Tells me I am looking at May or later for a Bosch dishwashers.

Best Buy: I can basically have a Bosch Washer Dryer Model 800 or a Fisher and Paykel refrigerator delivered and installed within one week.

Appliance Factory and Mattress (does business in about six state): My local store has every Miele washer and dryer in stock (can cart away today) and a wide variety of the Miele dishwashers in stock. It has about half dozen different Bosch refrigerators in stock for immediate delivery,

What gives? Why the wide disparity?

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margfitz
11 days ago
I purchased my appliances in December so things may be different now. Was able to get everything except the Bosch dishwasher. Local appliance place had me on a list but no information on when it would come in. Perhaps late spring. Called around to various stores. Found one that had ONE dishwasher in the model I wanted and said that they were out or low on most others. I ordered it and cancelled the order at my local place. I heard that earlier in the pandemic, fridges and freezers were difficult to find in stock.
arch13
11 days ago
Best Buy is a huge company that may have their own inventory. Your local high end appliance store may not keep their own inventory and drop ship direct from manufacturers website.

At the end of the day we are still in the middle of a pandemic. Manufacturing is slow due to reduced capacity in factories. Ports are congested slowing imports/exports.

You’ll get your appliances when you get your appliances. I have been waiting for a bed that’s been on backorder from Crate since December. Likewise it will get here when it gets here. Patience is key.
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