PowerCity, DID etc : Multi-purchase discount

ChilliNuts

Hi,

Currently need to fully kit out the kitchen in our house (washing machine, dryer, oven, hob, dishwasher, fridge and microwave). Have picked out the stuff we want from Power City, the total comes to 3200 euro. ( :eek: )

I asked the girl in Power City how much of a discount we could get since we're buying so much stuff, and she said the standard discount is 3%.

In our case that's a discount of about 96 euro. Seems pretty crap to me. Has anyone managed a larger discount from Power City, or any of the other shops (DID, Discount Electric)?

Cheers

Cabaal

From personal experience it really depends how your paying for the goodsm, if your paying by cheque or credit card your going to have less buying power, if your paying by cash I'd atleast expect some free stuff or a decent bit of money off (200e+ for example).

Although I think ultimately its down to the shops policy, some shops are just better then others when it comes to trying to keep a sale.

Last week I got well over 100e off and free delivery when buying some furniture worth about 1500e, I was paying in cash

Guy:Incognito

ChilliNuts wrote:

Hi,

Currently need to fully kit out the kitchen in our house (washing machine, dryer, oven, hob, dishwasher, fridge and microwave). Have picked out the stuff we want from Power City, the total comes to 3200 euro. ( :eek: )

I asked the girl in Power City how much of a discount we could get since we're buying so much stuff, and she said the standard discount is 3%.

In our case that's a discount of about 96 euro. Seems pretty crap to me. Has anyone managed a larger discount from Power City, or any of the other shops (DID, Discount Electric)?

Cheers

It entirey depends on how much the prices have been reduced already, it's all done in %. If they are already a couple of hundred under the rrp, then they may only be running at around 10-15% profit, meaning anythign more they give you is eating into already low profits.

Culchie

Where are you living?

I found that small retailers are more willing to bargain on 'packages' than the large multiples.
Their prices are often the same now (they have to be competitive).

You'll also find they might throw in a toaster or a kettle as well. (always worth asking, they can only say no:) )

therecklessone

Stekelly wrote:

It entirey depends on how much the prices have been reduced already, it's all done in %. If they are already a couple of hundred under the rrp, then they may only be running at around 10-15% profit, meaning anythign more they give you is eating into already low profits.

Bang on.

Got €0 off €2800 worth of electrics from DID, cos they were still "sale prices" even though there was no sale. Argued it to no avail, still saved on all the other retailers I tried.