new kitchen - haggling/bartering

ellejay25

Hi

I have had a kitchen planned at John Lewis, it's going to cost around £10,000 including:

dishwasher
2 ovens
fridge/freezer
cooker hood

What do you think we cold barter with, dishwasher thrown in free? Although the one we want is an economical one using only 6 litres of water per cycle so just under £500 (also in their shop). Surely £500 against the £10,000 is doable?

Any ideas welcomed.

Ellejay

irishcol

ellejay25 wrote: »

Hi

I have had a kitchen planned at John Lewis, it's going to cost around £10,000 including:

dishwasher
2 ovens
fridge/freezer
cooker hood

What do you think we cold barter with, dishwasher thrown in free? Although the one we want is an economical one using only 6 litres of water per cycle so just under £500 (also in their shop). Surely £500 against the £10,000 is doable?

Any ideas welcomed.

Ellejay

If the £10k figure is their first offer, then I'd say you shoudl be looking to save at least £2,000 on that. Go and get a comparable quality quotation and se what they will match.

Even if you can't be arsed with meeting another supplier, you shoudl be able to find the appliances online - JL do a price match on almsot everything.

evokit

It would cost about 2k less with an indendent to the same quality or better, but i bet there price match would be like most stores and discount online retailers.
The chances of getting a full 2k off a 10k quote from JL would be slim but you could try, you should be able to get something off the price.
Get a comparable as Irish says
was it a supply and fit or supply only?

CKdesigner

Hi

I would be very surprised if John Lewis would be prepared to 'do you a deal' on a new kitchen, its not how they work. They won't do a price match on the cabinetry but they will on the appliances if you find the same ones in a 'bricks & mortar' retailer, but the chances of you finding cheaper prices on these is remote also.

I think the questions you need to ask yourself are: 'are you prepared to pay this much for your new kitchen from John Lewis? And is their perceived customer service worth it to you?

I am not one to promote people going to several kitchen designers to get their kitchen designed, but if you answer 'no' to either of these questions then I am sure you will find an independent kitchen specialist that will potentially do a better kitchen for the same money.

Good luck

CK

SJshah

I'd think you can haggle it down by at least £1000, £1500 if you're good at haggling. If you know someone who works at John Lewis - even better - they get mad discounts so talk to them if they could sort you out.

Make sure you do a price check at other stores like argos, etc. for any appliances and take a picture/print out the cost if you find them cheaper there - they should match the price.

katejo

ellejay25 wrote: »

Hi

I have had a kitchen planned at John Lewis, it's going to cost around £10,000 including:

dishwasher
2 ovens
fridge/freezer
cooker hood

What do you think we cold barter with, dishwasher thrown in free? Although the one we want is an economical one using only 6 litres of water per cycle so just under £500 (also in their shop). Surely £500 against the £10,000 is doable?

Any ideas welcomed.

Ellejay

Based on the research which I have done so far, 10K sounds relatively cheap for John Lewis. Is your kitchen fairly small? A colleague has just had a JL kitchen fitted and it was around 18K

akitchendesigner

As a kitchen designer who comes up against John Lewis atleast 4-5 times a year, I know John Lewis wont do any haggling on the cabinetry. They will price match appliances to 'brick & mortar' retailers.

The more important question is - why are you talking to JL if you want the cheapest kitchen? While I personally dont rate their kitchen design skills (and I have come across several JL designs atleast 4 stores), you pay what you pay at JL for the customer service and peace of mind on that that count JL rarely fail their customers.

If a retailer can drop their prices 15-20% you really have to question their integrity and your rationale for doing business with them. No doubt you want the kitchen at the cheapest price but good service and the cheapest price rarely go hand in hand.