Buying white goods from seller - are they ripping me off?

JennyJukes

I agree with everyone else - I've seen months old washing machines on gumtree and facebook marketplace for less than £100. Fridge Freezers around £100-£150. Not sure about dishwashers as I'm not in the market for them.

Yes maybe you're getting a good deal if they're worth over £500 each but do you need white goods that are extremely expensive in the first place? Would you be paying much more if you were buying them new yourself?

need_an_answer

It all depends what your finances are like and if you can afford to buy the items new...

If not I would be saying to the vendor £200 for all the white goods and £100 for the made to measure blinds...
The blinds would be the items I'd want to secure,but the flip side is that actually in offering to buy them you really are doing the vendor a favour ..its not as if they will fit their next property,whereas the white goods might

sal_III

If you can afford new white good items, don't offer a penny to the vendor. Un-quantifiable amount of abuse and no warranty = hard pass on 4 years old items.

Made to measure blinds are OK if not on the cheap side for £100, so if you like them buy them. Chances are the vendor will leave them anyway, sicne they would be more or less useless to them, but who knows what they can do out of spite.

Chandler85

If you are a FTB, then buy the blinds and nothing else.


Not having to sort blinds/ curtains our immediately after moving is worth it. Assumign they don't mean 1 M2M blind. It depends on the proeprty though and if people cna see in easily.



Then you can sort them yourself after when you get a chance.

eamon

Nothing inherently wrong with 2nd hand goods.
My Hotpoint washer is still going strong after 13 years. As is the Zanussi fridge freezer that the previous owners left behind.

Offer £150 for the white goods and £50 for the curtains.

walwyn1978

As already mentioned, those are high prices.

As an example, I paid £30 for my vendors dishwasher which was 2 years old, albeit not a premium model which I gather Bosch is.

teddysmum

walwyn1978 wrote: »

As already mentioned, those are high prices.

As an example, I paid £30 for my vendors dishwasher which was 2 years old, albeit not a premium model which I gather Bosch is.

Bosch has three ranges for its appliances ,with quite a large difference between the basic and the luxury. eg dishwashers range from £300 to over £600,new, on Curry's website.

pulliptears

I recall our first home they tried to charge us £50 for an electric cooker which back in the 90's was ancient. It was caked in food and just generally vile. Same for an ancient washer. We politely declined.

Moving day came and they left both. Only problem was they had run an extension around the kitchen to power the cooker, extension was bare and had anyone touched the washer (it was draped over the back) whilst cooker was on it would have blown them into next week.

pinkshoes

If these were put in by the builder then they will be the cheap spec ones, so worth only a fraction of what they are wanting.

I would look up the second hand value, then counter offer with what they are actually worth.

If they decline, then just say no thanks. They might leave some anyway...

Surely made to measure blinds will be of no use to them in another property???? do you LIKE the blinds?

jbondo

W're in a similiar situation where the seller is offering loads of items for a fee such as:

Blinds - £100 each
Shed - £600
TV Aerial - £100

We're saying no to the whole lot. It's unlikely they will take the blinds as they are M2M. If they take the shed, I can see it being hassle so suspect it will stay & same with the TV aerial!

We're also calling their bluff & hoping some of it will stay but if they do end up taking it, oh well!