AO "Exclusives" (I'm looking at their Stoves and Belling cookers, but AO Excl. general advice too)

Tunstallstoven

Hi all

I'm in the market for a new cooker. There's a Belling and a Stoves I like, both of which are on AO at amazing prices, and both of which are AO Exclusives.

I wondered if anyone can tell me a bit more about these AO Exclusives? Are they models made specifically for them? To a cheaper specification? Or are they simply a renamed product of a model elsewhere (and if so, why do they do it and how do they sell it so much cheaper)?

As the title suggests, I'm interested to know more about this generally, so it doesn't just have to be about cookers or kitchen appliances.

But more specifically in my case, I'm a little worried about spare parts in the future. Being an exclusive, will spares be available a few years down the line?

Many thanks

EssexExile

Why do they do it? To confuse you!

It makes it difficult to compare prices if every retailer has slightly different products, so retailers who get through a lot of appliances get the manufacturers to supply them with "exclusives". They are not necessarily better or worse than any other models, just different. You have to go through the entire specification to make sure it has what you need.
Spares shouldn't be any more of a problem that with any other model.