Buying four appliances - negotiating a discount

pimento

I posted  this in the Shop Don't Drop forum but got no replies.

We're having to buy a cooker, a dishwasher, a washing machine and a fridge freezer all at the same time (total just under £3k).  It would seem that on th'internet, the prices are all pretty similar and those that look cheaper either are not in stock or a delivery charge applies.
Has anyone had any luck negotiating a discount for buying four (or more, or fewer) large appliances at once?  How did you go about it?

Thank you.

TELLIT01

I wouldn't expect to get much movement from the likes of Currys or similar national chains.  Success is more likely with independants.  It's always worth asking.

Darkslider

I'd probably be looking at using as many vouchers, cashback websites and a cash back or other benefit card for payment as I could, not sure you'll have much luck approaching online retailers. Most of them are quite savvy and price matching offers now rely on the other item being in stock and available.

Also with my hat money saver hat on I have to ask, which brands are you choosing to total £3k on 4 appliances? Is there an Aga in there for that? 🤣

Doozergirl

I got additional discounts from Marks Electrical when buying a load of appliances. 

I did a spreadsheet first of all the models and the best prices/delivery charges, trying to work out the best combination of purchases but Marks were cheap and then made it cheaper for me.  

pimento

Darkslider said:

I'd probably be looking at using as many vouchers, cashback websites and a cash back or other benefit card for payment as I could, not sure you'll have much luck approaching online retailers. Most of them are quite savvy and price matching offers now rely on the other item being in stock and available.

Also with my hat money saver hat on I have to ask, which brands are you choosing to total £3k on 4 appliances? Is there an Aga in there for that? 🤣

Ha!  Not quite.  I want an American style fridge freezer which is £1200, that's what's pushing up the total.  I also want a 10Kg washing machine and a particular double oven.  It will hopefully be the last time I need to buy stuff so I'm having what I want.  

I did wonder about using Boots Kitchen Appliances who seem to be in cahoots with ao.com but I'll get advantage points so will never need to buy shower gel ever again. LOL

Clive_Woody

Try going into a John Lewis store, assuming they sell what you want, and asking what discount they can do on four appliances. 

sk2402005

Its worth trying the online chat, sometimes they will give you a discount code.

pimento

Ooh!  It seems that Marks Electrical also offer cash back through Quidco!

Clive_Woody

Have a read of this MSE article

https://www.moneysavingexpert.com/shopping/how-to-haggle-successfully/

NeverTooLate

Appliance World are quite cheap and have a button for multi-buy discount, I haven't tried it though.

Cinders:

I recently used appliance world, and they gave a fantastic multi buy discount. I tried several online retailers who all offered multi buy discounts, but AW were much cheaper.