Best High-End Appliances?
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Is there a market for used high end appliances?
Comments (5)Try craig's list. Don't leave a phone# ! Just a contact e-mail maybe. You don't want dozens of calls for weeks offering 5 dollars. Post your pic. You would be surprised how many are looking for appliances or cabinets that are in a reno situation and have gone way over budget. Especially young couples that get in over their heads. Especially in NYC. Just list your initial costs the best you can and ask a fair low price. Or best offer. I gave mine away for free so it was easy with a photo at the grocery store pin-up board. The last thing i needed was a ton of phone calls....See MoreYear-end sales and high end appliances?
Comments (25)Harry - I DO get it. Expansion and growth are a rarity in a flat or down ecomnomy, even for the Ultra Wealthy. You must have made a fine professor, as you have macro economics down pat. I DO get it, the net worth of the majority of the world's wealthiest people is down, so is the majority of everyone's. Does this mean they flee to a financial bunker and stop spending? Heck no, some do , just like some of the merely rich do, just like some of the middle class does, and just like the everyone else. However, many are still out there doing things normally some are even bargain buying like never before: I didn't make up Rolls' or Gulfstream's #'s people are buying them! Even in a downturn big co.s are buying too: Delta just gobbled up Northwest and B of A just wrote a mega check for Merrill. Don't let the media persona of Buffet fool you. A few years back all he'd talk about was how flying commercial was the best thing to do and a private airplane was not smart. What's he do a bit later- buy a Gulfstream? No he buys an entire company full of private jets and keeps the largest Gulfstream there is on standby. Same with his home, his modest $200k +/- Omaha house is real enough, but what about his 15 million dollar place in SoCal that you don't hear about??? Same with his sob story about his secretary paying more INCOME tax than he does. That's because she MAKES MORE INCOME which is subject to income tax than he does. Think she pays more dividend income than he does? Who's AMT tax bill do you think is larger at year's end? Don't take the media's cookie cutter soundbites or eye candy as the absolute truth or big picture. Remember W.R. Hearst's contempt for the masses? "They'll belive what I tell them" Same is true in the media business today. He's an anomaly, the very wealthy spend trainloads of $$$ you just don't see or hear about it because the majority value privacy, anonimity, and their time above all else. DC - while I don't entirely disagree with the premise that the luxury goods sector is down as a whole like everything else, I do wonder about the sources of these stats? Some blogger from Orange Co. doesn't exactly instill confidence in me for the trends of the nation or world as a whole. I gave you 3 examples of rarely debated "luxury" items that have seen rises in sales during a weakening economy. I guess it boils down to what's going to be considered a luxury item and by whom. Does a $1000 Prada purse qualify, or is a luxury handbag more likely a Kelly Bag from Hermes at well into 5 figures these days? I don't think BMW qualifies anymore these days, but they are always included in "luxury car" rankings and catagories by most auto professionals. Another point I'd like to make that I think few around here get or agree with is that companies making luxury or high end goods don't rush to lower prices at the first signs of a downturn. Some not even after many quarters of neg. results , and some not ever. It defeats the purpose of positioning an item or company as "luxury" or " high end" if you are going to start charging lower prices because sales drop. You either create more demand or a better value proposition or you deal with flat or no growth for a while till you figure it out. Some don't and they fold. Businessmen with any seasoning and experience accept that slaes go up and down just like stock prices and comodity prices. They hope that the broader trend is a rise in the metrics that they use to manage and measure their business. So , don't count on a cut rate deal from Sub Zero , Viking or Meile in the frist part of next year or even at all. Long before they consider lower prices you'll see "incentives" like fridge, oven and cooktop full price DW at 25% off or Viking will throw in a set of their knives when you buy theri range. Miele might extend their warranty another couple of years but I'll bet the farm you won't see a sale from a German firm....See MoreChoosing the right high-end appliances
Comments (13)Ae I have the 36 wolf induction. It is beautiful and still looks brand new after close to 2 years. Positives -Did I say beautiful? -Cooks evenly -Has lots of settings -I like the hob arrangement, although my hood only has a fan on the left side and the largest burner is on the back right. (I hope to replace the hood one day as this was one of the mistakes as I learned of her made in my kitchen) -Large hob size -Powerful independent burner -I have used the Wolf to cook just about everything. -I even used it to slow cook a pot roast! I put a probe into the vessel and monitor the temperature throughout the day, it held a perfect temperature. Other -Hard to see hob rings(but one reason I bought it was because you can't see the rings. -Learning curve I would recommend that you go to a Wolf demonstration center. The power levels on each of the hobs is not the same by design. -There is some clicking and a bit of buzzing especially when the pants are cold or they multilayer pan is noisier than a single layer pan. There are some people who claim that their brand of induction unit does not buzz. One garden web user posted a YouTube video claiming that there Thermidor did not buzz. It sounded just like mine so maybe my hearing is more sensitive -There is no bridge unit, although the rep said you could probably bridge it as long as you don't go the controls. I have not tried this. -There is not an independent timer for each burner, so the burners will not turn off automatically. I believe they miele has this feature if it is something you would like. I am sure I can think of more things but at least a start for you. I apologize for any predictive text errors as I did this from my mini iPad at the crack of dawn and my eyes aren't awake yet....See Morewho makes the best modern and best quality high end kitchen faucet
Comments (3)We have KWC ONO faucets in our kitchen and bathrooms, which are modern in style....See Moreplllog
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