B&Q £149.00 Hoover washer,how???

[natterchatter]

Been to B&Q today and saw a thousand spin Hoover washer for £149.00.Use to be in the raw side of our trade but for obvious reasons I no longer am.What sort of profits are B&Q making on the likes of this and has any one any advice on how to compete with new appliances?All the best from Natterchatter.

[greaseater]

Re: B&Q £149.00 Hoover washer,how???

Are you sure it’s not a Servis 1000 spin jobbie?

You get what you pay for 😉

Greaseater.

[aqualectric]

Re: B&Q £149.00 Hoover washer,how???

I have seen this machine today and it’s a Beko derivative. And £149.00. Badged “Expresswash” – definitely not Hoover / Candy.
As I have said before, these machines will sell to the credit card society on price alone. But who will fix it? It’s not worth fixing from day one. Not surprisingly, B&Q’s own site doesn’t recognize or show it at all which speaks volumes.
Yet again, Today’s bargain, Tomorrow’s landfill. 😉

Steve.

[Martin]

Re: B&Q £149.00 Hoover washer,how???

IIRC Tesco did one earlier last year for a blindingly unbelievable £99.99 :rolls:

It’s just a scam by these firms to put a ‘dummy’ or ‘lost leader’ front of house to get the punters to bite. After all said and done they are really up against it from the Internet cowboys these days, advertising cheap imported junk that (when you want to actually buy one) are in fact, “due to the high demand, we are out are out of stock”…..They then take a punt on the chances the enquirer will buy something else from them….often as not they do!

B&Q customers nationwide fall into the ‘something for nothing, always up for a bargain, cheap and cheerful, I can fit in myself’ category. So what more natural a eye catching deal than a washing machine for under £150…? It goes with the territory after all said and done! 😉

By the way, if you have any idea what the turnover was for B&Q in the last year or so it would make your eyes water……well for some at least 😥

Their owners (Kingfisher) have suffered a massive drop in share value (issue price £3.50) currently down to around £1.47. They need a steady cashflow turnover just to survive through 2008 so expect more down to earth bargains at B&Q as their directors are stocking up on paper hankies right now!

I wouldn’t mind betting Kingfisher will offload B&Q at the earliest opportunity. Homer TLC Inc, owners of Home Depot in the USA are seen as potential bidders by many. 😉

[Phidom]

Re: B&Q £149.00 Hoover washer,how???

Yes, B&Q has always been a shop with a few real bargains to get you in the place plus lots of other stuff at top price. In Elgin we have an independent DIY superstore called Decora. They have nothing like the buying power of B&Q but still manage to undercut them on things like paint, wallpaper etc.

[rolf]

Re: B&Q £149.00 Hoover washer,how???

This washing machine is now in the sales for a whopping. Wait for it £119 Will we see the first sub hundred pound washer this year place your bets now………Happy days 😆

[rolf]

Re: B&Q £149.00 Hoover washer,how???

Just looking back through the posts and as you say martin we have already had are first hundred pound washing machine.So all bets are off 😳

[indie]

Re: B&Q £149.00 Hoover washer,how???

£99 and it only takes 3 mins to do a wash!!!
http://shop.gadgetvault.co.uk/mini-wash … -101-p.asp

[don]

Re: B&Q £149.00 Hoover washer,how???

indie wrote:£99 and it only takes 3 mins to do a wash!!!
http://shop.gadgetvault.co.uk/mini-wash … -101-p.asp

😯 Didn`t think you could still get those. The last ones I saw was the old Tefal washboy and the matching spinner, they used to sell for about £70 each IIRC.

Don

[rolf]

Re: B&Q £149.00 Hoover washer,how???

Im going into the manufacturing of washer dryers. Washing up bowl in a cardboard box with a hair dryer stuck in the side.Then rig it up to the garden hose hay presto.Only £40 and better than some of the junk out there………If you carnt beat em join em. 💡

[roy1]

Re: B&Q £149.00 Hoover washer,how???

I was told last week by a customer who works for B & Q that they are going to stop selling free standing appliances, due to the amount of returrns for vibration, leaks and that they are unable to answer
customers questions.
Good news.

[kwatt]

Re: B&Q £149.00 Hoover washer,how???

roy1 wrote:I was told last week by a customer who works for B & Q that they are going to stop selling free standing appliances, due to the amount of returrns for vibration, leaks and that they are unable to answer customers questions.

😆 😆 😆

Now all we need is Tesco to learn the hard way as well. 😉

K.

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