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Overpriced Miele??? |
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Post# 295419 , Reply# 1   8/8/2008 at 00:03 (5,711 days old) by launderess (Quiet Please, There´s a Lady on Stage)   |   | |
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The auction is for the washer and dryer. Opening bid price is a bit under what both would have cost new, IIRC. As goes the way of most things, now that Miele has discontinued 220V laundry appliaces in the United States, they are becoming highly sought after. Especially by those who purchased any of the newer models and want machines that use a tad bit more water and don't require a degree in computers or a script kid standing by to reprogramme the thing to get what one wants done. Can't be sure if this is set has been on offer before, but wishing you the best of luck! L. |
Post# 295436 , Reply# 2   8/8/2008 at 04:08 (5,711 days old) by hooverkeymatic (England)   |   | |
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Even a brand new washer,dryer and dishwasher is round about £1000.Way overpriced |
Post# 295437 , Reply# 3   8/8/2008 at 04:36 (5,711 days old) by foraloysius (Leeuwarden, Friesland, the Netherlands)   |   | |
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Click on the link and you can see that Miele washing machines are very expensive in the USA, I guess that puts things in perspective.
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Post# 295441 , Reply# 4   8/8/2008 at 05:23 (5,711 days old) by hooverkeymatic (England)   |   | |
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Whos called Zachary Thats my name |
Post# 295455 , Reply# 5   8/8/2008 at 07:08 (5,711 days old) by mrx ()   |   | |
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The price of a new European made machine is going to be exceptionally high at the moment too as the US$ is so weak at the moment against the Euro $1 will only buy you 66 cents in Euro. |
Post# 295456 , Reply# 6   8/8/2008 at 07:19 (5,711 days old) by samsungfl (United Kingdom/London )   |   | |
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Post# 295460 , Reply# 7   8/8/2008 at 07:33 (5,711 days old) by launderess (Quiet Please, There´s a Lady on Stage)   |   | |
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And five hundred GBP is about one thousand or more,give or take USD. Add to this shipping, freight and export/import duties and the 1200 USD or so for a Miele washing machine seems a snip. Shipping crates across the seas isn't exactly cheap, and even Miele has to pay going rates. I mean it's not like Miele owns a ship or something for in house shipping. Bosch got around this problem by building a plant in the United States, same as many Asian car makers. That seems to be the way many are going, especially as fuel costs rise which affects everything from air to sea cargo. Read this week that it now costs about 8000 USD to ship an ordinary container from China to the United States. |
Post# 295604 , Reply# 8   8/9/2008 at 02:39 (5,710 days old) by sudsmaster (SF Bay Area, California)   |   | |
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