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Breaking News--Eelectrolux rebates, and other deals

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Post# 371800 8/13/2009 at 14:37 (5,367 days old) by iheartmaytag (Wichita, Kansas)
Checkrate/Likes My lady, Jennifer, at Lowe's just called me. Sale effective today, $200 rebate on Electrolux IQ or Wave Touch Washers and $200 rebate on Electrolux IQ or Wave Touch Dryers. Plus $50 rebate on the Pedistals for a total of $500 rebates. There are other rebates available on Electrolux appliances, but these were all that applied to the machines that I was looking at. I told her I hope to be in on Sunday to finalize my order. BTW--Ashley's Furniture is starting to deal with Whirlpool appliances. They are offering this weekend Buy the $1699.99 Whirlpool 9600 Steam washer and get the Dryer for $99.00. Pedistals are, of course, extra.

Post# 372415 , Reply# 1 8/15/2009 at 19:17 (5,365 days old) by washmeup (scottsdale)
Checkrate/Likes *Small World* How is Wichita? I was born and raised there and left in 82! I rarely get back!

Post# 372505 , Reply# 2 8/16/2009 at 11:06 (5,364 days old) by passatdoc (Orange County, California)
Checkrate/Likes I looked on lowes website today and the appliance section is under revision. If you search for FL washers you get zero results. I did check websites for two local discounters. Howards howards.com/details.cfmQUESTIONMA... offers the IQ-touch in white for $1099. There is no mention of a $200 rebate, but I don't recall seeing that model priced at 1099 before. Over at Univeral Appliance www.universal-akb.com/elwa.html... look at the main washer page and you will see the white IQ washer at $1199---which has been the base price at most discounters all along. Now click on the white washer icon and you will see the price at $1299, but reduced $200 to $1099. I.e. they raised the price to the MSRP of 1299, and then applied the 200 dollar rebate. So someone hoping to snag the washer at 1000 even would be out of luck at these two stores. Best Buy has not yet changed their prices: www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jspQ... Hopefully when the Lowes website is back up, we can check to see if they applied the 200 rebate to MSRP of 1299 or their "usual everyday" price of 1199, because 200 off the latter would bring that washer down to 999.

Post# 372519 , Reply# 3 8/16/2009 at 12:04 (5,364 days old) by westie2 ()
Checkrate/Likes Lowes is showing the IQ here for $1099.00 Below is the link to the rebates from Electrolux CLICK HERE TO GO TO westie2's LINK

Post# 372526 , Reply# 4 8/16/2009 at 12:38 (5,364 days old) by passatdoc (Orange County, California)
Checkrate/Likes *interesting effect on Frigidaire pricing* In Southern California, most water agencies offer rebates for HE washers. When I bought my Frigidaire 2140 in early 2006, the water rebate was $100 (and there was a $35 gas rebate as well). Today, the rebate has increased to $135, but with two caveats: 1. In most cases you must make a "reservation" for a rebate prior to buying the new washer. This is ok if you are planning to replace an old model and can wait for a reservation, but not ok if a machine dies and you have to buy all of a sudden. When I bought in 2006, I just completed the rebate form and mailed it in with copies of the purchase receipt and a recent water bill. 2. The qualifying WF (water factor) has been made more stringent. NONE of the Frigidaire models even qualify. The Electrolux models do. socalwatersmart.com/images/PDFs/q... (WF must be 4.0 or lower; the 2140 barely misses at 4.12) When I was at the Universal Appliance website, I noted that prices on the 2140 were down to $500 and the 2940 was about $560---because the 2940 was a CR Best Buy for three years running, the retailers rarely budged much on the price, until now. I wonder if being booted off the rebate model list was a factor, in that people looking at the 2140 and 2940 are entry-level sort of buyers who might otherwise not buy a FL if the rebates didn't chop $135-170 off the washer price. Now, CA buyers won't get a water rebate, though a $35 gas rebate is still offered because these models are Energy Star-rated. Another factor may be that Frigidaires are all 3.5 cu feet. This was close to the top (3.8 being the largest sold in 2006) when they were introduced, but now they are on the losing end of the "capacity war". 3.5 is now an "also ran" size. One thing I will say for them: for customers who have to stack their machines, or place them in a closet with little clearance from the door (some laundry rooms have clearance issues as well), the 27 x 27-28 footprint is really appreciated. Yes, you can stack Electrolux machines or Duets, but the top of the stack will be 6'6"-6'8" off the floor. I spoke to an appliance store owner who had to take back a stacked pair of Electrolux machines because the 5'2" owner couldn't reach the controls on the dryer. The same appliance store owner said that Frigidaire plans to continue manufacture of their 27 x 27-8 x 36 washers (i.e. same 3.5 capacity) for some time to come. They recognize there is a market niche for their particular size of products: people who are at entry-level on price (i.e. 2140 or 2940) and people with special application needs: stacked configuration, closet installation, laundry rooms with tight clearances. I have a friend who bought new Maytag Epics to replace her former Neptunes, which finally died. The inward-opening laundry door clears the deeper Epics with only half an inch to spare, and fortunately the machine closer to the door is the dryer, because if the washer were next to the door, she would not be able to leave the washer door ajar AND open/close the door to the room.

Post# 372705 , Reply# 5 8/17/2009 at 09:28 (5,363 days old) by iheartmaytag (Wichita, Kansas)
Checkrate/Likes *Ok--I chickened out* At least for now, I can't justify $3,886.80 purchase when my old washer is still running. I may change my mind again before the rebates expire, but at this time I just can't let go of the $$. Sears is showing the rebates on their "Rebate Finder" link. I found out about it because the lady at Lowe's called me when she got the flyer. It is supposed to go until Sept. 20th. How is Wichita? I was born and raised there and left in 82! A wise man you are. No in reality Wichita is no worse than any other city. We were slow getting into the Recession/Depression so we will also be late getting out of it. Cessna just announced another 500 lay-offs. Hawker-Beech announced they will be doing more reductions. Boeing-Spirit is hanging on, but if the 787 Dreamliner goes tits up Wichita is sunk.

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