Is it cheaper to buy electronic appliances-goods online directly from a manufacturers site ?

September 15, 2009 - 10:13 pm 3 Comments

as somebody told me back in 2002 ?

i.e a dyson vacuum cleaner purchased FROM dyson would be cheaper by 25% he said.

he also said that buying a Fridge Freezer from LG directly FROM LG would be cheaper too.

was he talking out of his a$$ ?

online shopping, is it considerably cheaper ?

Seeing as electronics manufacturers will not sell directly to retail customers in the U.K. at all, I think you know where he was talking from…

3 Responses to “Is it cheaper to buy electronic appliances-goods online directly from a manufacturers site ?”

  1. Raven Says:

    Well, depends really.

    You could compare the prices on the manufacturer’s site with those on the store’s site.
    Some stores like Comet sell cheaper online than instore. I know new iPods are generally the same price anywhere they are sold as they are so widely available.

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  2. Jigsaw's Dad Says:

    one word.

    well 3 actually.

    Singapore Black Market.

    back in 2000 (and haha nobody did nothing and nobody CAN do nothing about it today) i went to Singapore for a month, I came back home with over £500 worth of PC gaming titles. guess how much i spent ? £25 lol.

    oh and I brought an LCD 21 inch tv from there too, won’t mention the brand name cos it might cause a stir etc – but lets just say that there werent many like it around that year, and 3 years LATER – i saw a model just like it on sale !
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  3. Twisted_Ace Says:

    Seeing as electronics manufacturers will not sell directly to retail customers in the U.K. at all, I think you know where he was talking from…
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