Wednesday, February 18, 2009

The Brick's commercial pricing

As an incentive, Mattamy is offering three standard kitchen appliances (fridge, stove and dishwasher) with their townhomes. I can only imagine that these are the cheapest appliances that they are putting in. I know that I will be upgrading them.

How it works is that Mattamy gives you a voucher to use at the Brick. The Brick will give you a credit for the standard appliances ($1372 in my case) towards to the purchase of any appliances you choose. They also give you "commercial pricing" which is lower than regular retail price. So, I gathered up a list of models that I was interested in and contacted rep (Ken Thompson) at the Brick for pricing. To say the least, the commercial pricing was quite disappointing. On average, you save 5-7% off the regular price. I often see places like Future Shop, Home Depot, etc often run sales of 10% off. But with this voucher, I'm sort of stuck with using the Brick. I had inquired whether I could use the voucher towards something else like furniture and I figured I'd just buy my appliances somewhere else. But Ken said that it's not typically allowed. He did say he'd price match if I found a lower advertised price but it must be all from the same store (i.e. can't bring in one price from Future Shop for a stove, another one from Sears for a fridge, etc). So, in the meantime, I'll be keeping my eyes open for deals.

Basically, I'm eyeing a french door fridge, stove with convection oven and a quiet dishwasher. With the mainfloor being open concept, I want the dishwasher to be quiet. I also don't mind spending a little more money on appliances as I figure I'll have them for a while.

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