Bargains will continue in 2009

I have to be honest here and unless I am being particularly dense, or unfortunate, I am just not seeing these "massive" price cuts "across the board" on items.

My wife dropped a "subtle hint" the other day that the tumble dryer needed replacing. So we went to Currys to check out the bargains, hoping to find something cheaper than the £200 we paid for the last one (we have to get a condenser machine, rather than just a vented one which makes it more expensive).

The result? Even with a "reduction" of £70 in the sale we still paid £199.71... and that was the second cheapest condenser dryer they had in the shop by a matter of pennies only.

So while a massive sale may well be on, it seems that it is the items that people MAY by are the ones being reduced. I think most other items, certainly electrical items, are not subject to such heavy cost cutting and those that are are carefully selected.

Still, the longer these sales go on the better for the consumer I suppose, though what the future holds for the shops is open to question.

Perhaps I should have posted this earlier, I found it about 12 months ago:

http://www.clearance-comet.co.uk/

I kitted out my sons kitchen from there really cheaply with quality items, some have scratches on but they do describe the damage and my sons cooker was scratched on the side, only a small scratch but once it was in place, the damage couldn't be seen anyway.

I also bought him a huge fridge freezer (I can't reach the top shelf of his fridge) and I think that was about £130.

We came unstuck when we bought our own condenser drier because it didn't work but they sent an engineer round the next day who fixed it for us.

I have noticed the bids creeping up a bit, I think peopleare buying to sell on e-bay but you can still get a bargain.

Hi Witch Consumer,

I haven't tried that Comet site for many years. When I did try it I found that the prices approached the normal selling price - not sure it is worth it. Perhaps I was just not lucky.

Jorumian I too am very cynical about a lot of the offers around at the moment you really need to know the value of what you are buying and you shouldn't trust the price labels. I went to buy a frying pan at the weekend - one I had had my eye on for a while. It has cost about £50 all year in the ProCook® - The UK's Specialist Retailer of Quality Cookware shop and now it is still about £50 but they are claiming it is 50% off - I will shop elsewhere as I do not trust this company.

Tony

PS I know it is a lot to spend on a frying pan but my last one that was a similar price and quality has lasted 10 years, so I think it is worthwhile