Whitegoods and DU
Discussion
Absolute bedlam this week (to the other pending new arrival - detailed email will follow this weekend!)
We hopefully will be in the new place by Monday (had to pay for an extension of where we are and now a week earlier on the lease itself to try and fit in with the "Move In Permit" malarky. Not sure what happens if it is not approved since the container is coming.
Anyways....
We need to buy a cooker, fridge, washing machine and dishwasher.
-I think it would be better to get them in one place and have them delivered in one go
-BetterLife seemed ok but $$$$$$$$; was hounded by around 20 salespeople working in a pack it seemed in Carrefour so left there (prices did not seem that cheap)
Anywhere else that is akin to Comet/John Lewis etc?
I am happy to pay for a well known brand rather than some of those odds one from who knows where and straight from the Argos catalogue 1981!
Huge utility cupboard that will take a top loader but...they need HOT and COLD pipes. Arabian Trances only has...yep, cold. Bah! Hate front loaders.
Went over this evening to see what the painting was like and first decent look at the place. How many lightswitches can you have! It also looks to have network connections everywhere..also with a mini-server type unit. The fuse cupboard is like something from a power station.
DU
Give me strength...went to see them in the Mall last night and left before I ate my own head in frustration.
Any suggestions on what Internet and TV package? No interest in sport *ducks* and have 2 young kids if that helps narrow down things. It is worth paying for higher speeds (for Skype etc) or does the reality not match what is in the brochure
Cheers
PS: checked out the backyard and they had left the sprinkler on. WTF! It would have been on all night and into tomorrow before I went back there. Cue DEWA bill of thousands if not millions!
Picked it up and turned around - spraying an external power point on which the cover was missing and the power switch was on - straight into the plug holes. All over for me I thought, frying in a dark backyard, but thankfully nothing happened. That said, I need to take care of that ASAP.
PPS: now have licence swapped over so time to look for a new car in earnest
We hopefully will be in the new place by Monday (had to pay for an extension of where we are and now a week earlier on the lease itself to try and fit in with the "Move In Permit" malarky. Not sure what happens if it is not approved since the container is coming.
Anyways....
We need to buy a cooker, fridge, washing machine and dishwasher.
-I think it would be better to get them in one place and have them delivered in one go
-BetterLife seemed ok but $$$$$$$$; was hounded by around 20 salespeople working in a pack it seemed in Carrefour so left there (prices did not seem that cheap)
Anywhere else that is akin to Comet/John Lewis etc?
I am happy to pay for a well known brand rather than some of those odds one from who knows where and straight from the Argos catalogue 1981!
Huge utility cupboard that will take a top loader but...they need HOT and COLD pipes. Arabian Trances only has...yep, cold. Bah! Hate front loaders.
Went over this evening to see what the painting was like and first decent look at the place. How many lightswitches can you have! It also looks to have network connections everywhere..also with a mini-server type unit. The fuse cupboard is like something from a power station.
DU
Give me strength...went to see them in the Mall last night and left before I ate my own head in frustration.
Any suggestions on what Internet and TV package? No interest in sport *ducks* and have 2 young kids if that helps narrow down things. It is worth paying for higher speeds (for Skype etc) or does the reality not match what is in the brochure
Cheers
PS: checked out the backyard and they had left the sprinkler on. WTF! It would have been on all night and into tomorrow before I went back there. Cue DEWA bill of thousands if not millions!
Picked it up and turned around - spraying an external power point on which the cover was missing and the power switch was on - straight into the plug holes. All over for me I thought, frying in a dark backyard, but thankfully nothing happened. That said, I need to take care of that ASAP.
PPS: now have licence swapped over so time to look for a new car in earnest
Edited by XB70 on Thursday 19th June 20:28
Onetrackmind said:
EMax or Sharaf DG. Both are huge electrical a shops and they are in most of the malls. Sharaf have a number of good Ramadan deals on right now.
Ended up buying them all from Emax at Oasis Centre. Had checked out Sharaf DG for prices then stopped off at Emax. Unhelpful staff at Sharaf but guy at Emax was a legend. Think he realised that the poor man (me!) was on the verge of a breakdown! Kids going nuts; shipping company and moving in date all over the place; crying inside a fridge (perhaps!)...all adding up!Prices seemed ok (equivalent to Oz) and got some Skywards points...and a million entry forms for some raffles I want to fill out
Due to move in on Monday and for the whitgoods to arrive at same time. Apologies in advance if some rant of despair appears!
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