aj mandison, pc richards or sears
I’m planning to buy a fridge spending around 1k-1.5K given the model I want. Any opinions on AJ Madison or PC Richards? Any bad experiences? I trust sears, but they are charging around 200 more. thanks.
I’m planning to buy a fridge spending around 1k-1.5K given the model I want.
Any opinions on AJ Madison or PC Richards? Any bad experiences?
I trust sears, but they are charging around 200 more. thanks.
update: ffemax stove they just called me its coming so it took about 48 hours to get here, all worked out very fast, pretty surprising since i just went online and clicked buy at all these websites and didn’t leave the house or speak to any humans and all the shipments came super fast, think it helped that the places i ordered from happened to be in NY (as far as i know)
i just bought range dishwasher and laundry center.
i looked online until i found the make/models i wanted.
then i compared prices online (including delivery + tax) using google, dealtime, and pricegrabber.
then i ordered from the cheapest place.
For the laundry center Sears and Pc Richard both had the exact same price (after delivery) and Sears gave a delivery estimate of over a week while Pc Richard refused to give any kind of delivery estimate until after i payed and had an order #. I found that a website called Rainbowappliance had a lower price for this particular laundry center and took a chance with them, what the hell Sears and Pc Richards hadn’t impressed me. I clicked submit order online and in less than 24 hours i had a call that the guy was 5 minutes from my house with it! I was surprised and scrambled to find a place to put it.
For the dishwasher i found the lowest advertised price on ajmadison (which also had probably the best website because easy to sort all the models in many different ways)I clicked submitorder online and the dishwasher arrived in less than 48 hours to my house, this time i wasn’t as cuaght off guard by the delivery.
i ordered the range from a small outfit callled ffemax, it hasn’t shipped and when i called about it, they were defensive and had no info. Too bad because i need to make tea on it more than i need the dishwasher (i like doing it by hand) or the laundry (laundry place 1 block away)
I recently purchased fridge and dishwasher from AJ Madison, We wandered into the showroom, looking for a stove brand they carry but did not have on display, got pretty decent help, and was able to walk out without any promises, etc.
I called some weeks later, they checked stock, gave me prices, ‘did a little better’, qualified for free delivery, got a commitment, actually opened a ‘billme later’ account and was done.
I received the items when promised, the fridge works (fisher paykel ~1.5) the dishwasher will not be tested for a while, but it was moderate (bosch ~600) so hopefully that will be ok.
No pressure, no extended warranty, no upsell, no haggles, no hidden charges.
as someone said – unless you are going high end, all these guys are pretty much the same, your tolerance for spiel and spin will be the critical element.
my wife and i also went in with requirements and some knowledge: fridge MUST fit in ‘this’ space, dishwasher does NOT need 8 cycles, etc.
good luck!
ps – you will find plenty of complaints about everyone. PCRichards is where my parents and my friends parents bought appliances…so you know how that goes…
I have bought flat screens, washer/dryer, ACs from PC Richards on 4th Ave. Mickey is older guy (former Wall Streeter) who is very helpful, knowledgeable and does his best to find or look ahead for best prices.
He is stationed in TV area but can sell anything in the store, and of course they will beat any competitor’s prices.
He also hooked me up with a man with a van to delivery stuff for nearly nothing.
I bought appliances from Appliancesbuyphone
888-828-3302
No delivery fee, no sales tax outside of NJ, great prices.
Call with model number in hand.
Dial-a-brand delevery i always free.
Call Dial-a-Brand.
They are reliable and deliver the next day. Your old appliance can be removed as well.
They will take a personal check or a credit card.
Just have the manufacturer and the model number and they will give you the price.
they deliver everywhere from long Island.
Check Drimmers in Brooklyn. Cheapest around, decent help. The one downside is their delivery guys were complete d-bags (missed a day of work – 4 hours late, no call).
Have bought at both PCR and AJM. Thanks to the Internet you can tell what a good price is for the appliance you want. After that, it’s all about what’s in stock, how soon you need it etc. You can educate yourself on the web.
Frankly, unless you’re going high-end, it really doesn’t matter where you buy from, so long as it’s an established operation.