Appliance Stores in Brooklyn
Two Questions: 1) Can anyone recommend a good store in Brooklyn at which to purchase a refridgerator? 2) Does anybody have experience with the Electrolux brands? I believe they are relatively new in the States. Are they decent? Thank you in advance for any insight you have.
Two Questions:
1) Can anyone recommend a good store in Brooklyn at which to purchase a refridgerator?
2) Does anybody have experience with the Electrolux brands? I believe they are relatively new in the States. Are they decent?
Thank you in advance for any insight you have.
biff, try Appliance Showroom right across from Costco. That’s where we bought all our stuff. Look at Liebherr, German stuff, decent price (can’t help re Electrolux).
I HATE PC Richards.
I wouldn’t recommend trying to purchase an appliance in person at the AJ Madison showroom, although it might be OK buying from them on line. My wife and I went there ayear ago, looking for a new range. After trying for over a half hour to get a salesman to look up from his computer and help us we gave up, left, and went to our old favorite, EBA, which turned out to have much lower prices.
AJ Madison’s showroom is beautiful, but they appear to have absolutely no interest in over the counter sales. FWIW the AJ Madison website IS an excellent research tool.
We STILL haven’t found a 36″ range we like more than our old Caloric, but that’s another story.
I bought a range from AJ Madison. Worked out really well, got delivered to my 2nd floor apartment in about 3-4 days after ordering. Used to order from Krups, but now apparently Mr. Krup works at AJ Madison now (which works out even better). They’re out in Borough Park, FYI, if you don’t want to order online.
A few points:
1. Often major brand appliances sold at Lowe’s ro HD are manufactured more cheaply than seemingly identical models sold in appliacne stores. Be careful.
2. Electrolux bought out Frigidaire a few years ago. I don’t know if in the US they are replacing the Frigidaire name with Electrolux, or using both brands to support different price points. But chances are, even if the price points and bells and whistles are different, it may be the same stuff underneath. Most of our stuff is Frigidaire or GE (but not Profile). Everything holding up fine.
3. No one mentioned Drimmer’s. Anyone buy from them lately?
Thanks to everyone who has commented up to now. This is all excellent and very useful information. It’s much appreciated.
I recently bought a Frigidaire gas range from AJ Madison. Their website (www.ajmadison.com) was easy to navigate, and I found a lot of affordable options. Once I purchased the range it was shipped the next day, since AJ Madison is in Brooklyn. The service men were polite and courteous. I was a bit uneasy with buying a big appliance online, but I got over it and glad I did. The range works great!! So, overall I would recommend AJ Madison when shopping for appliances in BK.
We recently bought an Electrolux 30″ stainless steel, free-standing gas range and matching over-the-range microwave and love them so far. We got them from PC Richards on 14th Street, which has a really big showroom and the service was great too — I don’t think the models we bought we on display at the Atlantic Ave store if that makes a difference for you. We also bought a Liebherr fridge from Gringer & Son and didn’t have a great experience with them.
I too recommend EBA; my favorite salesman is a guy named (or nicknamed) Hawk. Their asking prices are usually slightly lower than anyone else’s but, on top of that, you usually can bargain for an even lower price.
If you go for a Samsung (they are really nice) you can probably get a better deal on Ebay. I almost purchased a Samsung for another home I have in NJ. After extensive search I found some ebay appliance sellers had the best deals.
-allan s