I have been looking for Ariston’s hood, hob and oven for my new kitchen for quite a while now. In face, when I book my flat last Aug, I have been on a look out. In around Oct/Nov period last year, I remember seeing an ad on the newspaper mentioning Mayer’s (the authorised agent for Ariston brand) warehouse sales. Not sure when my keys will be collected, I decided to give it a miss. How much I regretted that!
Last month, I was at the Mayer showroom again trying to look at some of their current promotion. There were some promotion on the items I was looking at but somehow I did not commit to buy it. Than when it hit Feb 08, the promo was overtook by a new promo, and the hob I wanted was no longer on promotion. The hood I wanted was also out of my budget and we decided to go for the Delizia hood instead to save cost. Then on Wed, I was at Mayer again and almost committed on the hood and oven, and wanted to wait till March for the hob, hoping that it will be on promo then. Again, I somehow decided to hold my horses.
And guess what? On Thursday, Mayer put up a small ad in the classified section informing of their warehouse sales start 22 Feb 08 – 24 Feb 08! Now it all makes sense, maybe it’s God prompting me to wait for this sale. So I hurried down on the 1st day and the hob I was looking at is available, and there is only 1 piece. Even though its a display unit I have no problem with it since it is never used. So instead of paying $499 for the hob, I pay only $330.
Next I immediately hunt for the hood, instead of Delizia, I thought to myself I can now look for an Ariston hood to go with the hob. I needed a 60cm hood and I know it will be available since not many people go for it (most will got for 90cm). 2 models of the 60cm chimney hood is available, one is a current model (and only 1 piece), the other is an older model. Seeing that the price difference is only $20, and for some practical reason, I decided to go for the current model. I saw some dents on on filter and the sales person very quickly resolve it by swapping it with other hoods, so it is like a brand new set! The damage, $359 instead of the original price of $719. Even the Delizia hood I was looking at before this warehouse sales cost $399 on promo price (but of course that is base on a brand new set).
Item no. 3 is the oven. Was looking at the lowest end Ariston oven due to budget constraint. The showroom price was $619 (UP $689). Saw it in the warehouse sales brand new set at only $589. Than the display unit is only $489. Wanted to commit on it already but the sales person asked me to take a look at 1 model higher, which he highly recommend. Reason, the surface is anti finger print, making it easier to maintain, it looks better, has a more sturdy handle, 1 additional function, and most importantly, when you set the timer, it will cut off automatically once the timing is reached. The price of this oven is usually $819 and the display unit is at $619, and the units are extremely new! After some careful consideration, I decided to got for this oven.
Total damage: $1333 (includes $25 delivery charge).
Original total: $2037.
Savings: $704.
Praise the Lord!
Here are the pictures of my new kitchen set (click on the picture for more info on the product):
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Hi,
I am thinking of getting an ariston oven too. Which model was yours and how has it been?
thanks.
Hi, you can click on the link at the picture above for my current model I used ( FZ 61.1 IX). I also previously used FB 51.2 IX.
The previous one was heavily used and serve us quite well. No prob in the 3 years we were using it.
The new one has been with us for about 6months, used a couple of times only and so far so good.
We are not heavy user and not an expert on ovens, so simple one is fine with us. If heavy user, this might not be good enough, or at least that is what I heard from others.