Curly Sue said:~patches~ said:Curly Sue wrote:
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Quoted message said:I realize that there are rich people who are frugal and my hat is off
to you (if my dad were rich, that's the kind of rich person he'd be),
although I have to admit that for me being rich would mean not having
to worry about price or shopping for value. 🙂
I also did my research, and watched and waited until the time was
right for the range I wanted. But under normal conditions I can't
imagine a Viking ever being on such a sale that I could afford one.
Correct me if I'm wrong but I thought the Viking was going for around
$800? At least that's what I thought someone on this thread said. At
There was something else going on there; perhaps it was used. Viking
is a high end stove. $5000 is more like it!
I must have read it wrong. Still a nice looking stove. If it performs
as well as it looks, the price might still be worth it.
Quoted message said:
Quoted message said:that price, it isn't too far off the norm price for other ranges with
less features. I do understand the price drawback on these larger
appliances though. We bought our Admiral range eons ago for something
like $600. It was a real workhorse even though it wasn't self cleaning.
Our Jenn Air in the end will likely end up costing us close to $2000
but it is self cleaning, convection oven, and has a lot of extra
features as well as flexibility.
That's much less than the price of some of the premium stoves.
Quoted message said:Now I expect *no problems* and it to
be a workhorse as well as saving us money. We didn't buy it for looks!
That's one of the problems with these higher end ranges - you really
do need to do the research and if you are like us, you save & save until
you can afford to buy.
The question that I was originally responding to was "Why do rich
people want Viking stoves in their kitchen."
Probably because they can or want too 😉 My theory is that you don't
really have to be rich to have these types of appliances. See, I love
cooking. That is important to me. For that reason alone, I want top
notch equipment that is dependable AND I don't like shopping so I want
something that is going to give me years of troublefree service. If
that is what is important to you, then you will find a way to do it 🙂
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My guess is that they don't shop at clearance centers or wait for
stoves to go on sale with favorable finance terms (like I did when I
bought Darth). 🙂
I'm guessing Darth is your stove 🙂 I never named my old stove but in
hindsight, Charlie sounds like a good name. Nice, dependable, no
repairs and just ready and willing. We don't believe in financing
anything other than our home so we have to save and save in order to
afford the nicer toys. It's worth it though especially if you don't
mind wainting 🙂 You can get some really nice deals at the clearance
centres.
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Sue(tm)
Lead me not into temptation... I can find it myself!
