Home appliances, particularly big-ticket items that are used year-round, are such costly purchases that many people only replace them when the unit is beyond repair. However, deals can be found on all major and popular products if you know when and where to shop.
Whether you are after small appliances to finish off your dream kitchen setup or hope to finally complete your functional and stylish home laundry room with The Good Guys clothes dryer, timing your purchases can ensure you secure the appliances you want without breaking the bank.
National Holidays
During national holidays, all major appliance brands and retailers choose to maximise their sales around these dates. You can expect to see markdowns and special deals coinciding with these holidays, sometimes exceeding the singular day to the nearest weekend.
Boxing Day is one of the biggest shopping events surrounding a national holiday. It begins the day right after Christmas and continues into early January, with large discounts offered by many big-name stores on popular items. These Boxing Day sales often extend into January sales that typically cover more categories and include a wider range of products. For example, clothing stores use this time of year to clear out old stock for the upcoming season change.
During Easter, which occurs around March or April, deals will be seen on gifts, chocolate, and other household items associated with the holiday’s festivities. Finally, summer sales, which fall between June and August in the northern hemisphere, focus on clothing, beauty and skincare products, garden furniture, and outdoor appliances like barbeques, particularly towards the end of the season.
Model Clearance
If you are willing to overlook a small number of new, innovative technological features, investing in the previous year’s model of any large appliance is a fantastic way to save money when shopping for machines. Sales on previous models typically start once the latest model becomes available on the market.
Traditionally, dryers, washing machines, and dishwashers are released in September and October, while brand-new stoves and ovens generally drop in January. If you are looking to replace an old fridge, keep your eyes peeled for sales starting in May.
Bundle Savings
Fairly often, retailers will offer opportunities to save money during sales if you buy bundles of larger appliances, like a washer and dryer, together. With these deals, retailers frequently offer consumers larger rebates should they purchase multiple pieces at once, compared to buying them individually on separate occasions.
This can be beneficial if you plan to replace all the appliances and have the ability to make a larger purchase or if you are particularly concerned about ensuring the finishes of your appliances match. Furthermore, look for businesses that accept trade-ins of secondhand appliances in exchange for discounts to save additional money.
Retailer Holidays
The biggest retail sales of the year revolve around Thanksgiving weekend. Black Friday and Cyber Monday, which bookend the popular American holiday, have grown in popularity and have spread to countries around the world that do not celebrate the autumn holiday. Black Friday traditionally covers both online and brick-and-mortar stores, while Cyber Monday is mainly aimed at online-only deals. Additionally, many major companies and brands tend to offer deals in the week or two weeks leading up to the weekend, with their biggest savings coming on the big day.
Consider buying big-ticket appliances like refrigerators, stoves and ovens, dishwashers and washing machines over this period. Because kitchen appliances are not influenced by seasons or climates, their prices usually only drop during dedicated annual holidays or when inventory needs to be cleared for new stock.
Keep in mind that many large retailers with physical stores around the country also allow consumers to purchase items through their websites. If you miss their Black Friday savings, check their official websites for possible Cyber Monday deals.
Off-Season & Non-Holidays
Aside from purchasing appliances on sale when new models hit the market, there are additional periods throughout the year when online retailers and physical stores may hold independent sales to move inventory they may no longer have space for.
Once the Christmas rush has ended and the year-end in our midst, some companies and appliance retailers will choose to hold smaller sales on appliances to boost their year-end revenue and free up a warehouse or floor space for the new year. Alternatively, cooling and heating appliances, whose demand changes throughout the year based on the season, typically go on sale and are at their lowest price during their ‘off-season’. Aim to buy items like air conditioners and fans during winter, while heaters and furnaces will be better priced in summer.
Price Tracking
If you are not in a position to wait for specific sales or holidays to roll around, you can choose to price-track specific appliances or models using popular and free-to-use tracking apps like Keepa. This can help you make better-informed purchasing decisions. However, Keepa is only valid for tracking small appliances, as it only monitors Amazon prices, a platform that has historically never carried large appliances.
Although companies like Keepa have confirmed they will not share your email address or any information with third-party establishments, it may be best to use a burner email address to have better control over any potential spam.
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