Savings on Whitegoods (Hvidevarer)

When we first moved here, we visited Punkt 1, a well known Danish electrical chain for our appliances.

Word of warning here - NEVER pay the asking prices here. We were told this by other people beforehand and forewarned is forearmed, as the saying goes, since we were able to get approx 15% off the list price on what we bought.

2 years later, our Zanussi Tumble Dryer (Tørretumbler) has fallen by the wayside so now time to look for a new one and this time, mission is to save money by buying in Germany.

Checklist

1) Decide on the exact model you want
2) See how much it is in Denmark using the Kelkoo search engine on Ingen MOMs
3) Now search on the German (Tysk) Kelkoo and see the difference!

Wow. We were amazed. Every appliance we looked at could be bought for approx 30-40% cheaper than in Denmark. And that includes Flegaard who are about 50 yards on the German side of the border and thus list on Kelkoo DK.

Even worse, one of the appliances we were interested in an AEG energiklasse A was available for the equivalent of 4,000 krone, but our local Skousen had it in for an amazing 10,000 krone (that's nearly £1,000 for a tumble dryer!). Imagine overpaying to that extent.

Next step is to find a German retailer willing to ship to Denmark. Not as difficult as it sounds, and with the help of Free translation on the internet, a non-German speaker like myself could work it all out.

Result :

10 days later we have a new Siemens WT46E301. The price? A mere 3,190 krone, including delivery to our door.

The Danish Prices ranged from 4,900 krone to 6,500 for the EXACT SAME model.

Only downside is that the dial is in German, buy hey, I'll happily learn 10 words of German for 1,800 krone.

I'll post the site at some point soon, along with details of a Danish bank that does FREE international money transfers, since a lot of German retailers only take cash.

You might not be able to do anything about living in Denmark and paying Danish income taxes, but you might be surprised to learn that you can take advantage of EU free market rules to buy your stuff abroad and so avoid the dreaded MOMs, a 25% sales tax on every single item you buy in Denmark, including essentials like food and clothing. Couple that with the fact that things often seem to be more expensive in Denmark even without the MOMs and you really are onto a substantial winner.

The good news is that thanks to the internet the principles of fair taxation have never been closer and there are plenty of legal sites where you can buy your goods and get them sent direct to your door, paying lower prices and lower or even non-existent sales tax rates.

The money saved stays in your pocket for you to spend!

With knowledge of a bit of English you can open the door to a whole new shopping world where you can get hold of the items you want at the prices you want to pay.

INGENMOMS.DK guarantees that all sites listed have been personally tested and rated highly on price and reliability. Furthermore, we only recommend sites that offer reasonable postage costs to Denmark. It can be frustrating to think you've found the exact thing you want at an amazing price and go through the slow checkout process only to find delivery is £50!

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