Air conditioners......cheaper in September?

[stemik 14]

me too. The ones I looked at can also work in -25c cold weather. I am tempted to buy....

[Alexander L 80]

buy buy buy while stocks last

[Alexander L 80]

Think the one that follows you around the room may be even more efficient.

[Metabo Oyaji 71]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=icsuzMtWCyY

[Tubby Beaver 209]

Is that like a dalek that blows cold air?

[DumbStick 13]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=icsuzMtWCyY

 

That's the one we're getting.

Well, 3 actually.

1 white for the LDK and the other 2 are sleekily black.

 

Edit: Actually, no it's not. We are on the Hitachi X Series.

 

[Alexander L 80]

Is Hitachi the best selling brand of air-cons or is it Panasonic?

[DumbStick 13]

Don't know.

 

We liked the Hitachi ones and the fridge and washing machine are too.

 

テーマ！

[Alexander L 80]

I find quiet mode very important when sleeping. All my air-cons have this.

[DumbStick 13]

Silly me, as I'm about to pay for new stuff I thought I'd check up on the prices.

 

Very interesting. The aircons that we ordered are actually now considerably more expensive than they were back when this topic was made - that's on kakaku.

I was quite surprised but double checked and seems to be the case.

So very glad that I did this pre-summer.

 

Something to remember perhaps.

[brit-gob 9]

Perhaps lower on stock dumbstick and so not as readily available?

[surfarthur 22]

or the effects of abenomics?

[pie-eater 207]

Sounds positively Abetastic to me!

 

[grungy-gonads 54]

A lesson to be learned.

[DumbStick 13]

Went to pay up at Ks today.

 

Air conditioners indeed a fair bit more expensive. But keeping the price we agreed.

 

Washing machine now cheaper and he happily took 15000 yen off the early summer agreed price. Cheers!

[Tubby Beaver 209]

washing machines in this country are super expensive.......100k and up for a front loader.....ridiculous price.

[Metabo Oyaji 71]

washing machines in this country are super expensive.......100k and up for a front loader.....ridiculous price.

 

We got a front loader, and it wasn't quite that expensive. Don't remember exactly, but maybe 7-8 man-yen?

(Of course, that was before Abenomics.)

Maybe worth shopping around a bit more?

[Tubby Beaver 209]

That'd be a bit more normal, but in most the shops I've been in (Bic, Yodabashi, Nojimi, Yamada) front loaders have been around 100k and up

[grungy-gonads 54]

Did you speak to them about it?

The price on the sign might be that, but the actual price you pay...

[Tubby Beaver 209]

Yeah there is that....no I haven't spoken to them, just a passing observation

[tokabochi 9]

Got to wonder if the large numbers they put on stuff in the shops simply puts people off asking even....

[NoFakie 45]

If you've got kids or want them, try and buy a washing machine with a quick wash cycle.

The school they go to may assume that its perfectly normal for everyone to wash and dry things ready for 7am the following morning, even when their kids have extra curricular stuff and don't come home till 7pm.

[Alexander L 80]

howabout having 2 sets of uniform, 2 sets of sportswear.

[grungy-gonads 54]

If you've got kids or want them, try and buy a washing machine with a quick wash cycle.

The school they go to may assume that its perfectly normal for everyone to wash and dry things ready for 7am the following morning, even when their kids have extra curricular stuff and don't come home till 7pm.

 

Do your kids do the mad bukatsu-taking-over-their-complete-life thing, Mr Wiggles (and indeed other people with sprogs)?

[NoFakie 45]

howabout having 2 sets of uniform, 2 sets of sportswear.

 

At elementary school, there is no uniform, so it's just sportswear. Usually, the swimming costume. Buying two as you say is perfectly sensible and I guess that's what some working couples must do.

 

Compared to the West, Japanese parents have much less of a life to be honest. There is a lot of prepare this, take your kids here, come and watch your kids do this, "volunteer" to do this. Certainly in inaka anyway. With this prevailing culture, washing and drying a swimsuit for the next day just becomes another of those jobs you have to do because everyone else is doing them, your missus's mother must have had to do it and she didn't complain, etc., etc.

 

I had to do pool duty a couple of times during the summer and without prompting from me, the first thing I heard another mother say was a complaint about having to book time off from work in advance for pool duty that will be cancelled if it rains on the day. Its clear that not everyone in 2013 thinks its the best way to do things.