Forum Thermomix
Welcoming Center, Management and General Chat => Chit Chat => Topic started by: AliRo on June 15, 2012, 12:15:51 am
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A few people have mentioned in other threads about how it took them a day/month/year or whatever from when they first heard about tmx to when they purchased their own.
So, just wondering how long it took you? What were the reasons for that?
For me, it was around 9ish months. My Mum went to a demo and signed up that day to buy one and also become a consultant! I liked the idea of it but wondered whether it would be a bit of a fad and eventually wouldn't get used so much. But after seeing how much my Mum used it for and me always finding myself thinking how much easier it would be to do xyz if I had a thermomix, I decided I really wanted one. I then just had to convince my DH to let me spend the money! We had an unexpectedly big tax return and I took the opportunity to jump in and claim it for myself! I told him that he spends lots of money on tools for his job so I should get to spend money on 'tools' for my job as a SAHM ;) He's pretty big on health so that was a good convincer too.
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I saw it in a friend's house where she did not use it at all. After asking about it , I booked a demo and had one within the week. Hers still sits looking pretty and unused.
Gert
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Read about it on a forum, watched youtude videos and contacted TM, got a consultants name and contacted her and told would be at least a month before I could get a demo....found a different consultant and ordered one two days later sight unseen....maybe I am a little impatient ? Been 2 years and have never looked back. ;D
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From when i first heard about TM and buying one was 10 months.
From when I first decided I wanted one and actually buying on took me 2 weeks :D (and that was only because it was Christmas and I had to wait)
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I read a review on taste.com. rang up HO, next day a consultant rang me and I ordered it then, sight unseen.
Delivery demo 9 days later.
:)
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My best friend had been talking about it for a while - her MIL has one. Since she's a gadget queen & a much keener cook than me I didn't really pay attention. But then I went to another friend's demo & I think I was sold halfway through! They were offering interest free at the time so I rang my BF & she ordered hers that night. I took about a week to decide, spent the time researching which is when I found this forum. I had just received an inheritance so money was not an issue, just worried that I wouldn't use it much, but this forum helped convinced me & I've never looked back.
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I was doing some googling for additive free recipes and came across the TMX website. I read all about it and sent HO an email. A consultant called me and then came around the next weekend. Decided on the spot that this is what we need to create healthy additive free food. I had just recieved my family assistance annual lump sum payment so used that money to purchase.
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I had never heard of them, DD rang inviting me to a demo at her place 2 nights later and I bought it then. I usually don't procrastinate about purchasing something, if I think I need it what's to think about ;D
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I went to a demo, loved it but was scared of a) the cost if it ended up a passing fad, and b) the thought it may become a passing fad!! Anyhow, I TRIED to push it out of my mind - fairly succesfully, until I was invited to another demo, got all excited again and decided I really did want one! But there was still the $$ side to get around. Well DH and I both get $20/week allowence in the budget each week,to spend on whatever we want, no Qs from the other person etc, so I thought I'd start saving hard, even tho it was going to take a while. DH soon cottoned on to the fact I was saving for one, and said when I had 1/2 the $$ I could get one (this is a man who has never seen the TM) and the other 1/2 could come out of kitchen allowence. Then we had visitors in who left a rather large sum as a thank you gift, which DH kindly passed over to me to put toward my TM as I "did all the work, cooking and preperation for them." (his words)! So I get to 1/2 the $$, order my TM, tell DH it is on the way, he grins, opens his wallet and produces the rest of the money - without me knowing he'd been saving up his allowence to for my TM. I asked him what make him do it - his answer "just cuz I love ya." I was so thankful, but almost embarrased in a way. He is so kind and always so thoughtful I really shouldn't have been surprised, but I was!! So anyway, to answer the Q - it was about 2yrs from the first sighting to having it on my bench!!
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Astarra, 2 years to wait, what patience.
Sounds like a great hubby.
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Astarra, 2 years to wait, what patience.
Sounds like a great hubby.
He is!!!! :-*
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It took me a year from first hearing about it to purchase date.
I lurked on the forum a lot.
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astarra, that is a lovely story and I have to admit I have to keep wiping away the tears cos you both sound so nice and you truly deserve the TM and each other :-*
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Wow astarra that is such a nice story. What a wonderful hubby you have :)
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Thanks for that lovely story Astarra. It made me all warm and fuzzy.
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Hang onto that one astarra - such a thoughtful guy. Lucky you.
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Lovely story astarra :) Saw a demo of a TM21 at a friend of a friends house,fell in love with it there and then.Talk about it a lot to DH by then the TM31 had been introduced.DH surprised me with a demo and TM on my birthday.He says it's the best present he ever bought me :D :D :D
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Thank you all for the lovely comments about my DH :-*- he certainly is great and I know how lucky I am to have him in my life!! ;D
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Agree, you should definitely hang onto your DH Astarra.
I first heard about the TM about 2 years ago. However, thought about it seriously (aka: obsessed) about it four or five months prior to actual purchase. I researched heaps: this forum, product review, youtube, newspaper clippings, internet etc. My DH was against the idea and thought it would end up looking pretty on the bench, along with the KitchenAid, Le creuset etc. I think I've had mine now for about 4 months now and am probably only using it once every fortnight (at best) and DH hasn't once touched it. DS2 loves it and likes to help "cooking with thermomix'. When TMX beeps to alert you that the cooking time has finished, DS2 will run from TV room into the kitchen just to turn the dial to off.
:)
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I read about them in a newspaper article then read a review in Choice magazine. Two weeks after that three or four consultants were doing a demo at the local market. We got a business card, booked a demo and before that demo had started we had already decided we wanted one. The demonstrator nearly fell over when we told her. :o She had a spare at home so was able to deliver it the next day. That was October last year and I have used it everyday since.
Luccyluu
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I took a whole twenty minutes or so! My sister showed me the Thermomix and I bought it from her consultant who I never heard from again...
Changed over to the TM31 some years later, again, took me about twenty minutes.
Interesting reading the stories. As a consultant (who can't seem to sell a hot cup of tea to an Eskimo!) it's good to know how people come to make their decision. I won't rush anyone and believe it is up to each person to decide the right time. That's probably why I'm not doing very well. I probably won't even make my 60 day quota...
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Love your story Astarra, what a sweet man your DH is :)
I came across recipes for them whilst browsing Spanish websites back in 2009, but didn't take too much notice as I thought they were just something you could buy in Spain. However as I saw more and more recipes, I decided to Google it and realised they were on sale in the UK, although not very well advertised. Luckily I spotted that they did demos in my area (occasionally) so went to one in June 2011 with DH - had to take him along so that he would be convinced ;) Didn't buy at the demo, but saved up and got one last October. Have never looked back ...
JB
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Lovely story, lovely man, a keeper for sure.
Took me several years. I heard about it on another forum I belong too and asked lots of questions, but the cost was way too much.
After another 18 months I started saving and eventually here am I. Not sure exactly how long, but LONG time.
financially it was now or never for various other reasons and I heard they lasted 20+ yrs and I thought I'd better make the most of it as am over 50 now. I asked for a demo, and made sure DH was there as he is great with machines. We both agreed it was a great tool.
Very pleased. So pleased after 10 weeks I bought a second bowl.
wished I'd known when family young.
Plus am thrilled to meet the colony of cooks on here.
Some things are really worth the wait.
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Some things are really worth the wait.
How true DJ, how true ;D
JB