Forum Thermomix
News => News about Thermomix => Topic started by: Soph77 on March 29, 2012, 12:19:10 am
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A friend has just sent me this unbelievable deal on a thermomix. Hoping this is ok to post. Can this be a legitimate deal and how????
http://www.costdeal.com.au/team.php?id=173 (http://www.costdeal.com.au/team.php?id=173)
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How can they do it - who knows but usually if it sounds too good to be true it usually is. If someone is importing them and can sell at that price, it makes you wonder how much of a mark up HO puts on them doesn't it? If you could turn up at that address to buy & pay but of course you can't, it has to be ordered over the internet and then you can pick it up if you are in that area. I doubt if the 2 year warranty would be valid here if these have been imported from Malaysia or elsewhere but they are selling and they may sell heaps more at that price as it is quite affordable for anyone really.
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No idea - there is some mention of purchasing a voucher. I guess you then take the voucher to the pick-up point. There were some questions regarding what to do if a business has closed down by the time you pick up which indicates that pick up may be directly from the manufacturer, etc. Like JD said "if it looks too good to be true it probably is". I would be doing a lot more research before buying.
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Well it sounds good, and you can pick up from store. I would want to investigate further before committing though.
I wonder if it is compatible with Australian power?
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It looks like the real thing, a lot of these deal places have massive amazing discounts.
I'd love to know the Aussie distributor's take on it.
And although I know there is always a huge markup, I'd be pretty miffed if they started showing up on the market for that price..
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I've forwarded this link to a few friends who are interested in getting a TMX but are baulking at the price. I suggested they do some research into the distributor first - let's see what they come up with!
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I'm suss but then I usually am at deals like this.
Just do your homework!!
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It is an Australian website so it may be o...k....Call up your bank to check if you paid by credit card, and that if the deal turned out to be not as promised, where do you stand in getting a refund in this scenario.
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Some friends have purchased this and used Paypal as a back up. To be honest it does sound too good to be true but if it is legit I'm miffed too. Could have saved myself a lot of $$$. Consultants worst nightmare is this happening I should imagine.
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I have tried to find some info on this company. A google seach did not turn up anything. At the bottom of their home page is the following:
STARTDEALS PTY. LTD ABN 68 151 183 309 :: Unit 4-6 Junction st, Silverwater NSW 2144 :: (ph) 02 8821 6100
I have looked up their ABN on the ATO ABN lookup site and the company was registered in may 2011 with the abn register in nov 2011. Here is a link to their ACN information :
http://www.search.asic.gov.au/cgi-bin/gns030c?juris=9&hdtext=ACN&srchsrc=1&acn=151183309
It does sound to good to be true.
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The site says Deal is closed with 15 TMs sold.
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http://www.thermomix.com.au/libraries/documents/buying-online.pdf (http://www.thermomix.com.au/libraries/documents/buying-online.pdf)
Warning against online purchases of TM's and TM related products.
I would be very nervous about buying something for $700 without a warranty to protect me from faults and breakdowns.
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I wonder if they get them delivered, or loose there money.
Robyn
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:( I hope all is legit and no hidden issues for all those who brought them.
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I didn't see a date for when the product is available for collection, just the 12 working days to prepare for delivery ??? Also no mention of type of power plug. Hopefully those who purchased did a comprehensive check.
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I get offers from a couple of these organisations and they are legit. Even if there is an overseas plug it seems that people are getting around this.
As for the price issue, I had a demo on the weekend and my consultant told everyone that HO hasnt changed the price of the TMX due to the dollar but they are offering a free cookbook instead. I wonder how much the cost of the machine has gone down by? no one will ever know I think.
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It is not so hard to guess what the landed price of the TMX is. If a consultant gets a minimum of $200 up to $400. Then deduct that from the total. The distributor would get no less than a consultant so another $400+ to her. Then there are the group leaders getting their bit plus the managers so the actual cost of the machine would have to be under $1000. Probably well under. If it were sold in a store it would be competitive. The distributor determines the price I would say as it is much cheaper in other countries. The consultant has to work bl##dy hard to sell 6 machines a month to get the top commission. Then they get sucked in by the ThermoFest thinking they are rewarded rather than getting their just due for a year of hard work. Of course the many consultants who fall by the wayside or displease the HO in some way
get zip.
The job must be personally rewarding for some thank goodness but they have to put up with a lot of micro managing.
Gert
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LOL gert...tell it like it is!!!hahaha ;)
i reckon it was legit...but as to whether there was only 1 or really 17 machines sold is anyones guess..my guess is it was set up to get traffic to their website, all the other deals that are on that site are deals that i have seen on Catch of the day and other similar discount sites
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I was mulling over the possibility of grabbing one as I was watching the time tick away. I had less than a minute to sign myself up and fill in all the details and bingo the deal finished.
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The site said 15 sold and deal closed before. Now there are 17.
We may never know.
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We have Groupon, here in most large cities, I'm not sure where it started but they offer all kinds of deals that are really good if one is interested or needs the service or item.
A friend just bought this African Safari deal (for two people) (http://www.groupon.com/deals/ga-odyssey-safaris?c=all&p=7)
she had to pay 588.00 extra for the round trip from L.A. to New York but that in itself is a huge deal for two people.
Almost everything is included except tips, drinks, etc. Another friend went on this last year and had a fantastic time but paid almost twice as much.
I bought a pair of leather club chairs and ottoman for $269. - original price 899., discounted to 649. and the Groupon price less than half of that.
I was very suspicious when I first heard of Groupon but my daughter tried some of their services and has purchased man of the weekend getaways in the Bay area and has yet to be disappointed.
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LOL gert...tell it like it is!!!hahaha ;)
i reckon it was legit...but as to whether there was only 1 or really 17 machines sold is anyones guess..my guess is it was set up to get traffic to their website, all the other deals that are on that site are deals that i have seen on Catch of the day and other similar discount sites
My guess is that you are 100% CORRECT baf65. We will be seeing more of that I would reckon from our Asian friends selling in Au. What is that saying now " while the rats are away the mice will play" Is that it? Aloha baby!
Gertbysea
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By the way, I keep forgetting to post this - I got one of Amazon's "You might be interested in this" messages a couple of days ago.
For this. (http://www.amazon.com/Spanish-cooking-recipes-Thermomix-ebook/dp/B004CLYIKG/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1332996031&sr=8-1)
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We have Groupon, here in most large cities, I'm not sure where it started but they offer all kinds of deals that are really good if one is interested or needs the service or item.
A friend just bought this African Safari deal (for two people) (http://www.groupon.com/deals/ga-odyssey-safaris?c=all&p=7)
she had to pay 588.00 extra for the round trip from L.A. to New York but that in itself is a huge deal for two people.
Almost everything is included except tips, drinks, etc. Another friend went on this last year and had a fantastic time but paid almost twice as much.
I bought a pair of leather club chairs and ottoman for $269. - original price 899., discounted to 649. and the Groupon price less than half of that.
I was very suspicious when I first heard of Groupon but my daughter tried some of their services and has purchased man of the weekend getaways in the Bay area and has yet to be disappointed.
I have heard the same andiesenji. Travel is one thing that does not need the huge warehousing. Other retailers have huge warehouses full of STUFF. Be more of it as the shop front disappears and retailers go out of business. One big global virtual store. No bugger will have a job but we will all be on line shopping. Packing and shipping is the new employer. Now where is my masking tape machine thingy? :-)) :-)) Post Offices were going to hell in a basket and now they are making it. It's a shopping revolution. Hop on board.
Gert
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By the way, I keep forgetting to post this - I got one of Amazon's "You might be interested in this" messages a couple of days ago.
For this. (http://www.amazon.com/Spanish-cooking-recipes-Thermomix-ebook/dp/B004CLYIKG/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1332996031&sr=8-1)
That was one of the first books I bought on Kindle a long time ago. LOL!
Gert
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Already have that book too from someone else who posted about it a while back??
This deal sounds dodgy but who knows.. Anything is possible..still i would be reluctant about something like that
We have groupon here too and other similar sites also and they work on getting customers in but only sell for a limited time ..works on the bums on seats theory in travel... Seems to work.. I have tried it out as hav friends and have to say i used it for a service a ailable and was disappointed (i think some people use groupon to drum up business they dont have) but friends have used them for different beauty services etc and havent been disappointed.. Usually there is. Huge discount.. Normally around the 60 percent off mark..here anyway!
Only problem i have heard about is in larger cities where people cant use their voucher by the use by date as for example a hotel will only let you stay during the week and not the weekend and by the time you can use it they are booked out..
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It is not so hard to guess what the landed price of the TMX is. If a consultant gets a minimum of $200 up to $400. Then deduct that from the total. The distributor would get no less than a consultant so another $400+ to her. Then there are the group leaders getting their bit plus the managers so the actual cost of the machine would have to be under $1000. Probably well under. If it were sold in a store it would be competitive. The distributor determines the price I would say as it is much cheaper in other countries. The consultant has to work bl##dy hard to sell 6 machines a month to get the top commission. Then they get sucked in by the ThermoFest thinking they are rewarded rather than getting their just due for a year of hard work. Of course the many consultants who fall by the wayside or displease the HO in some way
get zip.
The job must be personally rewarding for some thank goodness but they have to put up with a lot of micro managing.
Gert
completely agree Gert. After working in retail, I baulk at retail prices now.
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I reckon there were 2 orders that were probably in the middle of being processed as the deal was closing @ 15 and therefore they were included. Bugger! if only I had jumped on the puter 5 mins earlier :-)) I would have been prepared to give this deal a go.
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LOL gert...tell it like it is!!!hahaha ;)
i reckon it was legit...but as to whether there was only 1 or really 17 machines sold is anyones guess..my guess is it was set up to get traffic to their website, all the other deals that are on that site are deals that i have seen on Catch of the day and other similar discount sites
My guess is that you are 100% CORRECT baf65. We will be seeing more of that I would reckon from our Asian friends selling in Au. What is that saying now " while the rats are away the mice will play" Is that it? Aloha baby!
Gertbysea
I meant to say while the CAT is away.
Gert
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;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
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This is on again on this site but now $999. Still a bargain!
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I have just clicked on the link.. The deal is still on. I even navigated back to their home page, clicked on 'hot deals' and it is still on. I am in Sydney so I don't know if that makes any difference? 19 sold now.
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So it is. They must have a few in stock. Wonder if any of the new TM owners will join this forum?
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The price also went up to $999 :(. I contacted my friends daughter as she has been using her mothers thermi and would absolutely love one. She was so excited and was going to check it out. If she buys one I'll keep you all updated.
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Just had a look at this site . . the new orders are PRE=orders if you read the very fine print . . . must go back and check again as I can't see anything about warranty
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I mentioned this to a friend who has spent the last six months in Hong Kong and she said she spend almost an entire day in the China Resources department store that has two floors of nothing but techie electronics and one floor of kitchen and household electronics.
She says she saw a Thermomix that was like mine and it was priced at 8000.00 Hong Kong dollars that would be approximately $1000.00 U.S. dollars and they were offering free shipping to the U.S. and were offering both 110 and 220 electrics.
That's 400.00 less than I paid to the Canadian company.
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It's going to be interesting to see what happens with our prices if this company is going to import from Asia at more realistic prices. If it's not the flash in the pan Bellini, it's the real thing which is going to cause headaches for HO. These machines will sell like hot cakes if the deal is the real thing.
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I have been watching this thread and seems the company is based in an industrial park area.
They have answered a few questions stating that the items are Australian voltage and meet all the Australian standards. They are still yet to confirm whether it has the 2 year warranty and on that note I am waiting before purchasing one.
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My only worry with someone buying one of these is, would HO refuse to fix them (even at owner's cost) should anything go wrong with them because they weren't purchased from TM Aust? It's not exactly something you could take anywhere to get fixed I don't think.
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Those are my exact thoughts, JulieO. If these people are bringing them into Australia I should imagine they would have to accept the obligations and responsibility of servicing any warranty claims. I doubt HO would want anything to do with it.
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Would be interesting to see how many forumers have required repairs to their Thermomixes since owning?
I am not averse to purchasing things from overseas at my own peril but the $$ has to be right to do so. I wonder as a registered Australian business if they would have to honour any warranty commitments?
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I have one in my 'basket' and at the checkout ready to pay. They accept Pay Pal so surely this is legit as I am protected by Pay Pal right?
I already have a TM but want a second bowl and blades set but a second Thermie would be even better.
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Re PayPal: I have heard some people say you are protected by both and the bank coughed up when PayPal didnt. I have also heard from bank workers that you don't get protection from then as your dealing is through PayPal- you authorized the bank to give paypal money to pass on. They did so. Therefore the bank owes you nothing as you got service you paid for.
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I have been watching this thread and seems the company is based in an industrial park area.
They have answered a few questions stating that the items are Australian voltage and meet all the Australian standards. They are still yet to confirm whether it has the 2 year warranty and on that note I am waiting before purchasing one.
The warranty is with Vorwerk not Grace Mazur.
Gert
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Re PayPal: I have heard some people say you are protected by both and the bank coughed up when PayPal didnt. I have also heard from bank workers that you don't get protection from then as your dealing is through PayPal- you authorized the bank to give paypal money to pass on. They did so. Therefore the bank owes you nothing as you got service you paid for.
I had a fraudulent Paypal incident occur where they took nearly $700 out of my account. ANZ refunded it immediately when I told them the story but PayPal are still,chasing me for the money. This is not unusual according to my bank. payPal is still unable to tell me what I purchased in the US while I was soundly sleeping in my bed in AU. We have had many interesting exchanges of emails and voice conversations.
If you report it immediately the bank can put it back into your account. If it has passed 5 days they cannot I was told.
Gert
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I'm tempted too, but $1000 is a lot of money to risk........
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Re PayPal: I have heard some people say you are protected by both and the bank coughed up when PayPal didnt. I have also heard from bank workers that you don't get protection from then as your dealing is through PayPal- you authorized the bank to give paypal money to pass on. They did so. Therefore the bank owes you nothing as you got service you paid for.
I've used PayPal very happily for 10 years now and have never had a problem with them.
Recently bought something from a website my daughter found and payment went through, but article never sent. PayPal reersed the payment as soon as I lodged complaint. I think they are terrifically reliable.
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Re PayPal: I have heard some people say you are protected by both and the bank coughed up when PayPal didnt. I have also heard from bank workers that you don't get protection from then as your dealing is through PayPal- you authorized the bank to give paypal money to pass on. They did so. Therefore the bank owes you nothing as you got service you paid for.
I've used PayPal very happily for 10 years now and have never had a problem with them.
Recently bought something from a website my daughter found and payment went through, but article never sent. PayPal reersed the payment as soon as I lodged complaint. I think they are terrifically reliable.
There is a 30-day limit for claims such as this here in the US.
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It's a 45 day limit in Australia :)
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I had the same thing happen to me with Pay Pal.. The credit union I belong to refunded me the money as Pay Pal couldn't have cared less. The Credit Union then go after Pay Pal for the money. I will never deal with Pay Pal AGAIN.
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Oh no! I'm not liking these stories.
I hope it doesn't happen to me.
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I had an issue with 2 lots of money coming out of my PayPal account recently which I didn't authorize. I had PayPal investigate and both amounts were credited back within 10 days. No problems here with PayPal so far.
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I use Paypal perhaps an average of twice a month, mainly for business related purchases, and have only once had a problem with a supplier and Paypal took care of my refund immediately, without a fuss. So far I have only good things to say about them, but from the sounds of it, the day will come when I hit some sort of strife. My fingers are crossed that that day will never come, though.
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Also used paypal for years and never had a Problem and regards to this cheaper thx i dont know.. Asian countries copy everything and make it cheaper but are far from having the same strict standards as other countries.. On every site vorworks warnsagainst any thx sold online and although it might look the same id be wary about the innards of he machine?? Is it the same... Rarely is in asia ... Sorry!! Id be very surprised if this has anything to do with vorwek.. Asia or no asia...
Will be interested if anyone actually gets a machine and two how they cope.. Only time will tell..
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there is every chance these machines are the real deal.....the amount of page visits generated and promotion given to the website by selling a few things at a cheaper price might be worth a few thousand dollars loss to the company....we dont know that they definitely sold 17 machines, it could in reality be 2 or 3
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Good luck to whoever bought one because I for one have really appreciated my customer support. I have a lovely consultant who doesn't mind being contacted for anything. She always bends over backwards for her customers and seriously when you evaluate how much the TM31 has saved me in terms of making my own food, avoiding processed foods etc and the health benefits it has paid for itself (cost price) many times over since I have bought it. I too love a bargain but I don't begrudge anyone who buys one of these at a much cheaper price. MY only concern is- where are they from? Are they from Asia ie is the power cord compatible with Aus or ? Paranoia- are they off the back of a truck or something? I am very skeptical about deals that seem too good to be true. They usually aren't.
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Good luck to whoever bought one because I for one have really appreciated my customer support. I have a lovely consultant who doesn't mind being contacted for anything. She always bends over backwards for her customers
YOu are lucky, I never heard from my consultant again. Even when I wanted to buy cookbooks
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Good luck to whoever bought one because I for one have really appreciated my customer support. I have a lovely consultant who doesn't mind being contacted for anything. She always bends over backwards for her customers
YOu are lucky, I never heard from my consultant again. Even when I wanted to buy cookbooks
I hate to say it but my consultant never replied to my emails. Lovely girl but not a good communicator.
Gert
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Im not critisizing the people who buy them.. Each to their own but have zero faith in these kind of deals.. Thats all im saying..
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I've noticed they never answer the warranty question. I have now asked them directly 'is it covered by the two year warranty?' and they haven't answered it or even published it on the site. I think there's something dodgy going on especially as thermomix states clearly on their website that they only sell directly through their consultants.
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The company has a phone number. I'm going to call them on Tuesday and get the low down. Will let you all know after the call 😊 I'm game enough to find out the nitty gritty.
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I know for a fact that some distributors in other countries do sell directly. Whether Verwork is complicit In this I do not know.
Gert
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I rang costdeal to ask about warranty and they advised that it has 2 years warranty, if there's a problem it needs to be sent back to costdeal and they'll get the supplier to fix it. I did ask who the supplier was and they said Vorwerk (who knows how true that is).
It did take an hour of me ringing before they answered the phone though. I've decided I'm just going to be happy with my Thermomix and contact the thermomix website and ask for a new demonstrator :)
If the deal is legit that's great for a lot of people, personally I might have spent twice as much however I can just be grateful that I still have a wonderful thermomix ;D
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What's with this transparent veroma?
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My sister also picked up on the fact in the list it said they TM is 1000 watts maximum, where they are 1500 watts.
But further down the page it says 1500 watts.
Don't know if that's a typo or not?
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What's with this transparent veroma?
That is the term that is used on ebay as they just keep copying the listings ... years later lol. About 5 years ago the varoma was made of stainless steel, but they revamped it and made the new ones that we now have. The old ones used to drip water when steaming and get really hot.
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What's with this transparent veroma?
The transparent aroma refers to the transparent lid. The body of the varoma is grey plastic. If I didn't already have a TMX and a second bowl set I'd be sorely tempted.
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I have not been online for a few days (School hols) and missed this when it was $699. :-\
The wording is very strange and poor grammatically, and that is usually enough to make me very wary.
It says they now have had 73 sales and it is the Australian machine with Australian power plug etc.
I have asked why they have a 20 day delay in processing the orders??
It looks like the real thing, But maybe just using TMX pictures, but if it is an Australian company that would be pretty risky.
It is a .com.au address.
Does anyone know anything about the history of this company?
I am soo tempted. :o I have been looking at the 2nd hand ones for my daughter, but this would be much better with 2yr guarantee. Or I could give her TC and keep TMX ???
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We rang the company today. They are selling them at a loss because they are trying to get traffic to their website because they are a new company (one week old they told us). I'm tempted (or my husband definately is). If you pay by Paypal and use your credit card connected to paypal, you have two avenues to get a refund if it falls through (paypal and your credit card provider). They told us that they will not be placing the order with Vorwerk until the deal is closed (once they reach a limit yet to be decided by them after speaking to Vorwerk) hence the delay. Hope this helps.
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SO they have none at all in their possession? That is more then concerning. Especially for a new company, nothing stopping them from shutting up shop, with 73 sold, plus the other 17, they are close to $100k through the door in a week. Not bad for a company with no history what so ever. Off to check if they have been set up as pty ltd...
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I have to wonder how they could possibly be sourcing these directly from verwork, when their whole sales model is through consultants? If times were tough, surely they'd alter their sales model through their existing importer. And they are far from tough, aussie sales have skyrocketed in the past 2 years.
I was close to going eith this as a second machine, but I have to wonder if these will eventuate at all, it has scam written all over it.
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Coming directly from Vorwerk? I doubt it. I really hope people can get their money back as it's sounding more and more like a scam.
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If you were tempted, you could purchase a small/cheap item from the company first to suss out the customer service and reliability etc. :-\
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They also have fake accounts spamming pages (ie tenina's), saying how wonderful the company is, and they've been so pleased with their purchase... but the account was created a day ago :-))
I just looked up their ABN, registered 4 months ago, as a pty ltd company. Very easy to liquidate that with hardly any repercussion.
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Where are they Leej ?
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i wonder if anyone got the $699 ones yet, as 17 were supposedly sold at that price
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Oh, I didn't see this and have posted in Chit Chat about the deal. When I look at the picture, it looks as if the Varoma is made from SS, like the bowl.
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Tenina has posted something about this on her FB page, and its opened up a can of worms. There are a lot of unhappy owners out there who have said they would have seriously considered buying one of these, had it come out before they had bought from a consultant.
The theme seems to be that HO bang on about buying only from a consultant as you get support and service included in that hefty price tag, which you don't get when you buy from one of these non authorised sellers (ie ebay I guess). When in reality a lot of people havent heard from their consultant since the purchase so why not save a few dollars if you're not going to get this after sales service and support? If you're going to use that as a marketing tool then you surely need to be able to back it up?
Perhaps the encouragement of becoming a consultant to pay off a TMX is doing more harm than good as there seems to be a lot of owners who feel abandoned.
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Tenina has posted something about this on her FB page, and its opened up a can of worms. There are a lot of unhappy owners out there who have said they would have seriously considered buying one of these, had it come out before they had bought from a consultant.
The theme seems to be that HO bang on about buying only from a consultant as you get support and service included in that hefty price tag, which you don't get when you buy from one of these non authorised sellers (ie ebay I guess). When in reality a lot of people havent heard from their consultant since the purchase so why not save a few dollars if you're not going to get this after sales service and support? If you're going to use that as a marketing tool then you surely need to be able to back it up?
Perhaps the encouragement of becoming a consultant to pay off a TMX is doing more harm than good as there seems to be a lot of owners who feel abandoned.
Hear hear!
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Hi All, Out of curiousity I just did a google street search on this address and there's nothing there. Number 5 across the road is a warehouse business, however there is nothing across the road from there at all.
Google street view might be out of date but if you know someone who wants to order one and you or they are in Sydney it might be a good idea to stop in and check if there's anything there now.
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Deal is now closed. Phoned them and they said they had reached their numbers.
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There is a huge shed divided into units at 4-6 Junction St. Near the Good Guys. It is in Auburn, not Silverwater (Next suburb). It is called Junction Estate. They must be in there. There is a solar place at unit 1 of the group.
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Deal is now closed. Phoned them and they said they had reached their numbers.
I can't even find the Thermo Mix Deal now!!
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The interesting thing is though with all the competition, the ones selling on Ebay are selling for a lower price. ie one sold for $940 plus $130 postage !!
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Hmmm...all of a sudden the "deal" is closed.
I emailed HO about it and they were aware and were taking steps to deal with it. Obviously, they've done something about it.
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I would have preferred to save the money on my consultant! I LIKE my consultant, but I knew I wanted a TMX before I had a demo, and I only needed help when I had a blade break under warranty which I could have managed via head office. At $1000 I could afford to replace mine when it dies (and now that it's out of warranty, it's starting to give me more error messages :( ) and still feel I was getting good value out of it.
Knowing Vorwerk prevent TMX being sold in Australia for a reasonable price because they want to keep their demo sales model going really irritates me - I'd love my mother and sister to be able to afford one too!
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As you may have noticed, I pulled the post down from my FB page as it was turning into a hate session against me for posting it! YIKES people, its an appliance…I was being ‘newsy’…note to self, stick to food! (My new mantra…nothing controversial, just recipes all the time!)
:P
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Good idea Tenina,
I don't like confrontation either so try to just avoid it.
Some times it pays to just say nothing, what will be will be no matter what we say anyway (most of the time) :)
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We love you Tenina :-* :-* Whatever happened to free speech ???
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We love you Tenina :-* :-* Whatever happened to free speech ???
Thanks JD…right back at you…and yes…last time I checked I lived in Australia…free speech not just a right, but fully supported by and large, particularly by our vast immigrant population…even the wealthy ones!!!!!
But meanwhile, back in the test kitchen….
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free speech works both ways right..tenina never commented on your post and never read it....there was enough going on here but think it was alot more about the dodgy deal than it being just an appliance..no worries with you though..love ya and your recipes :) :)
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I haven't read the whole thread, but parts have been really disappointing..
As a consultant, it makes me really angry that so many people get no support, after sales care & general assistance that is supposed to be part & parcel!! That's one of the things we promote - great after sales care >:(
If any of my customers thought that about me, I'd be gutted as I try very hard to stay in contact & offer as much support as I can.
As for the deal, I was suss, but I'm skeptic by nature.. I don't know if it was dodgy or not, but it's the old "if it sounds too good to be true... scenario I reckon & it just didn't ring true for me..
Karen
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Reading on a different forum it seems this and the $999 deal have been pulled
copied from the other forum: I phoned Cost Deal and they explained that they have not been able to negotiate with the company to buy the thermomix and sell to us at such a reasonable price. They were lovely and said that they would be continuing to talk with the company in Germany but at this stage there is no certainty in us buying the thermomix at $999. My money has already been returned to me via pay pal, so all is safe and done.
I suppose this will continue to happen but think of the exposure that this online company got from something that they didn't have to sell!
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Deeau to you remember the photo that was used in the ad? If you "google" Thermomix in various ways such as Thermomix buy or Thermomix sale then choose images you will find that very same photo with the very same blurb on many sites purporting to sell the Thermomix at prices as low as $499.
Also just for fun "google" Thermomix and then images and you will be amazed at who and what photos turn up. When you touch or click on the image you can see where they came from. You might just see an image you may have posted years ago.
Once it is on the Internet absolutely everything is available to everyone else no exceptions. I once came across a photo of me when a child that someone else put up on the web some years ago.
Of course, if you start that caper you can write the day off.
Gert loving her iPad
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I don't understand how they thought they would be able to just 'buy them', obviously no forethought went in to that promotion.
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Here are just two images I found in 30 seconds.
(http://img.tapatalk.com/65a2cd31-c9de-42ef.jpg)
(http://img.tapatalk.com/65a2cd31-c9f5-06bc.jpg)
This one not so clear. Same image different sites.
I think I have found this image on more than 20 sites. I have stopped counting.
It pays to do a wee bit of research when you think something may be a scam. Not saying you can't get lucky but Vorwerk has the distribution pretty much sewn up. I say if you want a cheaper Thermomix then head up to Malaysia or to Indonesia. Order it for a pickup directly from the distributors. Only works out cheaper if you are going on a holiday though. Any one for Bali?
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All my friends who purchased this deal via PayPal have all just received full refunds without any other notification. So looks like it was dodgy. Thankfully they are not out of pocket.
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What I can't work out about this is how the company could advertise the item before securing the machines ??? ??? ???
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It's good to hear people are at least getting their money back . . . maybe not a total scam after all but perhaps just a bad idea with no, or very little, homework done beforehand . . . .
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I don't think it can be classified a scam if everyone gets 100% of their money returned.
I just think that maybe they thought they could deliver something which turned out not to be. Sad really for those who wanted a TM and could budget on $1000.
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Here is yet another web site with the same stuff and pic.
(http://img.tapatalk.com/65a2cd31-5e4e-6e18.jpg)
Gert
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I still think it is a scam if they accept your money knowing full well they don't have the product to sell. They a) shoudn't have offered it to sell in the first place if they didn't have any machines available and b) not taken any money from anyone secondary to a), even if they have provided full refunds. Shameful business practice-what were they thinking, or not???
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Welcome to the world of Internet shopping.
Gert.
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I still think it is a scam if they accept your money knowing full well they don't have the product to sell. They a) shoudn't have offered it to sell in the first place if they didn't have any machines available and b) not taken any money from anyone secondary to a), even if they have provided full refunds. Shameful business practice-what were they thinking, or not???
I agree Merlin.