DirectBuy membership

[l'hiver]

Does anyone have DirectBuy membership? I am planning to buy kitchen appliance and looking for someone who would like to share the membership. Thanks!

 

[弘毅]

本人没有卡.但你是否愿意付给持卡人一半的DIRECTBUY会员费(约2千加元)来共享卡?建议你BOXING DAY从别的商家买吧.

 

[l'hiver]

I don't mind to share some.

But half sounds greedy...

 

[Caohaoying]

This works only when you know what you want to buy. You cannot enter the store without the membership card. Of course, you can have a friend who has the card to order for you.

 

[Cobalt]

没有会员卡是进不去的，不过你可以试试现在那个免费1个月的membership，进去后看看有没有你想要的，然后找个朋友帮你order。他们这个会员的policy是非常之strict，今年我们就想去参加来着，后来第一次去了说有个presentation，如果参加了就要立马决定买不买membership，如果买记得那就是3年5千，如果不买这辈子就再也不能参加，当时听了一惊，也有可能给我们解释的那老太有点唬，感觉是要参加邪教组织。。。。。。
不过听说对于买single house有很多高档家具和装修材料要买的话，在他们那里还是能省很多钱的，主要是这个membership fee实在是高了点，如果是costco那样咱也不犹豫了

 

[OrangeJuice]

I advise you not to join. When you consider the membership fee, your savings won't be that much better.

Don't forget that you need to add 8% handling fee to the final price. Besides, some of the items requires about 15% freight charges. With 8% handling fee, 15% freight charges plus the membership fee, you are not saving a lot! It is best to look for bargain and on-sale items.

Don't forget that returning products will be a headache. I bought a floor cleaning steamer. The product does not work and I have to go through lots of trouble to return it. Later, I found that Costco sells the same price as the DirectBuy price.

You can always negotiate with Sears, FutureShop and others. If you don't mind going to Toronto, you can get better deal.

 

[mianfei]

他们的价格比起外面的原价可能略低一些，但比起促销价就高很多了。

 

[l'hiver]

Thanks for all the advice.