On Sat, 07 Jan 2006 12:56:04 -0500, ~patches~
> wrote:

>Curly Sue wrote:
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><snip>
>> I realize that there are rich people who are frugal and my hat is off
>> to you (if my dad were rich, that's the kind of rich person he'd be),
>> although I have to admit that for me being rich would mean not having
>> to worry about price or shopping for value.
>>
>> I also did my research, and watched and waited until the time was
>> right for the range I wanted. But under normal conditions I can't
>> imagine a Viking ever being on such a sale that I could afford one.
>
>Correct me if I'm wrong but I thought the Viking was going for around
>$800? At least that's what I thought someone on this thread said. At

There was something else going on there; perhaps it was used. Viking
is a high end stove. $5000 is more like it!

>that price, it isn't too far off the norm price for other ranges with
>less features. I do understand the price drawback on these larger
>appliances though. We bought our Admiral range eons ago for something
>like $600. It was a real workhorse even though it wasn't self cleaning.
> Our Jenn Air in the end will likely end up costing us close to $2000
>but it is self cleaning, convection oven, and has a lot of extra
>features as well as flexibility.

That's much less than the price of some of the premium stoves.

> Now I expect *no problems* and it to
>be a workhorse as well as saving us money. We didn't buy it for looks!
> That's one of the problems with these higher end ranges - you really
>do need to do the research and if you are like us, you save & save until
>you can afford to buy.

The question that I was originally responding to was "Why do rich
people want Viking stoves in their kitchen."

My guess is that they don't shop at clearance centers or wait for
stoves to go on sale with favorable finance terms (like I did when I
bought Darth).

Sue(tm)
Lead me not into temptation... I can find it myself!