The selection of tiles/ceramics was the best at LeroyMerlin among the "big" ones, but most of it was quite "standard," I missed a bit more pebble and smaller-size tiles, like 10x10 and mosaic-size.KarlXII said:
But we still bought 60 sqm of ceramics (for the garage, at Castorama) and 35 sqm of click flooring (at LeroyMerlin).
No, we didn't try because both the tiles and the click floor were already on sale and among the cheapest they had, so we felt that it probably wouldn't have worked! ;DHusbyggarn said:
Besides, the prices were so low that you'd feel ashamed to haggle!
Well, not really but.....
I can also mention that about 30% of the staff in the stores spoke decent English and they were very nice and knew their stuff well, if there was something they didn't know, they gladly found out the answer to the strange questions we asked.
The service was very good in all the stores.Feel free to write here in the thread which stores you thought were good (or bad) and how their assortment was.
The grocery store "Auchen" (spelling?) was the biggest I've seen....63 checkout lanes and five times as big as the largest store in Umeå.....they were the cheapest for liquor!
70cl Absolut Vodka was around 37 zloty....Polish vodka was available for 25 zloty per liter..
(1 zloty = 2.10 kronor)
Hello
I have just been to Poland and bought appliances.
Took Ystad-Sassnitz on a day ticket with a cabin both ways.
Had a van that was 2.7 meters high and 6.8 meters long, bought a ticket for a car over 2 meters high and 6 meters long, there were no problems. The trip then cost 1380:-
Arrived at 7 in the morning in Sassnitz and was in Stettin (the German name for the Polish city) around 11 in the morning.
Bought paint and tools at Castorama, good service and excellent prices.
I bought appliances at RTV Euro, certainly not the cheapest place but the prices were good anyway.
Excellent service and language was no problem, old school German and English worked perfectly fine.
At 5 PM I headed back to the ferry and was there in good time for the departure around 10:15 PM. About an hour to spare.
I shopped for about 15,000 SEK and estimate that I saved about 13,000 SEK on the trip.
In addition to this, I bought a lot of alcohol and cigarettes at my own price, that profit is not included in the savings on the trip, but it amounts to a few more thousands.
Diesel was cheap in Poland too.
There will be another trip in the fall, I will have time to shop more since I know my way around Stettin better now.
Get in touch at olov@datorexperten.se if you want tips!
Good luck!
I have just been to Poland and bought appliances.
Took Ystad-Sassnitz on a day ticket with a cabin both ways.
Had a van that was 2.7 meters high and 6.8 meters long, bought a ticket for a car over 2 meters high and 6 meters long, there were no problems. The trip then cost 1380:-
Arrived at 7 in the morning in Sassnitz and was in Stettin (the German name for the Polish city) around 11 in the morning.
Bought paint and tools at Castorama, good service and excellent prices.
I bought appliances at RTV Euro, certainly not the cheapest place but the prices were good anyway.
Excellent service and language was no problem, old school German and English worked perfectly fine.
At 5 PM I headed back to the ferry and was there in good time for the departure around 10:15 PM. About an hour to spare.
I shopped for about 15,000 SEK and estimate that I saved about 13,000 SEK on the trip.
In addition to this, I bought a lot of alcohol and cigarettes at my own price, that profit is not included in the savings on the trip, but it amounts to a few more thousands.
Diesel was cheap in Poland too.
There will be another trip in the fall, I will have time to shop more since I know my way around Stettin better now.
Get in touch at olov@datorexperten.se if you want tips!
Good luck!
MiaFia...do you mean that even prices in big stores (Castorama etc) are negotiable, at least for a Pole, -even for relatively small purchases... ???
Hi
What I mean is that if you buy a lot then you can negotiate discounts even in big stores. This is also applicable here in Sweden. But regarding small purchases? I don't think so, there is no reason for them to give you a discount.
Hi
What I mean is that if you buy a lot then you can negotiate discounts even in big stores. This is also applicable here in Sweden. But regarding small purchases? I don't think so, there is no reason for them to give you a discount.
hmmm, sounds like more people should try haggling on "small quantities" here in Sweden. I always try to haggle and it works 9 times out of 10 at places like elgiganten, coop, or k-rauta. Haggling is not just a foreign phenomenon, it's just that we Swedes are a bit shy and well-mannered sometimes....
More info about the shops at this link:
http://www7.stenaline.se/servlet/se...ain?data.node.id=17586&data.language.id=1
Hello Mia Fia
Faced the same problem as you. How the heck do you communicate with Poles? We were on a price round in Poland (took the boat from Ystad - sc .. ..s .s ..s re, something) landed and the only store where we could make ourselves understood was Castorama, i.e., our equivalent of Bauhaus (and they're cheap..... :-/)
On the second day, we had enormous luck, our taxi driver spoke fluent English and knew all the places where the locals shop.. Beat this, 45 pallets of suporex delivered to our new construction site for 45,000.
My tip to you, talk to the taxi drivers. Yes sure it cost me 1000 SEK, but it was worth it...
big thanks to you, lasec!
//Svensson
Faced the same problem as you. How the heck do you communicate with Poles? We were on a price round in Poland (took the boat from Ystad - sc .. ..s .s ..s re, something) landed and the only store where we could make ourselves understood was Castorama, i.e., our equivalent of Bauhaus (and they're cheap..... :-/)
On the second day, we had enormous luck, our taxi driver spoke fluent English and knew all the places where the locals shop.. Beat this, 45 pallets of suporex delivered to our new construction site for 45,000.
My tip to you, talk to the taxi drivers. Yes sure it cost me 1000 SEK, but it was worth it...
big thanks to you, lasec!
//Svensson
It was unfortunate that you couldn't make yourself understood....
When we were over a month ago, there were no problems making ourselves understood in any of the big department stores (OBI, Castorama, Praktiker, Mediamarkt, Auchen, IKEA, LeroyMarlin, etc.) there was always someone who spoke English, and the service and helpfulness were very good, much better than here at home I think.
They were also very knowledgeable when there was something we wondered about, and if they didn't have the answer in their heads, they practically ran off to find the answer.
But it seems it went well for you anyway!
Is there anyone who has been to a "real" kitchen supplier in Poland who has any tips on this?
Also, any company that sells granite slabs for kitchen counters, tips are requested!
When we were over a month ago, there were no problems making ourselves understood in any of the big department stores (OBI, Castorama, Praktiker, Mediamarkt, Auchen, IKEA, LeroyMarlin, etc.) there was always someone who spoke English, and the service and helpfulness were very good, much better than here at home I think.
They were also very knowledgeable when there was something we wondered about, and if they didn't have the answer in their heads, they practically ran off to find the answer.
But it seems it went well for you anyway!
Is there anyone who has been to a "real" kitchen supplier in Poland who has any tips on this?
Also, any company that sells granite slabs for kitchen counters, tips are requested!