Harvey Norman Electrical Factory Outlet

The Harvey Norman clearance outlet is a little shop on south road, where not so perfect electronic goods go to be sold. It’s kind of like an animal shelter for whitegoods. You go in there and tell the guys what you need and they show you items that might be a bit less than perfect.
The great thing is that quite often, there’s the tiniest of dents or scratches which is stopping them from being sold in the normal shops.
The way to shop here is to go to the regular HN stores, find something you want, look at where it is going in your house and know which surfaces are not important. For example, our fridge will be against a wall on its left side, so I could have bought one with a huge scratch on that side.
I ended up getting a brand new Fisher and Paykel fridge and washing machine with a hefty discount. Also, they offer an extended warranty and delivery. The fridge has a tiny dent on the front which you can barely see and the washing machine has a scratch on the side, but as it’s being built in, it won’t be seen.
They also have TV’s, coffee machines, washing machines, cooktops and ovens, heaters, air conditioners and more. Definitely worth checking out. Also, all the items are tested to check that they still work fine.

I’ve shopped here a few times, I bought my washing machine here as it was a great price. That was two years ago, and since then, I’ve been back several times and their prices have been less than impressive.
I was looking at buying a clothes dryer and visited the Good Guys first. about $ 435. The exact same dryer at this outlet was $ 440, and the salesman wasn’t interested in negotiating on price. I ended up going back to the Good Guys and bought the dryer for $ 410 as they discounted the dryer again with some more haggling.
I also tried getting a dishwasher from this outlet, but the price was completely mental.

Save yourself a fist full of dollars by shopping at this factory outlet, as it has various electrical items which just might be what you’re after and fit the budget. And all items from the factory outlet carry a full warranty.
The majority of the items here are either scratch and dent, demos or simply the previous model, not that there’s anything wrong with that, check where the marks are on the item and if they’re not going to be visible, then why not. With these particular items it just means the store cannot sell items which are not in peak cosmetic condition.
As an example which is two years old but none the less, I done some research on which TV was going to be the best for us, good quality and had the features we wanted… so we settled on a Toshiba Regza 46″. I can’t remember the exact amounts paid but I can tell you the difference between buying it new from a department store and new from HV outlet was $ 1000, as it was the model just finished and HV was making room for the next in coming model that’s the reason it was at their factory outlet. That’s it… we saved $ 1000, got full warranty, wasn’t a scratch n dent and it’s still going strong, best investment. It also had alot to do with being in the right place at the right time, all the stars aligned and all that jazz.
Hint: Do you research online, read blogs, get specs, etc and then look for where it is for viewing, how much it costs, take into account a small portion of what the sales people tell you as they get brownie points for sales, then add it all up in the end, because it’s your money and your decision not theirs. Smart shoppers save.
Note: 4 star rating for this HVFO store only!