Appliance markets are offering numerous types of discounts on home appliances to attract customers before Spring Festival, but now with the old home appliances traded in, customers can get further discounts when purchasing the new ones.
Let's take a closer look with reporter Liu Min.
Reporter:
Before the Spring Festival, many electronics stores are offering big discount to attract customers. But the home-appliance replacement scheme further cut down the price. A manager is promoting refrigerators.
"The original price of this fridge is 9800 Yuan, and the discount price is 4999. Plus if you trade in with your old appliance, then we can give you a 300 yuan discount at 4699."
This home-appliance replacement scheme will continue till May this year.
Customers can get a 10 percent discount when trading in old ones on five items like TVs, computers, fridges, air conditioners, and washing machines. The qualified electronic manufacturers and recycling companies would collect old appliances at the customers door and give subsidy coupons for them to buy new ones. TVs and PCs bring the highest subsidies to customers of up to 400 Yuan, and washing machines are 250 Yuan.
Even though the subsidies on home appliances are the same, appl