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Electrical
Shops
List of electric shops, retailers who
sell electrical appliances...
Laskys *
Comet *
Pixmania *
Sony *
dabs *
i-nique *
Dyscern *
Skin It *
dyson *
Specialising in spare parts and
accessories for the Dyson vacuum cleaner
Sonos *
UXcell *
OYYY *
Conrad *
Birdys *
Lindy US *
Yes Asia *
eMartBuy *
Marks and Spencer Appliances *
Neuros *
Tuff Luv *
Hi-Spek *
Tifili *
Wexe *
Meijer *
Loc8tor *
Memwah *
Soo Best *
Ziinga *
eCost *
Bitmore *
Tmart *
Wrappz *
Appliance-Direct.co.uk * (awin)
Lightake *
Eibmarkt *
Proporta *
Mania
Cool *
The New Name for Deal Cool *
CPC *
Base.com *
Freeman *
Bennetts *
Homebase *
Newegg *
Klipsch *
On Sale *
MISCO *
Leekes *
Whole House FM Transmitter - USA *
The Flip *
PLAY *
BOOTS Electrical Shop * Welcome Back!
Grattan *
And LX Direct * which is part of the Littlewoods Group
Casa Gala - Panama - the goods may be cheaper, but there are issues about salesmen saying things which later turn out not to fit facts
There are a few dead links, so we've put them on a separate ossuary page, which is the Elec Shop Ossuary
The list was here.
The preceding was is a list of places whose affiliate program had gone, but this has been archived off. You can still see, it, though.
* = Affiliate program. Buying via links here helps to fund this interesting website.
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White Goods:
Anyway, why are they called White Goods, and what are Brown Goods? Well, here's how I understand it: The expression White Goods is not about the actual colour of an appliance now, but more to do with the tradition. When washing machines, refrigerators, tumble dryers, freezers, dishwashers, were "The Latest Thing", they were white. The steel panels were covered in white enamel, or on some appliances, white paint. This made them look "clean" and "modern" in a showroom kitchen. There needed to be a term collectively to refer to fridges, cookers, and washing machines. The Trade needed a term, and the term stuck, and that's why kitchen appliances are known as "White Goods".
At about the same time as kitchen appliances in white enamel were the latest modern thing, home electricals for the lounge and front room were of a different hue. Televisions, hi-fi music centres, radio sets (originally known as wireless sets), radiograms, were designed to look like wooden furniture, and so were made of real wood, or later, chipboard pretending to be wood, or later still, plastic pretending to be wood. As the wood appearance was brown, home electronic devices were known as "Brown Goods".
Time has moved on, and appliances can be in any colour scheme. Yet, the old tradition of the categories being "white goods" and "brown goods" still remains in use. It would be a bit like cars being called "black goods" because in the early times cars were almost always black. Cars probably escaped this because there was no missing category that needed a new term. In contrast, there was a need for a term for collectively referring to washing machines and fridges, and so... "White Goods".
Time continues to move on, and when you meet a cyborg it's quite impolite to ask them if they are white goods or brown goods. Besides, they may ask you what kind of meat you are made of: lamb, beef, or pork?
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This page (see top) is mainly a list of electrical appliance retailers, or "electric shops" as they are sometimes known. These each have their own page. You can browse around them and see what's available.