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Miss Silvia : buy localy or on the net ? - 2007/07/31 21:22 Hi everybody.

Here's my first post here after a couple of weeks of lurking.

I'm almost set on buying my first espresso machine : after a trip to Italy, I can't figure how to live in my café-less small town!

It looks like I'll be going for the Miss Silvia, but I have a few questions regarding the place where I should buy it. I'm wondering if it's worth buying "localy" (read in Québec city, 2 hours from home) and paying more for the same machine with the hope of a better service if something goes bad. The shop I visited in Québec sells Silvia and her Rocky for 1330 $ (tx included).

I sure can bargain a little, but I doubt I can bring the price as low as espressotec.com, where it would cost me 1140$ (tx and shipping included) for the same stuff plus the BS50 base (which I don't really care about... still it saves me from buying a knock box

).

My question is : is it worth spending that much more to buy "localy" ? What kind of remote service can I get from espressotec if anything goes bad ?

Finally, if you saw a better deal on the Silvia, please let me know

Thanks a lot!

Luc

Edit : anybody dealt with GreatInfusion Co. before? They seem to have a too-good-to-be-true deal on a Silvia bundle.

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LucUseTheFork

2007/07/31 21:22

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Frederick

2007/08/01 03:39

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tmplo

2007/08/01 08:36

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LucUseTheFork

2007/08/01 12:03

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tmplo

2007/08/01 14:42

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LucUseTheFork

2007/08/01 18:08

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dreaming of silvia

2007/08/03 11:00

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LucUseTheFork

2007/08/03 18:33

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