Borshch

What a fantastic way to save a few pennies! Borshch, which is hard to spell but easy to remember, really took the expense and hassle out of buying appliances for us.
Borshch is a family run discount appliance store open to the general public. From fridges to freezers, AGAs to tumble dryers, any and all appliances a family could want are found here.
There are two types of item to be found at Borshch — discount items, which have minor dents, scratches or small beauty damage; and new items. The new items are priced competitively, but not vastly lower than Comet or Curry’s.
The discount items, with minor surface damage, are heavily discounted, at 20% to 50% less than you’d find anywhere else.
The warehouse is located in a slightly dodgy, very run down part of industrial Birmingham near Digbeth. The shop itself, however, is very neat and nothing out of order.
The sales people are all very friendly, and know their appliances. Borshch also deliver within a 20-​mile radius, for a flat fee. We took our fridge/​freezer home ourselves, and the man very graciously helped us load it in the car.
They have a very large selection of items, including American tumble dryers and top-​loading washing machines (Maytag! OMG!).

This is a brilliant place, especially for the present Credit Crunch times. They sell a vast range of electrical white goods like washing machines, fridges, cookers, etc.
The catch is that each one is slightly imperfect, but they sell them at greatly discounted rates, and some of the problems are very minor — for example, you might get a minor dent on the side of a washing machine or something like that. It hardly matters if you’re going to have it built in, and you can save a lot of money.
It’s well worth a look if an appliance has broken down and you’re a bit short, or even if you’re a property developer or something like that.