Coquitlam

In Coquitlam, BC, one home appliance store stands out for all the right reasons.

You feel them all within minutes of walking into the Canadian Appliance Source showroom at 101 Schoolhouse St in Coquitlam, BC. 

Selection

It’s the first thing you’ll notice, and how could you not? Every major fridge, oven, dishwasher, stove range, microwave oven and washer/dryer is well-represented: Samsung, LG, Maytag, Whirlpool, KitchenAid, Bosch, Café, KitchenAid, Frigidaire, Electrolux, JennAir, Monogram and more.

And within those brands, you’ll find a range of prices and styles to suit just about anybody out shopping for home appliances. This isn’t by accident; it’s years of experience selling home appliances and knowing that every customer who walks into our showroom needs something specific and won’t feel comfortable dropping home-appliance-type money on something they had to settle for.

That’s a big Canadian Appliance Source difference, and it’s an especially notable difference when you compare our selection to what you’d find in a big-box retailer that sells a bunch of everything. They make their money elsewhere, so they treat home appliances as lost leaders or flat-out afterthoughts. They’ll get a few top home appliance brands in and call it a day. And they certainly won’t research those brands (or any brands) the way we do. We consider every feature of every home appliance we sell. We think about what it does, how it benefits life at home and the kind of person who’d most appreciate that benefit.

Staff

They’re passionate about home appliances. It’s why they do the research we just spoke about. And it’s why they see home appliances as investments in living well because they absolutely are.

Some people look at a fridge as a thing that keeps food cold. Our staff see a fridge as an opportunity to change what and how you eat to be healthier, save money or try new things.

A fridge with the right layout has more room for fruits and vegetables, so you could save a bit of space at the top of the drawer for something exotic. And you could expand your staple veggies to include zucchini and kale to go along with your standard peppers, onions and carrots.

That fridge paired with the right stove/oven combo could give you the inspiration/motivation to give new techniques a go. Flambé. Jugging. Molecular gastronomy. Anything’s on the table when you have the right appliances.

And if you have a well-designed dishwasher in your kitchen, you can use the big serving plates and not have to move heaven and earth to find space at the end of the night for the tea saucers.

That’s how we train our staff to think about home appliances. As for how we train them to talk to customers about home appliances, we teach them to keep it really simple. Most customers know they need a new appliance, and they might know a brand or two, but that’s really about it. All they want to know is what home appliance makes the best sense for them, their home, their family and their future plans. Because if the plan is to keep the appliance for a while, it will have to work with what life looks like today and tomorrow.

That leads us to the third difference…

Approach

Canadian Appliance Source has a few sub-differences here.

First, we get to know our customers’ values before we even start talking about home appliances because that more than anything helps us make the right appliance recommendations. The many values to rank and the order in which a customer might rank them is why, as we said before, everyone who walks into our showroom wants something slightly different. Someone who’d put performance and sustainability as their top-ranked and second-ranked values, respectively, is going to want a different kind of appliance than another person who has those two values flipped. By asking the questions up front, we’ll figure out what really motivates you when it comes to home appliances, even if you’re not quite sure.

Next, there’s our approach to “best brands,” which is no approach at all because we don’t believe in “best brands.” Best for who? Best at what? Best because? To us, the best brand is the one that’s going to give our customer the most enjoyable experience, whatever that means to them. It might come from a global home appliance brand. It might just as easily come from a boutique manufacturer. We sell both and recommend both often.

Finally, there’s our approach to customers. And this is an interesting one because it goes against most rules of effective selling. We don’t believe in pressuring a sale or creating anxiety to sell more. We know discerning people who care about where their home appliances come from will eventually make their ways to us. And we’ll respect them enough to back off and let them make their own decisions. We’ll give them what they need to choose wisely, leave it at that and support whatever they do. We do this because we respect you. If you have questions, we’re here to help. But if you want to explore on your own, just come back to us when you’re ready.

Location

Where we are works very well for most of our corporate and commercial customers because of our neighbours. KMS Tools Equipment, Lee Valley, Home Depot and Jordans Interior and Flooring are all our neighbours, which could turn a visit to Canadian Appliance Source into a day of getting good stuff done.

It works just as well for our residential customers (homeowners, subletters and renters) because of what’s around. The food options in the area range from sushi to pho to burgers. And right next door to us is a Cactus Club Café that makes quite possibly the best chicken sandwich in BC, and maybe all of Canada.

And for all customers commercial and residential, our location also works well because of our place in the city, just off the TransCanada highway in Coquitlam. This makes Canadian Appliance Source super convenient for anyone who lives in Coquitlam, Vancouver, Burnaby, Richmond and the surrounding areas.

Outside, you’ll find plenty of parking. Inside you’ll find plenty of support, advice and attention paid to you as a valued home appliance shopper. And every day from the day you start using our new home appliance to the day you stop using it, you’ll find comfort in knowing that you made the right decision because you had the right people helping you make it ? the same people who’ve been helping Canadians buy appliances for their homes since 2008. 

And the most important reason home appliance shoppers choose Canadian Appliance Source?

Everyone who visits us at 101 Schoolhouse St in Coquitlam, BC, instinctively knows they’re in good hands. 

From the products we carry to the staff we employ to the layout of our showroom to the prices you’ll pay for home appliances to the ideas you’ll get for squeezing every little bit of value from every home appliance you buy and use, you’ll go through every step of the home appliance shopping experience with confidence, empowerment and more knowledge than you could ever need. You’ll know more about fridges, ovens, dishwashers, stoves/ranges, microwave ovens, washing machines and/or electrical dryers than you ever thought you would. And the day your new home appliances arrive you’ll be just as thrilled with your decision as you were the day you purchased.

Before you visit us, visit more of our website

It’s been lauded by customer after customer as an invaluable research tool, which is exactly what we had in mind. You can compare features, looks, brands, trims and prices. It’s easy to navigate. It’s full of interesting articles addressing usage maximization (how to squeeze more effort into old and new appliances). And most importantly, it doesn’t hide anything because it doesn’t have to.

The Canadian Appliance Source reputation speaks for itself. And when it can’t, the hundreds of thousands of customers we’ve helped over the years would be more than happy to speak for us. They’re the ones benefitting from the guidance we gave, the selection we presented, the choices we helped them make about how best to outfit their places with a new home appliance or three, and the price of a new home appliance.

Since 2008, we’ve set the standard for home appliances, shopping for them and making people appreciate the incredible effect the right home appliance can have on a home and a family. We look forward to seeing you, serving you and showing you the world’s very best home appliances in whatever price point or style you want. We bring dream homes into the realm of the possible with every customer we deal with across all our locations in Canada. But every time you walk into our Coquitlam, BC, Canadian Appliance Source store, you’ll feel like a kid in a home appliance candy store. And who wouldn’t want to feel like that?