My NEW unboxed Professional 5™ Plus Mixer from ebay KitchenAid came in Brown Box not Retail

Disclaimer: Boring video which I made just to document that if you purchase a mixer from ebay kitchenaid that it may come in a generic (NON RETAIL) brown box even if the item you ordered was NEW.

I made this video because at first I was surprised to find that none of the accessories or even the mixer itself was covered in protective plastic. That meant that styrofoam got all over all of the mixer and accessories. If that's how the Retail item comes at the department store, I'm a little sad that something this expensive can't come in a plastic covering.

Anyways, this mixer is a "KitchenAid Professional 5™ Plus Series 5 Quart Bowl-Lift Stand Mixer" I bought this from what I think is KitchenAid's ebay website. I bought it new for $189.99 because my wife always wanted a Stand Mixer but we didn't have any space and they were TOO expensive. Actually, $190 is pretty expensive.

The mixer did come in new condition... although one could argue that it might be refurbished. There's no way to really tell but to accept the seller's explanation that a refurbished item would come in a box labeled "Refurbished".

Overall the mixer is great. These usually retail for over $400, but can be found refurbished for low 200's. That's why I bought this assuming it was new for $190.

My wife when trying it out had only one complaint. That the mixing bowl was too hard to put into the stand. For about 10 minutes she struggled to put the metal container bowl into place.. only to have it pop off misaligned. She actually thought the bowl was defective. After some fooling around, I figured out the bowl just needed to be placed into the mixer a certain way.

Again, I only made this video to mention that this NEW item comes in a brown box instead of the RETAIL package.

Shipping was fast.. just a little over a week and shipped by fedex. It was shipped june 25th and arrived july 2nd 2014.
Base Model Number: KV25G0X

http://www.ebay.com/itm/131220466483

This item is currently selling for $250 new from the same seller: Kitchenaid on ebay.

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