Located at the back of a mall, based on a recommendation, I went to buy a power converter for my…read moremodem. The store is reasonable well laid out - signs (albeit in German) are everywhere and it's easy to find what you need. It does seem like they are in the middle of renovations, so the entire store was "pushed" to the center. It's not super busy - I saw more staff (chatting amongst themselves) than customers. They have an oddly large gaming section, a small (but interesting) CD section, and several rows of DVDs. The pricing for everything seems reasonable (at least for Switzerland...) The only downer: they do not take Visa (only Maestro or bank cards), so come prepared.

Got my tv here, and it was conveniently packaged in a flat box with handles, so it was easy to…read moretransport with the help of a friend. This is a pretty big store on the top floor of Sihlcity. I don't know if they have the cheapest prices though. And I don't think they accept credit cards.

Prices are good on televisions but one can never find an employee in the television department,…read moreNEVER. I recently bought a code free dvd player there (after going once a week, every week for 9 weeks) to see if any were in stock. NOTE: if you know a certain product is particularly popular, why dont you order more than 2 per week? Anyway, I finally found one, a floor model (which they never had before), so I snapped it up. It was missing the hdmi cable so they gave me 5% off the 69chf price only to find the hdmi cable cost 12chf. Do the math. For smaller appliances they are always 10-20chf higher than Fust which is right downstairs. I was also going to buy a coffee bean grinder for 39.95 chf but remembered that Fust is typically lower priced so I waited the 4 minutes to walk down and check Fust out. That 4 minutes saved me 20chf as I bought the same grinder for 19.95 chf. In summary good for TV bad for everything else.

Blattner is indeed where kitchen wares meet 'hard wares'. Lured in by the espresso machine in the…read morewindow, I found myself scouring the aisles for various house hold items in need: the rubber 'feet' for furniture, sieves of all sizes, key rings, drill bits, etc. Need a blender, a Le Creuset dutch oven, a mixer, a toaster, an electric kettle, Kilner jars, storage containers, vacuum cleaner bags, UK/Swiss adapters, a power drill, a saw, etc.? Then go to Blattner!

Der Blattner, oder für Traditionalisten 'Iron Meyer' ist eine Institution im Seefeld. Ein buntes…read moreSammelsurium an Elektroartikeln, Gartenzubehör und ein Keller voller Schrauben in allen Grössen und Varianten. Genau das was den üblichen Baumärkten und Grossverteilern fehlt. Hier findet jede Schraube ihre Mutter. Gestern fiel mir auf, wie ich den Iron Meyer charakterisieren würde... Als den Pusterla des Haushalts und der Schrauben. Man kriegt hier den kleinen Krimskrams den andere nur im Grosspack anbieten auch einzeln, einfach zu Apothekerpreisen.