Hi Dublin6
This is quite timely.
I was planning to post about this but was going to wait until I had received the goods. We just placed our order yesterday.
Yes, Duravit is less than half the price in Germany.
We have just ordered 4.5k in total worth of Duravit stuff along with hansgrohe taps, shower bits and pieces etc online from a German site.
We just could not believe the price difference. The 4.5k includes shipping. It would have been around 9k here.
We used to live in Germany though so are comfortable speaking in German and have a pretty good understanding of plumbing.
What I would recommend is getting a full detailed quote from a shop here, with every single part number listed, and then just selecting exactly the same thing on the website. The part numbers for Grohe, hansgrohe and Duravit are all exactly the same here and in Germany. Make sure you include all your bits and pieces for basin wastes etc.
I'm not quite giving this a whole-hearted recommendation just yet as I'm worried that it's too good to be true until it actually arrives!
We ordered from
www.bad24.com. The downside is that they don't take credit cards. This is a fairly common thing in Germany. You have to either pay on delivery or pay upfront. Also, the site is all in German.
If you want to wait a few weeks, I'll post again when it arrives.
(I have no connection with bad24.)
Feel free to pm me if you have any detailed questions.