Cheap used fridges and washers on willhaben via Telegram

Austrians who would rather not pay full price for a washer or a fridge can have every fresh willhaben ad for one appliance arrive in Telegram as a card with a photo and the asking price.

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Search on willhaben, sort by newest

Narrow the appliance search on willhaben

On the willhaben Marktplatz, open the household appliances category and type the exact item, for example Kühlschrank or Geschirrspüler, plus a brand if you care about one. Add a maximum price in euro, pick the Bundesland and the districts you can collect from, and sort so the newest ads sit at the top.
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Give the results page to MXSender

Copy the address of that list, paste it into MXSender and choose Telegram as the channel. Email can be switched on for the same search too, if you also want a written record.
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New listings land in your Telegram

Read the cards as they come in

Each new ad shows up in the chat with its first photo, the title, the price and a button that opens it. A hashtag per search keeps the fridge hunt apart from the cooker hunt in one chat.
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The mistake most first-time appliance buyers make

They search for Waschmaschine across all of Austria with no price limit, get pages of results, and then miss the one good offer because it scrolled past while they were at work. A broad search feels thorough, but on willhaben it mostly produces noise: spare parts, broken units sold for repair, and dealers with refurbished stock.

A tighter search works better. One appliance per search, a realistic ceiling, only the districts you would actually drive to. Add a word like Frontlader or a width like 60 cm when it matters. Then every card that reaches Telegram is something you would genuinely consider.

Moving sales: where the bargains on willhaben come from

A lot of good second-hand appliances in Austria appear when people move flat or emigrate. They list the whole kitchen at once and price it to go, because an empty flat by the handover date matters more to them than a few extra euro. These ads rarely last long, and the seller usually picks whoever offers a firm pickup time first.

Seeing the ad early is what gives you that chance. A Telegram card on your phone lets you reply from the tram rather than when you are home in the evening.

Before you hand over cash for a used washer

Ask for a photo of the rating plate first. It shows the model and usually the production year, and the model number tells you the dimensions and the energy class. Measure your space before you go: built-in units come in fixed widths.

On site, run it if you can. A washer should start without banging and take in water; a fridge should begin to cool after a while. Look under the door seal for mould. Pay when you have seen the appliance working, and do not send money in advance to someone you have never met.

How often the Telegram chat gets new washer cards

That depends on your plan. Free checks one search every 30 minutes. Starter at $5.99 checks five searches every 10 minutes. Pro at $14.99 covers twenty searches with the fastest checks we offer. Telegram is included on all three, and so is email.

If one search is enough, mute it when the hunt is not urgent: cards keep arriving, just silently. Forward a card to whoever helps you carry, and the photo and link travel with it.

❓Frequently asked questions

Does willhaben have its own alert?

Yes, willhaben offers a saved search with notifications. You can keep using it; MXSender adds Telegram cards and lets your plan decide how often the search is checked.

Will I see ads that were already up?

No. Anything in the list when you add the search counts as already seen; you hear about ads that appear afterwards.

Can I search in German words only?

Most Austrian sellers write in German, so German item names like Kühlschrank, Herd or Trockner give the best results.

Can two people share the alerts?

Yes. Forward the cards, or create a Telegram group and add your partner.

Do you check the seller?

No. We only tell you a new ad is there; the deal itself is between you and the seller.

How do I stop the cards?

Pause or delete the search in MXSender.