Kitchen offers without price indications - is this common?

Oh sorry,... I forgot that everyone in the construction industry including kitchen salespeople are born naggers and anyway "criminals". All pigs, those :p Who is to blame? Always the industry. Or the others ;) I find it a bit too theatrical here quite often.

Certainly not all, but unfortunately some. It happened to us ourselves when looking for a general contractor. 2 out of 7 companies came with that gimmick.

Certainly not all, but unfortunately some. It even happened to us when looking for a general contractor. 2 out of 7 companies used that trick.

That's how it is. But we are mature and allowed to go elsewhere. The market is large, and as shown here in the kitchen post, there are also many companies where things are handled fairly. You can vent your bad experiences, of course, but you don't have to portray every contract situation as if the provider is using thumbscrews. (Quoted statements from Musketier and Ysop…) Otherwise, it becomes unobjective.
I think the OP has received some tips here on where she can go calmly and does not have to sign any contract without mentioning her e-favorites.
The AGs should not take on the victim role, but should also recognize that the planning work should be compensated or at least acknowledged gratuitously.

.. and for the forum record: if _I_ had made one of these statements, you would have named the 5 out of 7 who do it differently :p

.. and for the forum record: if _I_ had made one of these statements, you would have named the 5 out of 7 who do it differently :p

You are mistaken. I was also quite annoyed by the 2 who proceed that way. The others are not worth mentioning, that should be the norm.
But why do you use these stupid underscores so often?

I never claimed that all furniture dealers are crooks. I also have others here. But when I look at the pricing with 40% discount every 3rd week, that has long ceased to be serious for me. This whole hassle with calling the supervisor until you get a decent price reminds me more of a Turkish bazaar than a German retail store. It’s no coincidence that buying furniture has often been a topic here as well.

Of course, you can always go somewhere else. But you don’t have children who need to be looked after somewhere so you can spend a few hours in the furniture store checking offers. You wouldn’t do that five times, unless you happen to have grandparents nearby. The year before last, we spent over 7 hours in the furniture store buying a bedroom until we found and put together a matching wardrobe for the bed we preferred. We had time off then, the child was with the grandparents, the furniture store wasn’t busy, the salesperson had a lot of patience and good suggestions. But that was just one bedroom. I don’t want to imagine dealing with the kitchen, which is also due for us in the next 2-3 years.

But why do you use those stupid underscores so often?

They are not stupid, but rather a common means in word processing to write something in italics. You write in italics when you want to set something apart or emphasize it. If a forum or other text-processing software of a hardware does not support this visually, the reader knows that this part is emphasized. Except Silke. Now you know. It _is_ also not automatically something stupid if it appears to you as “somewhat pointless.”

But you don't have kids you have to place somewhere so you can spend a few hours in a furniture store gathering offers.

When nothing else works, the arguments about children come up ;) … and exactly for this reason one should use their time, state their questions and requirements, and get up and leave in due time. Childless people don’t have more time either. We also had to work for the free time we spend in the studio or elsewhere.

Two years ago we spent over 7 hours in the furniture store buying a bedroom, until we had found and put together a suitable wardrobe for the bed we favored.

I wish I had your time… Sorry, but somehow that contradicts itself with you ;)