Barganing Power

I am so proud of my self. Today I went on the hunt for a Sunbean Magic 4 Pie Maker after hearing some great reviews from the girls on the Simple Savings forum. My first stop was Big W they had the pie machine there on Special for $85, that was too expensive I thought so off I went to a house speciality store next door to Big W and they had the pie machine there for the same price as Big W but the lady said she would give it to me for $80, still to expensive. I went home and told hubby and he suggested Bing Lee so off we went. Bing Lee had the pie machine for $69 dollars and when I asked the assistant what was the best price he could give me he said $63 hmmm not bad but we still had a few other shops we wanted to look at. Our last shop was a Betta Electrical shop which was across the road from Bing Lee. The pie machine there was $70 and when I asked the shop owner what was the best price he said $60, SOLD..... I cant believe that the same exact pie machine was $85 on special in one place and then in another it was $60 thats an $25 difference. Before I discovered Simple Savings I would have bought the machine at Big W no questions asked. Im really proud of myself and my new frugal life. Even hubby was impressd with my barganing power.