As I get older, I feel less and less inclined to wait for weeks to months to get the best deal I can on the things I want.
Which stores do you always trust to give you a good deal, just as a base price, or without having to negotiate too hard?
Curious for even general things like kitchenware, to audio/music, and more niche things - particularly for hobby/interest stores, as I'm always looking for things to get into.
Cheers
And that is the deal breaker for me.
ikea
Harvey Norman
you forgot the /s
Thought it would be obvious š
More like Hardly Normal prices.
Skip Flight Centre and go to Bunnings.
Officeworks.
Officeworks to price beat.
The Good Guys with their āconceageā club….
(first visit) Reject Shop, Aldi, Kmart, Gumtree.
(second choice) Officeworks, Woolies, Target, eBay.
(last option) Good Guys, Ikea, Super Amart, Amazon.
Officeworks, Bunnings
You need to be careful with Bunnings, they have some great prices but like many other stores they have other areas they have large margins on. I priced some 1800mm star pickets the other day, Bunnings were $12.40, Metal land were $8.60. The local builders shop Bunnings for timber and M10 for hardware.
Aldi for sure for supermarkets. Even during the pandemic they didnāt take advantage by raising prices.
It's worthwhile to have a look at April 2020 Transparency Report: Updates, Top Deals, Comments, Forum Posts, Members of The Month + Other Stats. The stats, painstakingly prepared by Neil on a monthly basis, provide a terrific insight to stores and deals.
Amazon. It's getting progressively better and better since it started here and will soon enough become ubiquitous for absolutely everything at best prices like UK/USA and other countries.
Deliveries have improved from a week long to 2-3 days and I'm sure will offer next day/same day CBD delivery as their logistics network improves. There's a massive new warehouse facility under construction at Moorebank which will help speed things up.
There is the ethics side of things with how Amazon treats their staff though…